{"id":185008,"date":"2026-02-05T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/valve-pushes-back-steam-machine-launch-due-to-storage-and-memory-shortage\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T05:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T10:25:09","slug":"valve-pushes-back-steam-machine-launch-due-to-storage-and-memory-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/valve-pushes-back-steam-machine-launch-due-to-storage-and-memory-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve pushes back Steam Machine launch due to storage and memory shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/pc\/valve-pushes-back-steam-machine-launch-due-to-storage-and-memory-shortage-133000103.html\">Valve pushes back Steam Machine launch due to storage and memory shortage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/pc\/valve-pushes-back-steam-machine-launch-due-to-storage-and-memory-shortage-133000103.html\">https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/pc\/valve-pushes-back-steam-machine-launch-due-to-storage-and-memory-shortage-133000103.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-05 08:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.engadget.com\">www.engadget.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Certainly! Here\u2019s a polite and respectful summary of the article using an unordered list with key points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Delayed Steam Machine Release<\/strong>: Valve\u2019s original plan for releasing the Steam Machine (a console-style SteamOS device) in early 2026 is delayed, aiming for a first half of the year instead. Nonetheless, a concrete pricing and launch date remains undecided.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Price and Schedule Reevaluation<\/strong>: The delay and pricing decisions are influenced by industry-wide shortages of memory and storage components, alongside increased prices due to these supply issues.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Supplies Shortage Impact<\/strong>: The artificial intelligence industry\u2019s high demand for memory and storage has led to shortages in markets for other devices like PCs and phones, impacting Valve\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Steam Machine Specifications<\/strong>: The Steam Machine features a compact design powered by a semi-custom AMD CPU and GPU, with an expected \u201croughly six times the horsepower\u201d of the Steam Deck, capable of supporting 4K gaming at 60 FPS with FSR technology.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Steam Frame VR Headset Delay<\/strong>: The launch of Steam Frame, a wireless VR headset compatible with both PC and Android games, is also delayed.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Customization Options<\/strong>: Valve mentions that users will have the option to easily upgrade the Steam Machine\u2019s SSD and memory modules.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Valve reassures users that they will keep them updated as soon as feasible.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valve pushes back Steam Machine launch due to storage and memory shortage https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/pc\/valve-pushes-back-steam-machine-launch-due-to-storage-and-memory-shortage-133000103.html Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":185009,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/l8aUeT.1cPouWLKmqk2uiw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD02NzU-\/https:\/\/d29szjachogqwa.cloudfront.net\/images\/user-uploaded\/valve-steam-machine.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-185008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185008"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185008"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185010,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185008\/revisions\/185010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}