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detailing changes Valve made to Steam in 2025, the company shared a minor update on its hardware plans that doesn't sound good for anyone hoping to buy ain 2026. Specifically, the company is now opening up the possibility its new hardware won't ship this year at all.
the ongoing memory and storage shortage had delayed the launch of its hardware and could lead to higher prices, the company was still committing to a window of when its hardware would ship: "Our goal of shipping all three products in the first half of the year has not changed. But we have work to do to land on concrete pricing and launch dates that we can confidently announce, being mindful of how quickly the circumstances around both of those things can change." As of the company's latest post, however, things somehow sound even less certain. "We hope to ship in 2026, but as we shared recently, memory and storage shortages have created challenges for us," Valve wrote in its Year in Review post. "We’ll share updates publicly when we finalize our plans!"While Valve's air of secrecy can make it easy to read too much into the limited information the company does share, moving from "the first half of the year" to " to ship in 2026" certainly gives it wiggle room to not release new hardware this year. And considering the difficulties other companies are facing sourcing memory and storage, it wouldn't be all that surprising.expect the RAM shortage could radically alter the PC landscape as companies are forced to raise prices. Valve's already struggling todue to its issues securing RAM, it stands to reason sourcing components for even more devices wouldn't make that process any easier. Then again, the company hasn’t updated its launch timing FAQ, so there’s still reason to hope the Steam Machine ships in 2026.
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