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Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam Frame (lemmy.world)
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Phoronix article: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Machines-Frame-2026

Also listed here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/hardware

Valve has already sent support for the new Steam Controller upstream: https://www.phoronix.com/news/New-Steam-Controller-SDL

Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller and Steam Frame for release in 2026. There is an image of a Steam Controller, which looks like a hybrid between the original Steam Controller and the layout and trackpads of the Steam Deck.
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[–] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child)

I got an Index for cheap last year and was very excited to play a number of my favorite games with optional VR mode. Turns out:

  1. the Index ecosystem is more accessible than expected.

  2. the games I was looking forward to all played like ass and made VR seem like a stupid gimmick.

  3. In a desperate move that felt like sunk cost fallacy, I tried several VR-only games, and got TOTALLY hooked on modded Beatsaber. This itself made the buy-in worth it.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    VR-only games

    For the most part VR "ports" of traditional games are not worth buying. The developers usually put 0 effort into them. There are exceptions like sim racing titles, but for the most part games developed specifically for VR will be way better designed

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