I have waited years and years and years to get a VR set, just waiting for valve to make their new set and just as they fucking announce it billionaire pieces of shit looking to get rich getting people fired with their AI bullshit destroy the computer electronics market... Scumbags...

The page was broken for me, here's a direct link to Valve's post.

I had started to assume this was the case.

With all the layoffs in tech, I'm just hoping the Frame releases while I can justify it.

Too bad they couldn't share pricing for the controller

I think most of us understand that the parts market (RAM and SSD at least but also GPU) is so volatile that, for a machine they don’t expect great numbers on and they aren’t selling as a loss leader (like game consoles are), they can’t name a price because they don’t know. Committing to one price now almost certainly means a “price rise” at launch or selling at a loss, neither of which they want.

Personally I’m expecting $999. I wouldn’t be surprised if I’m a little off, by $200 — in either direction. This will not be “affordable,” but they’re expecting their fans to come out and support them.

Clever idea would be to give to option to sell it without RAM and SSD (as option, you can still buy the whole package).

They need an open platform to soar, who cares if RAM and SSD comes from second hand market? Steam is a store, they could even lead the second hand market for the (key) accessory components!

I figured the SSD was easily accessible but being able to upgrade the RAM was a welcome surprise.

This is so sad. I can't put into words bis much I hate ai. It's making everything worse in my life. Art, politics, news, talking to friends about their chatgpt enlightenments and now gaming too. I was so looking forward to the frame. :(

I wonder how far they're willing to push the "its just a PC" rhetoric - they might consider releasing a chassis only enthusiast version without RAM and SSD etc. Similar to how Framework has their DIY edition and configurator.

I really want a Frame but I want it more for the software. If I could flash the garbage off my Quest 3 and use whatever Valve cooked up I am confident it would be vastly better. The hardware is decent. The operating system is garbage and they keep reducing its functionality every update. A good 70% of what I do with it runs FOSS shit I found on github and dev blogs because something as simple as putting an overlay on top of a fully 3D game is something the geniuses at Meta can't figure out how to do.