Valve’s Steam Machine has been delayed, and the RAM crisis will impact pricing

A small black cube with USB ports on the bottom of the front panel, a thin glowing light bar above that, and the remaining seven-eighths of the front panel red with a Team Fortress character in silhouette.

When Valve first announced its impressive-looking Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller hardware in November, the company said the products would begin shipping in early 2026. Some journalists were told “Q1 2026” specifically. But because of the ongoing memory and storage crunch, that launch has been delayed to sometime in the first half of this year, and Valve says it will reset expectations for how much they will cost “as soon as possible.”

“We planned on being able to share specific pricing and launch dates by now,” Valve says in a new post. “But the memory and storage shortages you’ve likely heard about across the industry ha …

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