Valve's Steam Machine: Summer Release Planned, Still No Price
Key takeaways
- Valve is still determined to release its living room PC game console, called the Steam Machine, despite skyrocketing prices for gaming hardware across the board, including the company's own Steam Deck.
- The Steam Machine is set to release sometime this summer, according to a blog post by Valve on Thursday.
- The Steam Machine is Valve's gaming PC, built into a roughly 6-inch cube that's designed to connect to a living room TV.
Valve is still determined to release its living room PC game console, called the Steam Machine, despite skyrocketing prices for gaming hardware across the board, including the company's own Steam Deck. June was considered one of the most likely times for Valve to release its home console, but while there is no specific release date yet, Valve did offer an update on when it will launch the Steam Machine.
The Steam Machine is set to release sometime this summer, according to a blog post by Valve on Thursday. It will come out alongside the Steam Frame, Valve's VR headset, which was revealed along with the Steam Machine and new Steam Controller last November.
The Steam Machine is Valve's gaming PC, built into a roughly 6-inch cube that's designed to connect to a living room TV. The aim is to deliver a simplified PC gaming experience for a broad audience and for game developers to optimize for a single spec as they've done with the Steam Deck. While the Steam Machine's hardware is expected to be slightly more powerful than the standard PS5 or Xbox Series X, the company doesn't see the Steam Machine as a direct competitor to those consoles. Pricing has yet to be confirmed, but with the ongoing shortage of PC memory, the price will not be easy on gamers' wallets.