"In an update on its blog, Valve says its goal is still to ship the Steam Frame, Steam Controller, and Steam Machine in the "first half of the year." But it also indicates that specifics around pricing and launch dates are in flux, saying that "limited availability and growing prices" on storage and memory are forcing Valve to "revisit" these issues. That sounds a lot like price increases, something that nearly every PC manufacturer has already warned about in new products coming in 2026."
"Companies like Dell and HP are doing everything they can to secure supply, including working with Chinese memory manufacturers for the first time. The memory shortage has been caused by a huge spike in demand for AI in data centers. The three primary memory manufacturers in the world, Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix, have all but abandoned the consumer market in favor of supporting AI data centers."
Valve aims to ship the Steam Frame, Steam Controller, and Steam Machine in the first half of the year but acknowledges pricing and launch-date specifics remain uncertain due to storage and memory shortages. The company cites "limited availability and growing prices" as reasons to revisit pricing and release plans. Major PC vendors are warning of price increases and are securing supply, including sourcing from Chinese memory manufacturers. A surge in AI data-center demand has pulled Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix toward enterprise memory, reducing consumer availability and driving off-the-shelf PC memory and DDR5 prices sharply higher.
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