Following on from the success of the Steam Deck, Valve is creating its very own ecosystem of products. The Steam Frame, Steam Machine, and Steam Controller are all set to launch in the new year. We’ve tried each of them and here’s what you need to know about each one.
“From the Frame to the Controller to the Machine, we’re a fairly small industrial design team here, and we really made sure it felt like a family of devices, even to the slightest detail,” Clement Gallois, a designer at Valve, tells me during a recent visit to Valve HQ. “How it feels, the buttons, how they react… everything belongs and works together kind of seamlessly.”
For more detail, make sure to check out our in-depth stories linked below:
Steam Frame: Valve’s new wireless VR headset
Steam Machine: Compact living room gaming box
Steam Controller: A controller to replace your mouse
Valve’s official video announcement.
So uh, ahem.
Yes.
Valve can indeed count to three.
I think you are confusing the concept of ‘new’ and ‘wholly original’/‘totally unique’.
A 2025 Toyota Corrola is a new Toyota Corrola.
Its got updates, changes, differences, from the 2024 model, or the 2012 model.
… It’s still new, though, just because the 1996 Toyota Corolla existed, that doesn’t mean the 2025 Toyota Corolla is not… the new Toyota Corolla.
It just isn’t a wholly original design or product, like when the first Prius came out, or whatever.