I didn’t know but apparently, in some other timeline we should have been talking about the release and pricing of the Steam Machine and all those other gadgets Valve had planned to release.
And while they are still planned to be released, seemingly, this year, we don’t know when or what they’ll cost. Because Valve doesn’t know. The reason for this takes us back to what we talked about last week and likely what we’ll be talking about in the weeks to come: AI.
When announced last year the Steam Machine was really something to look forward to. Valve seems to be of the mind that they sort of want everyone to experience PC gaming. The Steam Deck was the first attempt at this and it’s done wonderfully. People who had a PC now had something portable and people without a gaming PC of any kind now had something to experience PC gaming with.
The Steam Machine was set to follow suit. Something, likely, affordable that wasn’t overly powerful but had decent specs and could run games at mid to upper settings. The speculation on price was the biggest factor of anything about the device itself. And we’re still left waiting on that.
Because of RAM. This is, sadly, going to be a running theme for us this year I’m afraid. The whole RAM thing is a result of AI, as we’ve stated before and that’s just going to lead to a whole world of hurt as far as…well, probably everything.
I’m really hoping next week I’ll have something else to write and talk about.
Maybe a Splinter Cell game, but probably not.
Ubisoft, it has been 4,556 days since a new Splinter Cell game (non-animated series or guest spot in another game franchise, remake, BBC radio drama, or VR exclusive) was released.
Also, there’s been 1100 job losses in the gaming industry since January 1, 2026.
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