WHERE IS IT?
plappable
permanently delayed thanks to ram prices
>>732227183why do you even want it?
>>732227183India needs to make more fake movie trailers and other AI scams, so there's no ram available.
>>732227372I want a cheap plug in play Linux machine that I can hook up to my TV and move around easily.
>>732227440obsessed shtoon
>>732228063>cheapprobably better keep looking then. the steam machine is not going to be cheap
>>732228130anything under $1k is dirt cheap if you have a job
please be patient ram prices are really high now
Blame Scam Fagman buying up 40% of the global supply.
As real as the full Epstein files.
Somehow Nintendo has enough RAM for a rainy day but this concept baffles Valve
>>732227183Check my foreskin.
>>732228130Is there going to be anything cheaper that can do the same thing in like the next five years?
>>732227183In Mecca retard.
>>732228861Are you retarded? Nothing it does is special. People waiting for it are literal retards or valve drones.
>>732228861its already weaker than 7 year old hardware
>industry analysts and insiders speculate that Valve may introduce a barebones or configurable option if supply constraints persist. This would allow users to install their own RAM and storage, similar to how some PC builders are adaptingYikes
>>732227183I've heard the steam controller passed FCC approval recently. Frame is still pending. I don't know if they want a simultaneous release for everyhting.
>>732228861Yes probably because valve should finish a wider release of Steam OS by then. Also nothing is stopping you from installing linux and putting steam on it either, it would just be more DIY.
There is a chance it goes defunct and gets cancelled due to the strongarming of parts. I hope not but it is a bit worrying
They should subsidize it by keeping the price high, like $700, but you get $200 in steam wallet to buy games so if you're using this to play games on steam you effectively get a $500 PC for console price.
>>732227183I don't care! Just give us the controller!
>>732227183Give it time, they'll talk about it again when they're ready.
>>732229307That's literally impossible because SteamOS needs 16GB to work. These retards need to shut up. All signs point to it costing $700 with a controller because Valve needs to make it affordable but it can't cost less than some of their OEM partners nor can it cost more than others, it needs to hit a middle ground. They pulled this shit with the Switch 2. Leaks are showing they secured enough stock for the year or two. They insiders need to worry more about Xbox and especially Sony since everyone knows most, if not all, of these insiders are on Sony's payroll.
>>732232047*These
>>732227183I'm assuming the ram issue has put a speedbump on the plans.
>>732227183Dude its done, get over it, it aint happening
>>732232231It didn't given that Valve keeps updating everything preparing for it. Valve is quiet. Valve's been doing this for a long time and people still don't know how the company operates?
>>732227372It's more than likely going to replace the Nvidia Shield connected to my TV as it can do more, especially in terms of emulation.
>>732227183Where are the specs
>>732227183DOA
>>732229964>price high>$700oh you poor sweet child
Why do we still pretend the opinions of paid goons matter when Linus Tech Tits threw a tantrum since Valve wouldn't give him a gabe cube to take home or the price for the exclusive news on it?>Oooh but he said the mood was bad when he asked....Who the fuck wouldn't be in a bad mood if they had to listen to that canadian faggot
>>732227307If the price is right I might get it for my son, he's currently on a cheap laptop
>gabecubewho gives a fuck about that, where's the steam frame?
>>732233706I'm kind of interested in it, but I figure it'll be out of the price range I'm willing to spend on gaming doodads right now.
>>732227183Behind your ear
>>732227307>16GB of RAM causing a delayThis is the most retarded shit I see parroted online. At most it's $100 above their original target price point.
AMD's Lisa Su just said that the Steam Machine is on track to launching early this year, so you guys making these threads can now shut up about this.
>>732232047>That's literally impossible because SteamOS needs 16GB to work.Yeah, I can't see Valve selling it as a barebones machine, and they'll want to have the 16+8GB configuration for their baseline.No reason they couldn't make SteamOS work in a smaller amount of memory like 8GB, but I don't think they'd do that on their 1080p / 1440p device, and I doubt there is much of a market for a device below the Steam Deck right now.>but it can't cost less than some of their OEM partnersThat part though I doubt. All of Valve's OEM partners so far have also signed Microsoft's OEM contracts and that means they have to pay Microsoft for a patent license even when they ship Linux. They'll probably also be required by that contract to sell a Windows version of any system they ship too, which means they'll need to be higher spec to make up for that performance loss, and they'll be producing less of them, in smaller batches.As a result, and as with the Deck, that will make it hard for anyone to match Valve in price/performance.Maybe one of those companies would grow some balls and take Microsoft to court over their bullshit, but that would be a long and expensive court battle that I don't think any of them want to fight.
>>732227183Right behind you
>>732227183if they couldn't deliver a crack for NFS 2015 in 10 years they are fried sucking chinkjeet dick by this pointtime to short
CANCELED (DOA if not)
>>732227183What they should do is make a "Steam Machine Lite" considering the Steam Machine itself will be $650-$750 and a "lite" version without a dedicated GPU (but a better CPU) would cost half as much. It seems like everyone for some reasons wants a $400 gaming PC and a shittier entry point device would satisfy that niche.
>>732227183>Black Cube>That emulates worlds
>>732235416All they would have to do is take the innards of a steam deck and engineer it into a boxBoom cheap gaming PC
>>732235416The LCD Deck has frequently fit that niche in the past. Still possible they'll launch a Deck in a Box or cut down cheaper model to fit back into the $399 segment.
>>732235714From what I've heard from people who made them, the Steam Brick isn't too bad.
>>732235704>>732235714The problem with the Steam Deck is the weak CPU. It's a genuine bottleneck. They'd need to use something twice as powerful at least. Which they'd be able to afford in that case since they'd save a ton of money on avoiding the handheld form factor (screen, battery, controller, etc.)
>>732235405See>>732234986Shut the fuck up
>>732236669>The problem with the Steam Deck is the weak CPU. It's a genuine bottleneckAre we talking on the steam deck itself, or hooked up to a TV, because I haven't really had any issue with any of my vidya played on the deck itself.
>>732227183I don't care about this thing, i want the frame
>>732234186then why the radio silence, huh
>>732237048It's Valve.That's completely normal.Like damn knowing game journalists would YOU want to interact with them and hand over your announcements to them?
>>732227183I fucking hate AI companies.
>>732236879Technically both. It's too weak to smoothly run many PC games or even Switch emulation. But yes, the real issue is hooking it up to a monitor or a TV. At that point you would no longer render the game at 800p and instead you'd run it at 1080p/1440p or maybe even 4k.Sure it would be fine for 2D games and low-poly 3D games, but it would kind of suck at anything even a little more demanding. I remember the Steam Deck being unable to play Spyro Reignited above 35fps without reducing the resolution to 640p and enabling FSR.>>732237048What radio silence? They said it's coming out Q1 2026. You don't need daily updates for this shit.
>>732234986Ok so where is it?
>>732237404Fully willing to admit, I don't give a shit about switch games and have no frame of reference, but I haven't had issues with anything in my 250+ library of games on it.Though admittedly I 100% reignited on my desktop and prefer emulating the originals so I wasn't aware it ran bad.
>>732237443probably coming out sometime in Q1 2026 like they said. did you know we're only one full month into Q1?
>>732236669Maybe we will see a refresh of the Deck hardware to standardize their whole product line on RDNA 3 / 3.5, but I think the Deck's SOC has a few more years in it before that happens.Especially if Valve does get an official version of FSR 4 that works on the hardware, the unofficial version works pretty well.If AMD continues to drag their heels on FSR 4, it might be more worth it for Valve to develop their own upscaler rather than commission a new SOC.
>>732237404we're basically at the halfway point of q1, unless they plan on shadowdropping it they need some time to market it
>>732237535You're definitely right. This is Valve we are talking about after all.Q1 2026 probably means the first batch goes out last week of March.
>>732227183I have one in my bedroom. My dad is Gaben.
>>732237535They said that before the prices for parts went insane. They are quietly delaying it. It's the only reasonable thing for them to do.
>>732237564No need for that when the Steam Deck 2 is likely Zen 6/RDNA 3.5+ anyways since that fits exactly what Valve wants in one.
Should I buy this thing if my ONLY computer is a steam deck?
>>732237783>They are quietly delaying it.prove it
>>732237791Definitely
>>732237791Do you have games that don't adequately run well?
>weaker than base ps5>FSR 3 not even FSR 4>probably like over $1000holy fuck lmao
>a frogposter
>>732237783I think the Steam Machine will be delayed. I hope the controller and Frame are not. I've already seen people coping saying, "They said release early 2026 not Q1!"
>>732237920>>732237881Is there going to be a more powerful steam deck or is this box it?
>>732237943
>>732237783Valve will have placed bulk orders months ago, and a Linux machine with 24GB of memory total isn't going to be too badly affected by the spike in prices.The big losers are going to be the Windows OEMs who have much tighter time tables, have to produce in smaller batches, and will have to redesign and up their RAM amounts sooner due to the ever growing demands of Windows 11.
>>732238076Eventually they might make one, but you know you don't have to buy a computer from steam.
>>732238014I literally posted this in the thread >>732234986. This is from today. Shut up, it's coming.>>732237443Wait until Valve decides to talk about it again alongside Half-Life X, genius. How long have you've been a fan of Valve to not know how they work?
>>732238270I don't want to have to sell my organs for computer components and valve has done a good job with maintaining the deck software and it's a lot easier to troubleshoot things when it's a defined hardware SKU that a lot of people have
>>732238289Unless there's some announcement this week, this thing just isn't coming out till the end of March
>>732238398Fair, I wouldn't assume they'd make a new one any time soon though, the tech isn't really there for a considerable improvement and they actually recommend streaming to your Deck if performance is inadequate.Which actually works really well, admittedly my desktop is on ethernet and I have my deck wired up when it's plugged into the TV.
They might as well cancel it now.
>>732238474End of March is still early 2026
>>732237789RDNA 3.5 still isn't really enough uplift per watt currently, and it doesn't get them the official FP8 FSR 4.If RDNA 3.5 gets FSR 4, using either RadV's feature emulation or through an official release of the INT8 model, then RDNA 2 gets it as well.But it is possible the official release, or a Valve-tuned upscaler might benefit enough from RDNA 3.5 to make it worthwhile.Would probably still be a weaker CPU in the TDP than any of the Windows OEMs would be interested in. So Valve might have to commission it.
>>732228596Their consoles are a hair above a potato.
>>732227307This but unironically. Its totally in valve's style to just forget about its existence because of the ram prices making it impossible to be profitable; especially considering that ram prices are predicted to remain this shit until mid 30s.Its kind of funny when you think about it. It was prophesied to be released along HL3 but instead it will share same same fate as HL3; never to be released and forgotten forever.
>>732238775A lot of people like potatoes
>>732238721Combined with the 3nm/2nm monolithic Zen 6, it should be. Valve also has an alternative way to get FSR 4 without needing to natively get it from AMD and get it work in the hardware. RDNA 5 is too expensive and goes against what they want, plus it's too much work to get a chiplet to have little to no chiplet tax. Sony has a monolithic chip because their handheld is a console, Microsoft's chip is semi-custom and will have its own way of eliminating chiplet tax while using tricks for that as well. Valve doesn't have that kind of relationship with AMD on the level Sony and Microsoft has.
It's insane to me that modern valvefags have literally started talking like nintendofags now.What the fuck happened? Just read this thread and tell me there's a difference.
>>732239402>Just read this thread and tell me there's a difference.Remind me where in the thread where there was a dozen posts crying that Nintendo fans are stealing Valve games and only play them, exclusively?
>>732239402It sounds like Snoys and Xbots are the outliners meaning, they're not real gamers and should fuck off from gamer spaces that are Nintendo and Valve, hmm?
>>732228063You can still do that with those bee mini PCs. If you're afraid on how it looks in your living room, I'm sure you can decorate it or hide it somewhere.
>>732239402"pcbros" was autofiltered on 4chan for a decade for a reason, they have always been like this
>>732238812>specially considering that ram prices are predicted to remain this shit until mid 30s.I love when people talk out of their asses.
>>732228861This computer was $450 three months ago, I wonder how expensive it is now
>>732238398If price is an issue why not buy used parts and build a DDR3/DDR4 machine then install Arch/SteamOS on it?
>>732233878Same.
>>732237943>weaker than base ps5uh oh
Don't buy this controller. Nobody is going to buy it, and neither should you.>Xbox layout for face buttons which suck>Playstation layout for the left analgo stick which sucks>trackpads, who fucking uses trackpads, and TWO to boot, which make the controller fucking huge, and to top it all the trackpads are misaligned and at an angle>hd rumble, nobody cares about hd rumble, consumes a lot of battery and is really annoying>Steam(TM) button, fucking ridiculous>gyro which is terrible for everything>shit build quality>made more expensive by useless new analog stick tech>back buttons which only serve to press by mistake when you're holding the controller>some sort of magnet system to charge the controller, so prone to failure>short cord>laggy wireless>horrible battery>terrible build quality>looks ugly as fuck>D-Pad is terrible>manufactured in China/India>0 resale value because nobody wants this piece of shitSo all in all do NOT buy this controller. Especially on release, or any special editions.
>>732241702Ok I won't
Anyone else just want the controller?
>>732240739I have OCD and it makes settling on things I want so grueling and exhausting I can't deal with itI just want to buy something from a reputable company and have it just fucking work
>>732241702this baits me into saying how good the steam controller and touchpads are (when configured properly) every time.
>>732241953I mean I can probably deal with my computer as it performs now, or my Steam Deck.Definitely want the controller though.
>>732241702Fuck off, Xbot, I don't want your shitty controller.
>>732233051For the specs you're getting 700 is a high price for it. Stop acting like you're rich because your subway paycheck just covers your klarna payments.
> BUU BU BU BUTTT WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE PARTS ARE GONNA COME IN!!!!! IT MIGHT BE 6 OR MORE MONTHS!!!> whiner forgets about said parts and hopes you forget you ever askedBeen hearing this exact line everywhere since Covid. Everything from car parts to fucking PC parts, so fucking annoying and frustrating. I believe there's a parts shortage universally, yes, but I believe Covid made manufacturers, mechanics and engineers everywhere lazy and rude as shit. It's like they found their excuse to be jackasses.
AMD just said today steam machines arriving on time and next xbox arriving 2027. This is /v how have none of you seen this quote? yo don't even have to have twitter. Its like you're actually just an indian trying to start problems.
personally i'd rather have them release steamOS so i can get rid of windows
>>732243756source?
>>732227183no longer economically viable, announced before the tech industry colluded to fuck the world over.
>>732243789It's not too difficult to set up arch to more or less be in parity with SteamOS.Even having the game mode session.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-CEO-tips-2027-as-next-Xbox-console-release-date-while-denying-Steam-Machine-delay.1219516.0.htmlflop of the century inbound
>>732228130>cheap
>>732237696>unless they plan on shadowdropping it they need some time to market itAnon why do you even know about this device? Because they marketed it, the OP pic is marketing material. They invited over tech people to advertise it for free, this time we're spending talking about it is their free marketing too. They told us when it'll just about be out, everyone knows about it, all that's left is the price and exact day and that honestly doesn't need advanced marketing.
>>732228081indian post>every offense is a confession
>>732244208Which one, Steam Machine is going to smoke the next Xbox?
>>732244710you decide ;)
Ram Prices are never coming down unless production permanently ramps up. New data centers will continuously be made as performance and efficiency increases in AI chipsets.
>>732233665There are older games he can play. Don't tell me he played all of the classics.
>>732245027Yup, the plan is to permanently stop PCs from being built by consumers. All off-the-shelf stuff may go up in price. They're going to be selling us Steam Machines, Steam Decks, Xbox homes, and Xbox handhelds while also have semi-custom chips in them for affordable PC prices as the PC replacements. All these will have hardware development kits too, by the way. Future of PC gaming are console-like devices.
>>732245385But consumer PCs aren’t only used for gaming
>>732245494You'll still be able to build a PC, just not a gaming one. PCs will be too weak to run those games natively and would be forced to play them on the cloud.
Whole lineup except for the controller will be DOA due to pricingGabecube will be AT LEAST 1000, except closer to 1100 or beyondFrame will either be the same price as the Index, or moreNeither of these are worth a buy now because of the price points they'll have to launch at in order to remain profitable
>>732227307>>732234186It's not the RAM prices, it's the availability. So much of the stock is being reserved for AI shit that all of the other companies are basically holding a lottery on whether or not they can even buy the memory chips in the first place.
>>732245880>Frame will either be the same price as the Index, or moreI wish it wasn't standalone. I just want a fucking headset that doesn't require a sony or Facebook account. Why can't Valve just make something like that instead of the deck you wear on your face.
>>732228723You dont have a foreskin
>>732227183Ask this creep.
>>732228272>if you have a jobwagie wagie get in the cagie
>>732246281standalone and wireless are the same thing unless you want a giant 60ghz antenna on the headset. A SoC on the headset also provides numerous benefits.
>>732227183https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steammachine>The Steam Hardware family officially expands in early 2026Valve is a tiny studio with 5 employees. Please be patient.
>>732246571I do. Wanna see it, faggot?
>>732247362Itll probably happen this month desu
Early 2026 ends in feb, march is not early
>>732227183this shit aint ever finna come out
Unless you are clueless and don't know better, there's no reason to get any of the new hardware with the exception of the steam frame which is going to save VR gaming.
>>732244710 nah bro, steam machine finna be the next ouya. deck was a fluke. they'll drop this one in 6 months like they did w/ the steam controller.
>>732248723It'll be one of the cheapest gaming PCs on the market, it's going to do well for Valve. It's not selling console numbers, but it's going to shit on the original Steam Machines in sales.
>>732248658The controller is easily the most popular item because if you were a touchpad or gyro enjoyer your options were the steam deck or the original steam controller which is pretty bad as a general use controller
>>732249089Just get a dualshock, man. Only steam frame brings anything remotely novel
>>732244350>They invited over tech people to advertise it for freeOkay, maybe.>this time we're spending talking about it is their free marketing tooOkay listen, NIGGER, having a conversation isn't marketing.
>>732243789What the fuck do you think SteamOS will be that you already can't achieve on anything arch based?
>>732249973Lol copeThis will be the highest tech controller in existence Fuck off with your dualsnoy
>>732250743an OS backed by a big corporation that will want it to be compatible with as many video games as possible
>>732250743Don't be rude man, most people aren't aware that for most practical reasons there's 3 linux distros.
>>732250831Valve isn't going to specifically nanny the desktop experience dummy, the cube is indistinguishable from any arch distro once you leave steam big picture If anything it's strictly worse due to the limitations of immutabilityIf you want the cube experience now it'll be the same as installing an arch distro and telling steam to start in big picture but they don't load the desktop until you ask to enter it
>>732251041>If anything it's strictly worse due to the limitations of immutabilityEh, it's debatable if that's a bad thing for your typical end user.
>>732251480If they use a pc like a console with internet browser functionality then yes, they'll be fineBut every distro does that fine, SteamOS is only made unique by the fact it drops you into the retard console UI with no hesitation You get the same proton no matter your distro
I like ai but I hate it too.I guess im just too poor
>>732251847>every distro does that fineNot arch, you will have to run updates eventually and they can potentially ask you to do stuff. It's not difficult if you have a brain but it's overkill for a dumb tv box, an immutable distro will be better there.Of course there are other immutable distros which might well be better but it's not surprising someone might want the official one
>>732245317No, there isn't anything I would let him play currently that his laptop can't run. But, eventually he's gonna want something beefier and this thing might be an affordable option.
>>732247447waiting for foreskin plus timestamp, goy
Eat the damn cost of the ram prices and sell at a loss. How many yachts do they need?
>>732249973>just get one of the worst controllers for the money
>>732250743I have to keep explaining this to slow people. It does not matter if you personally can use SteamOS/linux/arch right now. What matters is if one linux distro achieves dominance over the others, or better yet a linux distro competes with windows market share for games. This will finally break into the network effect windows has for personal computing and raise all the boats on linux. Linux will finally get native support instead of scraps left over from windows and mac. It will also be useable by normies in some form. Selling a few million decks, machines, and frames isn't the end. It could lead to hardware partners shipping with steam OS preinstalled. That's where valve wants to be. Making the hardware themselves is just for reference and demonstration. The future you should care about is mainstream linux on handhelds, PCs, and VR headsets instead of microsoft/google/apple/meta slop.
>>732227183Look at what's happening to Nintendo. RAM prices have made consumer hardware unviable. You can thank Sam & Greg.
Everyday I wake up hoping to see those sweet pre-order open
>>732237696>shadowdroppingI don't think you realize what this means.>>732254676If they do AI companies will buy these machines and use them to buy yachts for their CEOs anyway. You can't win, consumers never win, the lower 99.9% never win.
>>7322271833 holes at front.
>>732258575Positioned for ease of access.
>>732227183Cancelled
>>732227372to..uh...PLAY GAMES?
>>732249973no
>>732237943>>weaker than base ps5doesn't matter if every game that needs better hardware than a ps5 sucks absolute ass
>>732238812>ram prices are predicted to remain this shit until mid 30s.>thinking they'll ever go downyou're an optimistic man
>>732241702shut the fuck up
>>732227307bratty box... needs to get RAMMED...
>>732228874>People waiting for it are literal retards or valve drones.>or
>>732259950I love her so much
>>732238086>ever growing demands of Windows 11.haha good joke anon
>>732267163Don't love her TOO muchthe warranty doesn't cover liquid damage
>>732267970Too late. She is my current (machine) waifu and I await the day some drawfag takes pity on me and makes some more porn of her (not anthro bodied). It is weirdly harder than it should be to gen her.
The one good thing about being burger is you can get best pc deals in the entire world and get a top end pc (rtx5080, 9800x3d etc.) for as low as 2 thousand freedom bucks. Why would anyone buy this under powered cube? What happened to muh master race? Holy shit valve cultists are beyond retarded.
>>732233665Kys dadnigger
>>732227372Because the Steam Controller
>2nd Valve try into "console" worldThis time died even before the launch
>>732255527except that none of the people here who think steamos will be some sort of panacea for desktops actually know what's in steamos and yet blindly praise it anywayit won't be remarkable, its experience can be had todayi understand someone wanting it from a consolecuck pov, they're used to retarded baby guis and can't live without them, but a preexisting pc user has no real excuse
>>732229038like every device that will come out the next (at least) 2 years?
>>732241702>Xbox layout for face buttons which suck >Playstation layout for the left analgo stick which sucks It's neither.>trackpads, who fucking uses trackpadsI do. They're great.>hd rumble, nobody cares about hd rumble, consumes a lot of battery and is really annoyingThen turn it off.>Steam(TM) button, fucking ridiculousWhat's the alternative? The Xbox™ button? Or the PlayStation™ button?>gyro which is terrible for everythingIt's great. You're missing out. Have fun letting the in-game aimbot aim for you, I'll be over here actually playing the game.>shit build qualityIt's fine. You'll be okay.>made more expensive by useless new analog stick techThey're immune to drifting. That's not useless. They also only cost literal cents more.>back buttons which only serve to press by mistake when you're holding the controllerThis has never happened on any controller with back buttons ever in all of recorded human history. You can also just turn them off.>some sort of magnet system to charge the controllerNigger they're metal contacts. No magnets involved.>short cordThen buy any other USB-C cord. It's fine.>laggy wirelessThe input lag is 8 ms. That's good enough.>horrible batteryNigger it's 35 hours. How much do you need?>terrible build quality>if I say the same retarded point twice that makes me right>looks ugly as fuckIrrelevant.>D-Pad is terribleA single actual complaint. We also don't know this for certain yet. It looks like the deck's D-Pad on the outside but could have different internals.>manufactured in China/IndiaWhat the fuck isn't?>0 resale valueWhy would I ever want to resell the greatest controller ever made?
>>732246692>"purchase a baby goy" poor child is going to be sodomized 24/7/365
>>732237943>FSR 3 not even FSR 4??https://youtu.be/H_LVssjmfXc
>>732268106Haha y-yeah sorry
>>732234186You don't understand. They CANT SOURCE RAM AT ALL.
>>732228272>under 1kBWHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA… oh my sweet summer child…
>>732229307Bahahhahahahahaha
>>732243654Nigga you buying for the name not the performance. It's gonna be 2500 + tip
>>732269207The only thing that matters is windows is sinking and there has to be somewhere to go
>>732245494And for those you'll either rent or by super low powered
>>732250805It's not kek. Niggas need to stop acting like a custom controller is high tech.
>>732266965bratbox
