Valve's massive Steam hardware announcements included the first in-house designed Valve Steam Machine, and while most of its reception was positive, a number of critics have expressed skepticism about ...

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Valve announced a new Steam Machine this week, and while I think it’s going to have a major impact on the next generation of gaming hardware – however PC-like that looks – there’s still one big ...

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Valve has announced a raft of new hardware, including a new VR headset, Steam Machine and Controller. The devices are all designed to usher in a new era of PC gaming, with Valve’s usual focus on the ...

Valve’s revived Steam Machine, shown in a 2025 prototype render, blends the power of PC gaming with the convenience of a living room console. Valve is preparing a major return to the living room after ...

I've never liked the term "console war". Leaving aside the questionable taste of aligning consoles with conflict, the war metaphor doesn't really work for the contest between platform holders. This ...

Valve just recently announced a new line of hardware, including a console-like Steam Machine. It's a little six-inch cube-like device that plays PC games on your TV. Who wants to do that and how big ...

So, the Valve Steam Machine is real. Except that should really be the Steam Machine 2.0, as this is Valve's second big attempt at a console-like PC games machine. All the way back in 2013, it first ...

Just how powerful will the Steam Machine be? Based on expert analysis of the specs revealed by Valve when it announced the Steam Machine on Wednesday, its new compact, console-like gaming PC is aimed ...

If you ask random gamers what price they think Valve will charge for its newly announced Steam Machine hardware, you’ll get a wide range of guesses. But if you ask the analysts who follow the game ...