What happens when a tech giant refuses to back down after a high-profile failure? In 2015, Valve’s ambitious Steam Machines stumbled out of the gate, leaving a trail of fragmented hardware, limited ...

Steam is a popular computer gaming platform, and now, it has rocked the industry with the announcement of its TV-compatible console, the Steam Machine. It promises enough power to play an internal ...

Valve made waves last month upon the announcement of a slew of new Steam hardware. The company launched a sequel to the Steam Controller and course-corrected the metaverse with the Steam Frame. But ...

While Microsoft has denied stepping away from hardware production outright, there’s no denying that the company’s decreasing reliance on first-party publishing will leave a gap in the console gaming ...

This article contains officially confirmed information combined with expert industry speculation and analysis. Valve’s Steam Machine signals the industry giant’s intention to bring Steam into greater ...

Valve is once again attempting to break into the hardware market with its upcoming Steam Machine gaming PC. The success of the Steam Deck likely emboldened Valve to take another shot at selling ...

Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead Michael Douse has commented on the supposed price of the Steam Machine. This led Valve to confirm that the Steam Machine price will be "more in line with what you might ...

For most of my life, I've been a console gamer. From the moment I got a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) as a combination birthday and Christmas present at the tail end of 1986, I became absolutely ...

After Valve announced its upcoming Steam Machine living room box earlier this month, some analysts suggested to Ars that Valve could and should aggressively subsidize that hardware with “loss leader” ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook A rumor surrounding the price of the Steam Machine has fans believing the device is already a flop ...

Crystal ball: With Valve positioning the Steam Machine as a competitor to the current-gen consoles, many expected it to be priced as such – i.e., around or under $500. But a Valve engineer has ...