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Valve Announces Steam Frame VR Shipping Summer Amid Price Hike

6/6/2026

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Valve Ships VR

Valve confirmed that the Steam Frame VR headset and Steam Machine will ship this summer.
The headset, codenamed “Deckard,” can pair via a 6 GHz wireless adapter or run standalone on a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip capable of Half-Life: Alyx.
Valve expanded its Verified program to include both devices, promising out-of-box performance metrics.
Market forecasts appear gloomy after Valve raised the Steam Deck price because of inflated memory and storage costs.

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Valve Guarantees 2024

Valve removed the “hope to ship in 2026” line and now promises all three products this year.
Valve released the Steam Controller in early May, separating it from the delayed Steam Machine and Frame.
Valve will test every Steam Machine title that fell below Steam Deck performance standards before launch.
The Steam Machine is about six times as powerful as the Steam Deck, widening the Verified-eligible game pool.

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Valve Verifies Games

Valve is testing tens of thousands of titles to decide which earn a Steam Machine Verified badge.
The Steam Frame Verified library will list games with legible text, controller support, and full playability.
In May, Valve released a $100 Steam Controller and raised the Steam Deck OLED 1TB price by nearly 50% to $950.
Many fear the Steam Machine may exceed $1,000 despite speculation it could be under $700.

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Valve Ships VR

Valve confirmed that the Steam Frame VR headset and Steam Machine will ship this summer.
The headset, codenamed “Deckard,” can pair via a 6 GHz wireless adapter or run standalone on a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip capable of Half-Life: Alyx.
Valve expanded its Verified program to include both devices, promising out-of-box performance metrics.
Market forecasts appear gloomy after Valve raised the Steam Deck price because of inflated memory and storage costs.

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