Valve says it still plans to ship the Steam Machine in 2026
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Valve's Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller may not launch in 2026 as planned due to chip shortages, with the company now stating 'we hope to ship in 2026' instead of earlier promises.
A blog post from Valve on Friday initially seemed to throw cold water on the idea that the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller would arrive in 2026 at all. But Valve tells The Verge it did not mean to suggest that - and that all three pieces of hardware will indeed ship this year, despite challenges from the ongoing memory shortage.
Earlier today, Valve wrote that "we hope to ship in 2026," which sounded like a downgrade from Valve's earlier promises. As recently as last month, the company explicitly said it had not changed its plans to ship all three new hardware products "in the first half of the year," even though that its …