In 2012, The Verge broke the news that Valve was making a game console. Gabe Newell himself dished on the company’s grand plans. By 2015, the “Steam Machines” had utterly flopped. But Valve never stopped quietly working on the idea. The Steam Deck handheld became the seed for a grand reboot of Valve’s console and headset ambitions. And now, Steam Machines are back.
The new Steam Machine is for your TV, the Steam Controller is for your hands, the Steam Frame is for your face, and they might just be the start. The company hinted there might be more SteamOS hardware later on.