Valve New Hardware Launching Early 2026 - Steam Machine, Steam Frame, Steam Controller

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firebush03 said:

Here’s to hoping this could be sold in major retailers. Otherwise, I just don’t see an audience such a device.

If you’ve got Steam set up on your PC, why purchase a weaker version of your PC? And if you don’t have a PC, then chances are you don’t have Steam… so you either (i) won’t know about this device, or (ii) would be better off purchasing a more powerful PS5 unless priced competitively.

Only audience I could see is those looking to enter the Steam ecosystem but not wanting a PC.

Well their is a big group of gamers who always said => PC gaming is a hassle, I just want to game, if they can have a console like experience I would get one game.  I would get this but I am waiting till what the Xbox steam console is going to be like, the benefit of being more powerfull + gamepass is still an important factor.