Valve unveils three new hardware products with the new Steam Controller, Steam Frame and Steam Machine
Yesterday's morning came alongside a couple of interesting reveals, with one huge reveal being the "Super Mario Galaxy Movie" trailer, and another huge reveal that came as a surprise to many, was a brand new video announcement from Valve unveiling a handful of new hardware that they have planned for release in early 2026.
This new announcement came with 3 new hardware reveals by Valve, with the Steam Controller, the Steam Frame and the Steam Machine joining Valve's lineup in the hardware space.
To start off, the new Steam Controller is based on what the Steam Deck's controller scheme is, featuring the following:
- Usual 4 face buttons (A,B,Y,X)
- Two analog L2/R2 triggers alongside the digital L1/R1 triggers
- Two analog sticks with L3/R3 buttons with next generation magnetic thumbsticks and capacitive touch sensors
- 4 additional buttons similar to those from the Steam Deck, with two functioning as Start/Select, and the other two being the Steam button, and the 3-dot Quick Access button for opening the SteamOS menu.
- Four grip buttons, similar to the L4/R4/L5/R5 from the Steam Deck.
- Two trackpads below the sticks similar to those found on the Steam Deck.
- Motion controls
- High definition rumble
- Grip-enabled gyro
- Rechargeable lithium ion battery with up to 35 hours of playtime
- Each Steam Controller will include a "Pluck", which is a wireless magnetic charger for the controller.
Second, we have the new next generation VR headset by Valve, the Steam Frame, which features the following:
- Stream VR and non-VR games
- Wireless 6Ghz adapter for plug-and-play streaming of games into the headset
- Foveated streaming, which focuses details on parts where the eyes are focusing
- Camera-based tracking
- Special Steam Frame controllers, which can be split up and include almost every feature from the Steam Controller, like the magnetic thumbsticks, motion sensors, and works with the user's normal Steam library
- High-fidelity audio with dual stereo speakers
- 2160x2160 optic lenses, one-per eye
- Steam Frame is basically a PC, with it also running SteamOS, so users can play without a host PC
- Expandable storage with microSD.
- Runs SteamOS 3 with KDE Plasma, games marked as verified for Steam Deck will be automatically verified for Steam Machine as well. However, the Steam Machine will include an exclusive verification system to let players know if a game is fully compatible with the Machine or not.
- Up to 4k 60 fps gaming with FSR.
- Customizable LED strip
- Small-form factor, with the whole hardware fitting into a 6inch cube, that some labeling it the "GabeCube", with 2.6kg in weight.
- Several peripherals:
- 1 Gigabit ethernet port
- DisplayPort 1.4 HDMI 2.0
- Two USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 ports in the front
- Two USB-A 2.0 High speed ports in the back
- One USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 port in the back
- One high-speed microSD card slot.
- 2x2 Wi-Fi 6E, plus Bluetooth 5.3 with a dedicated antenna.
- Available in two storage options, 512GB and 2TB, both being NVMe SSDs.
- Steam Machine's power supply is built right into the console.
- Full hardware specifications are as follows:
- CPU: Semi-custom AMD Zen 4 6C / 12T, up to 4.8 GHz, 30W TDP
- GPU: Semi-Custom AMD RDNA3 28CUs, 2.45GHz max sustained clock, 110W TDP
- 16GB DDR5 RAM + 8GB GDDR6 VRAM
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