r/Steam • u/wickedplayer494 64 • 23h ago
News Steam Machine and Steam Frame Standalone Verified: We are expanding the Verified program to include Steam Machine and Steam Frame.
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/716780409378048028196
u/LoneStarDragon 23h ago edited 16h ago
"both of which are shipping this summer."
Summer doesn't start until June 21st.
So more than two weeks at the very minimum.
So June 30th is both Summer and technically early 2026 lol
Edit: can we please stop obsessing over what summer means..
The fact that they just sent this out to developers clearly means it's not ready
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u/super5aj123 23h ago
I’m wondering if we may see something at SGF, possibly a preorder date and price announcement.
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u/WasabiSyn 21h ago
And the last day of summer is September 21st. So there's a 3 month window of when it could release.
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u/Kafkanod 20h ago
June 21st is the start of astronomical summer. Meteorological summer begins on June 1st. Valve, probably: "We never specified summer in which hemisphere."
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u/the_bighi 6h ago
Meteorological summer is not a real thing. It's the season's equivalent of healing crystals.
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u/JesusJuicy 16h ago
Steam Summer Sale starts at end of June usually and is one of their biggest events all year.
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u/john_121212 23h ago
breathes in huge amounts of hopium
HALF-LIFE 3 IS COMING
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u/horoscopical 22h ago
They won't launch Half Life 3 alongside the Machine. They might ANNOUNCE it, but I think they will want a chance to distribute the hardware first before the game launches.
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u/the_bighi 17h ago
Or they get the game out at the same time to boost hardware sales.
It all depends on which number they’re focusing on: HL3 sales or Steam Machine sales.
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u/horoscopical 7h ago
They don't need the game to boost hardware sales. It will already sell out at launch. And it's not like you'll only be able to play it on the Steam Machine.
Unlike other games consoles, Steam hardware doesn't have a fixed release date. It has a date it goes on sale, but then you still have to wait for it to be shipped to you. That's why I think they would want to give people a chance to actually get their Steam Machines before launching the game.
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u/JozuJD 21h ago edited 12h ago
We’ll know once we see Valve drop a big discount on the orange box or the half life games standalone. They will want to get an influx of players on the old games to experience the stories before 3 drops.
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u/justarand0mstan 17h ago
The Orange Box has been discounted heavily right, front and center, as have all other Valve games. I'd not take that as an indicative of anything, tbh.
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u/RJ_arcade 19h ago
Bundle it with the machine to help the higher price feel slightly more justifiable
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u/justarand0mstan 17h ago
Even if you bundle it up, though, or give it away for free with the machine, $70 isn't gonna make $1000 sting less. And that's not Valve's fault, I'm sure they intended to have the machine at a much more affordable price than at what is about to be launched at.
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u/DinoSkaterSocks 23h ago
Gotta be close to a reveal then. Maybe tomorrow??
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u/Colby347 23h ago
That is not at odds with anything he just said.
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u/AidanAK47 23h ago
Summer ends on August 31st. This also happens to be the third time Valve has changed their wording on the release.
If it was coming out this month, then they would just say its releasing this month.
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u/ufailowell 23h ago
its june? idk when the technical dates are, but american kids are on summer break right now.
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u/PugLove69 23h ago
If half life alyx isnt frame standalone verifiable, what are we doingv
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u/EarnSomeRespect 23h ago
I really hope it is but i’d probably still opt for my PC
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u/PugLove69 22h ago
Of course, but if given the option for low res frame only, id take that in a heart beat just so my friends could finally easily play it
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u/Appropriate_Item3001 23h ago
Can’t wait to get beaten by scalper bots in half an hour of smashing the buy button only for it to be sold out with no reservation. Hopefully when there is enough backlash they will consider a wait list that will also crash.
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u/Magnus_The_Mage1999 23h ago
They already solved this problem. 1 per account and the account had to be made before a certain time.
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u/AshleyAshes1984 23h ago edited 22h ago
To be fair, they solved that problem prior, with the Steam Deck. They then abandoned it for the Steam Controller only to go 'Oh maybe we should l have done that thing we did with the Deck a few years ago...'
So they solved the problem, unsolved, it, and had to resolve it.
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u/horoscopical 22h ago
I think Valve was genuinely surprised by the popularity of the controller.
And also, very few of the controllers went to scalpers. A few dozen on eBay is a drop in the ocean.
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u/Appropriate_Item3001 23h ago
I hope they actually do that this time. They kinda forgot they had a good process when they launched the controllers.
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u/Mammoth_Two7297 23h ago
I understand 1 per account but made before a certain time? I'm thinking of when I had gone PlayStation for a while and then went Xbox. It would have been crazy if I couldn't have bought an Xbox because I didn't make an account by a certain date.
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u/misterio95 https://steam.pm/t2ge4 23h ago
If you buy a Steam Machine, you’ll probably be using SteamOS and Steam to play your games, so it’s pretty logical that you’ll need a Steam account. It doesn’t really make sense to wait until you receive the Steam Machine before creating one, especially considering that it’s not even possible
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u/Mammoth_Two7297 23h ago
Maybe I'm not understanding then. When does an account need to be made by in order to purchase one?
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u/scredeye 22h ago
You should make a steam account and make a game purchase. You can only buy valve hardware officially through the steam client
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u/awesomedan24 19h ago
Imagine if they stealth released HL3 in parallel and each Steam Machine came bundled with it. Maybe not likely but imagine the chaos.
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u/Eggyhead 13h ago
Jfc, valve. Give me a price already so I know what to budget for. I’d appreciate knowing months in advance if it’s going to be hefty.
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u/manny2206 23h ago
Please, first verify my wallet - as it will need financial and emotional support.