Steam Machine delayed by Valve as it revisits pricing

Valve introduced in a weblog put up Wednesday night that the discharge of the Steam Machine has been delayed, citing the rising price of pc elements. That is it for AMD’s predictions for an early 2026 launch date.

Valve introduced the Steam Machine in November 2025 for a 2026 launch, together with two different items of {hardware}: the Steam Body VR headset and the Steam Controller gamepad. The Steam Machine thought might utterly change the best way individuals play Steam video games. Think about accessing your total Steam library by means of the comfort and luxury of front room gaming. On the time, Valve had not introduced the worth of its upcoming console, main many to invest about its potential price. (Prime lead to Polygon reader survey is $599.)

“After we introduced these merchandise in November, we anticipated to have the ability to reveal particular pricing and launch dates by now. Nevertheless, the reminiscence and storage shortages you’ve got in all probability heard throughout the business have elevated quickly since then. The restricted availability and rising costs of those essential elements means we have to rethink our precise transport schedules and pricing,” Valve stated in a weblog put up Wednesday night time. “Our aim stays to ship all three merchandise within the first half of this yr.”

Valve didn’t instantly reply to Polygon’s request for remark.

Elsewhere within the weblog put up, Valve shared a little bit of further details about the upcoming {hardware}. Recreation builders can now request the Steam Body improvement equipment. “Restricted” provides are shipped “constantly” suggesting merchandise which are near market. Valve additionally famous that almost all of video games it examined for Steam Machine run completely wonderful on the 4K 60 FPS normal discovered on different consoles. Valve additionally plans to completely assist third-party faceplates.

The weblog put up did not point out something about Half-Life 3.