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Valve reveals new Steam Hardware for Early 2026 (store.steampowered.com)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by artyom@piefed.social to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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tl;dw/r:

3 new pieces of hardware revealed coming "2026".

  1. Steam Frame is a standalone VR headset. Release "early 2026". ARM processor. Runs SteamOS. (Yes this translates games made for x86 on Windows into Linux on ARM using Proton and FEx). Inside out tracking. Up to 144Hz. 2160x2160. Can also run Android APKs. Includes 6GHz stick for wireless streaming.

  2. Steam Controller. Basically what we've been expecting. Just took the controls off the Steam Deck and bolted them to a controller. TMR magnetic thumbsticks. Has a weird like magnetic charging/pairing dock thingy that sticks on the back, but can still just be charged with USB-C.

  3. Steam Machine. Cubic, softball-sized mini PC (like, literally its just a computer, much like the Steam Deck). AMD GPU. Obviously runs SteamOS as well. No word on HDMI-CEC that I can find. 300W power supply. 6x more powerful than Steam Deck.

I'm going to keep updating this thread with links as I find them. Add more in the comments.

Videos:

Valve YT video

Gamers Nexus video (long and comprehensive)

Articles:

The Verge

Ars Technica

RockPaperShotgun

Polygon

Tom's Hardware

Phoronix

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[–] artyom@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can't recommend anyone buy a Steam Machine, honestly. I'm glad it exists for those who think they need it but you have a giant choice of hardware otherwise that you can simply slap SteamOS or a number of other distros with "Handheld/Game Mode" on them.

That is, unless it comes with console-like features like HDMI-CEC, updates while "off", etc.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Eh, if it has decent hardware then there is an advantage, just like with deck, of having games tested on that hardware.

[–] ZC3rr0r@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 week ago

That is the most important bit here. Valve, effectively, launched a new gaming console that just so happens to be compatible with more games than any console out there. If they can use the install base of this platform to force developers to build compatibility like what they've done for the steam deck, this is going to be huge.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've never seen games that run on Steam Deck that don't run on any other Linux device, unless the devs specifically made it that way, in which case you give it the ol' steamdeck=0

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You've never found a game that runs ok on some hardware but other hardware??

[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

Of course I have. Because one of them is more powerful than the other.