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Official Valve: Steam Hardware Launch timing (Q1/Q2 of 2026) and other FAQs (steamcommunity.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
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The Steam Machine and Steam Frame are probably delayed, but they still intend to release them in the first half of this year.

They said they planned to have a concrete launch window and pricing by now, but hardware pricing/shortages have made that hard to pin down.

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[–] 78 points 9 months ago (9 children)

I honestly wish they'd just release the controller sooner rather than later. I can somewhat understand delaying the Machine and Frame due to the supply shortages, but if the controller is ready then they should just put it out there.

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    Same here. My current Steam Controller is on its last leg and I've spent like 1000 hours on it.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I purchased mine for full price too. Unfortunately I do not like it for various reasons. Missing dpad and second stick, and holding it is a bit uncomfortable to my hands. And at the early days Steam Input wasn't this refined. But I loved using it to play with gyro controls. But will keep it, its history. :-)

    The new controller is based on the Steam Deck controls and vastly superior to me (if we assume its like that). I can't imagine you don't liking it as much as the old controller.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    Steam Controller really comes into it's own when you rely on both touchpads.

    I usually map the left joystick to the left touchpad on touch, and if I need options for the D-pad map them to the joysticks instead or even touchpad 4 button click.

    For side scrolling platformers I just map the D Pad to the left touchpad on touch, and ABXY to the right touchpad on touch.

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago

    I feel the same way. They must be adamant that they need to all launch at the same time or something. I think they should just release the controller ASAP, but they probably have a logistical reason not to.

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