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Valve says it still plans to ship the Steam Machine in 2026

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Valve has updated a blog post to say that it is shipping the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller in 2026. Valve has updated a blog post to say that it is shipping the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller in 2026. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A blog post from Valve on Friday initially seemed to throw cold water on the idea that the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller would arrive in 2026 at all. But Valve tells The Verge it did not mean to suggest that — and that all three pieces of hardware will indeed ship this year, despite challenges from the ongoing memory shortage. Earlier today, Valve wrote that “we hope to ship in 2026,” which sounded like a downgrade from Valve’s earlier promises. As recently as last month, the company explicitly said i

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Mar 6, 2026·EngadgetT2 · Outlet report
Valve doesn't sound confident the Steam Machine will ship in 2026 - Engadget

The company already shared in February that memory shortages have impacted its plans. As part of a Year in Review blog detailing changes Valve made to Steam in 2025, the company shared a minor update on its hardware plans that doesn't…

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Valve doesn't sound confident the Steam Machine will ship in 2026 - Engadget

The company already shared in February that memory shortages have impacted its plans. As part of a Year in Review blog detailing changes Valve made to Steam in 2025, the company shared a minor update on its hardware…

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Valve says it still plans to ship the Steam Machine in 2026

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