Steam Machine Valve / Frame / Controller Now Pointed “This Year” Instead of H1 2026
Last night, Valve shipped in 2025 Steam retrospective that also included small but important details on The Steam Machine, Steam Frameagain Steam controller to move.
As you will surely remember, their original intention was to ship all three products in early 2026as confirmed even by AMD CEO Lisa Su. However, shortly after this statement, Valve told consumers that it was forced to delay the schedule on the heels of an ongoing memory and storage issue and it was now heading for the first half of 2026.
New blog posts seem to be quietly pushing the posting window. Here is a related quote:
Here’s a list of hardware we’ve announced for 2025. We shared recently that there have been challenges with lack of memory and storage, but we will ship all three products this year. More updates will be shared as we finalize our plans.
We’ve bolded the exact wording: Valve now says it will ship the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller sometime in 2026, than in the first half (end of June). This suggests that A delay in the latter half of the year is now more likely. That makes sense, as the aforementioned memory and storage issues are far from resolved, thus fueling uncertainty in Steam machine pricing in particular.
We already know Valve will not support the hardware like Nintendo, Sonyagain Microsoft done with their consoles. Therefore, the prices would be in line with what you would expect when buying those components in the PC market. The problem is that the prices of memory and storage components have literally increased in the last few months, driven by the excessive demand for AI hardware. As things stand, they can add $100 to $200with a 2TB NVMe SSD Steam Machine configuration takes a big hit.
As a refresher, we’ve listed the official Steam device information below as well.
| Section | Clarification |
|---|---|
| I/O | |
| Exhibitions | DisplayPort 1.4: – Up to 4K @ 240Hz or 8K@60Hz – Supports HDR, FreeSync, daisy-chaining HDMI 2.0: – Up to 4K @ 120Hz – Supports HDR, FreeSync, CEC |
| USB | – Two USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 (front) – High speed USB-A 2.0 (back) – One USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 (rear) |
| The network | Gigabit ethernet |
| LED line | 17 individual RGB LEDs can be adjusted for program status and customization |
| Size and Weight | |
| The size | 152 mm long (148 mm without feet), 162.4 mm deep, 156 mm wide |
| Weight | 2.6 kg |
| The software | |
| Operating system | SteamOS 3 (Arch-based) |
| Desktop | KDE Plasma |
| General | |
| CPU | AMD Semi-custom Zen 4 6C/12T – Up to 4.8 GHz, 30W TDP |
| The GPU | Custom AMD RDNA3 28CUs – 2.45GHz max continuous clock, 110W TDP |
| RAM | 16GB DDR5 + 8GB GDDR6 VRAM |
| Power | Internal power supply, AC 110-240V |
| Storage | Two models: – 512GB NVMe SSD – 2TB NVMe SSD – Both include a high-speed microSD slot |
| Communication | |
| Wi-Fi | 2×2 Wi-Fi 6E |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.3 (dedicated antenna) |
| Steam controller | 2.4 GHz wireless adapter for Steam controller |
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