Valve has had a pretty stellar week at both MWC and GDC. Despite not revealing Half-Life 3 (then again, will they ever?), the primarily software-focused company made a big statement with their HTC-powered VR Vive headset, as well as the host of different Steam Machines coming to market in November. To cap things off, Valve has introduced a brand new section to Steam – and it’s full of hardware.
Valve has launched a brand new PC hardware focused section on Steam following their numerous announcements this week. The listings include the brand new Steam Link, Steam Controller and every single Steam Machine currently set for launch. While you can browse all the items right now, you can’t actually order anything just yet. Still, it’s great to have a single hub dedicated to Steam hardware, especially when it comes to the many different types of Steam Machines.
The prices range from a relatively low $450 to an exuberantly high $5000 for some configurations, and a lot of the listings are yet cement actual specifications yet. And while Steam is widely used locally for digital games, I’m not too sure how restrictive their hardware is going to be. Whether or not this store is being kept exclusively for select regions is yet to be seen, but don’t expect every machine listed to have global shipping. At best, Steam might localise listings for hardware that will only be available in your region. Maybe.
Either way, it’s great that Valve is offering a nice way to centralise their products, and not force consumers to hunt via online retailers themselves. Given enough time, this could quickly become just has necessary as Steam’s digital distribution.
Last Updated: March 6, 2015
Admiral Chief
March 6, 2015 at 13:34
Is THAT the controller?
O____O
So….purrrdy!!!
Pariah
March 6, 2015 at 13:34
Controller is now on my wishlist. That’s epic.
Admiral Chief
March 6, 2015 at 13:37
Best piece of tech I’ve seen in quite some time!
Blood Emperor Trevor
March 6, 2015 at 13:44
Sies.
Captain JJ the damned
March 6, 2015 at 13:45
That what she said?
Admiral Chief
March 6, 2015 at 13:46
Ag come on, that implies that he even HAS/HAD a she somewhere in his life
Pariah
March 6, 2015 at 13:48
His mom still counts… *RUNS
Admiral Chief
March 6, 2015 at 13:49
Oh snap
Blood Emperor Trevor
March 6, 2015 at 13:50
Shut up, son. ;P
Captain JJ the damned
March 6, 2015 at 13:50
loooool
Admiral Chief
March 6, 2015 at 14:06
LOOOOOOL
Pariah
March 6, 2015 at 14:10
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/8c/a1/22/8ca1222f1eb9f2f23d965ddf085b97c2.jpg
Lord Chaos
March 6, 2015 at 14:12
Ring finger?
Pariah
March 6, 2015 at 14:14
May I politely ask where you learned to count? You may want to go get your money back. XD
Lord Chaos
March 6, 2015 at 14:14
As programmer index counting starts at 0.
Pariah
March 6, 2015 at 14:16
SO 0 fingers. 1 finger. 2 fingers. 3 fingers. I don’t see the difference in real terms…
Lord Chaos
March 6, 2015 at 14:17
hand.getFingerAt(0) would be thumb
Pariah
March 6, 2015 at 14:17
And that, folks, is why developers don’t make jokes. -_-
Lord Chaos
March 6, 2015 at 14:18
😀
Edit: Unless they’re gutter related
Admiral Chief
March 6, 2015 at 14:29
Also, is a thumb a finger, or a thumb?
Dun dun dunnnn
Lord Chaos
March 6, 2015 at 14:30
10 Minutes before my weekend starts… No thinking
Admiral Chief
March 6, 2015 at 14:31
Hence why they refer to opposable thumbs…not opposable fingers….
Lord Chaos
March 6, 2015 at 14:33
No more brain hurting. 🙁
Admiral Chief
March 6, 2015 at 14:34
Train A leaves station X at 15h00 travelling at 28m/s and train B leaves station Y at 15h45 travelling at 24m/s, at what point did you stop reading this?
Lord Chaos
March 6, 2015 at 14:36
All I saw was “Train A” bla, bla, bla, “stop reading this”
Cheers people. Drinking time.
Admiral Chief
March 6, 2015 at 14:36
Adios meneer chaos
RinceThis
March 6, 2015 at 14:03
ouch
Admiral Chief
March 6, 2015 at 14:06
You should read the things he says about you…
Captain JJ the damned
March 6, 2015 at 13:45
That controller looks awesome. Bit of an inverted Xbox thing going on.
Just wondering about that knobby. The concave ones are so much nicer to use.
Lord Chaos
March 6, 2015 at 13:59
So concave knobs are your thing? Explains a lot. 😛
Captain JJ the damned
March 6, 2015 at 14:50
Haha
Matthew Holliday
March 6, 2015 at 14:01
impressive pricing, although the US market is dirt cheap compared to here.
1400$ for a premade “designer” PC with an nvidia 980? legit.
Ranting Raptor
March 6, 2015 at 14:14
I want that controller!!!!!
justlikemo
March 6, 2015 at 14:21
If they manage
to pull off an Amazon globally for their hardware, everyone will end up
buying from them. They will end up killing the market, the same way they have done for digital downloads. With the digital downloads you either buy from them or troll online for a better offer – thats what I love about steam.