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Steam Machine Delayed By Memory Crisis. When Will It Arrive Now?
- Valve delayed its Steam hardware to the first half of the year, saying it will revisit shipping timing and pricing while finalizing plans soon.
- Rising memory and storage costs have squeezed supply as Valve's November announcement coincided with a sharp DDR5 RAM and NVMe SSD price spike.
- Valve answered detailed hardware questions, noting upgradeability and features, confirming Steam Machine's SSD and DDR5 RAM modules are user-accessible and aiming for 4K 60 FPS with AMD's FSR upscaling plus foveated streaming.
- Cost estimates shifted as memory prices rose, with some observers estimating $700 for 16GB LPDDR5X while rising costs could push the minimum price toward $950.
- Looking ahead, the company will issue driver updates to improve upscaling and ray tracing and explore prescription lens inserts while finalizing shipping and pricing plans soon.
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