Earlier this month, AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su mentioned that Valve was on observe to launch its Steam Machine within the early a part of 2026. That might nonetheless occur, however Valve has now confirmed that Steam Machine, Steam Body, and Steam Controller have all been delayed.
In a submit on Steam, Valve notes that it had initially deliberate to launch pricing and launch dates for all three merchandise by now. These plans have been scuttled due to “the reminiscence and storage shortages you’ve got seemingly heard about,” wrote Valve. The corporate reiterated that it nonetheless plans to launch these merchandise within the first half of this yr, nevertheless it hasn’t been capable of “land on concrete pricing and launch dates that we are able to confidently announce.”
Valve additionally shared that will probably be sharing faceplate CAD, specs, and particulars with followers and producers in order that they may have the ability to make their very own. The corporate added that Steam Machine’s SSD (NVMe 2230 or 2280) and reminiscence (DDR5 SODIMMs) “are each accessible and upgradeable.”
Moreover, Valve famous that it’s approaching the problem of visually demanding Steam video games “from a number of angles” and searching into enhancing upscaling and optimization for ray tracing efficiency in addition to additional enhancements to the HDMI VRR.
In line with Valve, Steam Body ought to have the ability to work for gamers with glasses, however it might depend on the width of the glasses frames. The corporate additionally disclosed how its foveated streaming differs from the foveated rendering in different VR headsets. Not like foveated rendering, foveated streaming does not require a dev to implement it, so it may enhance efficiency for extra video games.