Valve’s Steam Machine may not launch this year

Valve is still unable to reveal details about the launch dates for Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller, which were originally scheduled to launch in early 2026. In a new post, the company announced He says now “We hope to ship in 2026” due to ongoing shortages of memory and storage chips, but that timeline seems like a significant reduction from the company’s previous promises.

Last month, the company explicitly said it had done so no It changed its plans to ship all three new hardware products “in the first half of the year,” although that itself was a change from its original target of “early 2026” or “first quarter of 2026.” Now, it’s not clear if the Steam Machine will arrive in 2026 at all.

We hope to ship in 2026, but as we recently shared, memory and storage shortages have created challenges for us. We’ll share updates publicly when we finalize our plans!

Valve did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Around the time of the original reveal in November, it became clear that memory costs were starting to skyrocket as AI companies started buying up as many chips as possible. Appliance makers In all sizes They have to grapple with what this means for their products, and many of the largest hardware players are not immune; Even Apple It is said that he was forced To pay higher prices for memory.