Steam Frame price revealed, waiting open until 17th September

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After an accidental leaking of their review video from Linus Tech Tips last week, we somewhat knew that news on Steam's latest VR venture was imminent. Today the product page has been updated, with a few new details revealed for the first time. The headset is powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and runs an ARM64 version of SteamOS. Through this you'll be able to natively run some of your Steam games directly on the headset itself. It should be noted however that the Steam Frame is listed as a "streaming-first" device, introducing some genuinely interesting tech to make wireless VR streaming feasible. There will be "Steam Frame Verified" markers coming to the storefront to give you an idea of what will run well when untethered though.

But let's get to the important part: the price. The Steam Frame is available in two flavours, with the cheaper model featuring 256GB of UFS storage, and its more expensive counterpart bumping that up to 1TB. Both models do feature a Micro SD card slot for expansion however. You can find the pricing below:
  • 256GB Kit - £889 / $1059
  • 1TB Kit - £1089 / $1299
Both variants do come with Half-Life: Alyx included, though there's no indication that the game will run natively on the platform.

Those interested in picking one up for themselves can now sign up for the wait list, much in the same manner as the Steam Machine. This list will remain open until 6pm on the 17th of September here in the UK, with all submissions then randomised. Within a day of the list closing, you can expect an email saying how long you're likely to be waiting for your unit.

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Got my email that I'm in the reservation queue. Looks like I'll be pretty early to try it
I did too! Though I'll likely have to wait a bit longer regardless for prescription lenses to come through in the UK.
 
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And here I thought I was going to get to submit my application for new GBATemp Writer
Honestly if you want to do any kind of write up for it, format it nicely and throw it into USN. I've no problem promoting well-written editorial style content from there. Or at least written well enough that I can edit it a little lol
 
Honestly if you want to do any kind of write up for it, format it nicely and throw it into USN. I've no problem promoting well-written editorial style content from there. Or at least written well enough that I can edit it a little lol
Haha we'll see if I'm up to it. I'm not a writer historically but have a lot of thoughts in my head. You'll see it in USN if I'm feeling cocky
 
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After an accidental leaking of their review video from Linus Tech Tips last week, we somewhat knew that news on Steam's latest VR venture was imminent. Today the product page has been updated, with a few new details revealed for the first time. The headset is powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and runs an ARM64 version of SteamOS. Through this you'll be able to natively run some of your Steam games directly on the headset itself. It should be noted however that the Steam Frame is listed as a "streaming-first" device, introducing some genuinely interesting tech to make wireless VR streaming feasible. There will be "Steam Frame Verified" markers coming to the storefront to give you an idea of what will run well when untethered though.

But let's get to the important part: the price. The Steam Frame is available in two flavours, with the cheaper model featuring 256GB of UFS storage, and its more expensive counterpart bumping that up to 1TB. Both models do feature a Micro SD card slot for expansion however. You can find the pricing below:
  • 256GB Kit - £889 / $1059
  • 1TB Kit - £1089 / $1299
Both variants do come with Half-Life: Alyx included, though there's no indication that the game will run natively on the platform.

Those interested in picking one up for themselves can now sign up for the wait list, much in the same manner as the Steam Machine. This list will remain open until 6pm on the 17th of September here in the UK, with all submissions then randomised. Within a day of the list closing, you can expect an email saying how long you're likely to be waiting for your unit.

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For half the price and more supported games you can just get a Meta Quest 3. Steam is really doing nothing and losing now huh?
 
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For half the price and more supported games you can just get a Meta Quest 3. Steam is really doing nothing and losing now huh?
You get what you pay for, with Meta you're the product. I wouldn't recommend using one of their headsets even if they were giving them away for free.
 
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