Valve Corporation’s reported warehouse activity suggests that its upcoming Steam Machine may be close to release.
Extended Reality (XR) specialist Brad Lynch took to Twitter/X to share some details regarding Valve Corporation’s recent warehouse activity, which suggests that the Steam Machine may be close to release. He claimed that the company has been receiving “game consoles” in bulk quantity over the past couple of weeks in its US distribution warehouse.
According to Lynch, it’s safe to assume that the aforementioned “game consoles” inbound at Valve Corporation’s warehouse are Steam Machines, though he didn’t rule out the possibility of some units being Steam Deck restocks.
Regarding the source of his information, the XR project manager said that he has a “bot that tracks import records to companies of interest” and provides him the findings. It also gives him more information than what is publicly available sometimes. According to him, the importer in this case is Ingram Micro., Valve’s distribution/warehouse company in Carol Stream, Illinois.
Lynch recently revealed the internal pricing targets he’s been told for Valve Corporation’s upcoming products, including the Steam Machine and Steam Frame, both before and after the ongoing RAM shortage. According to him, the Steam Machine has received the most substantial price hike, while the Steam Frame is “not as bad.” He refrained from sharing specifics, saying that if he felt comfortable mentioning them publicly, he definitely would have. He also thinks we’ll be hearing about official prices very soon. It’s worth remembering Valve Corporation has yet to reveal official prices for both the Steam Machine and the Steam Frame, so any pricing revisions that occur are the company’s internal affair. On the Steam Frame not receiving a price hike as substantial as the Steam Machine, the XR specialist speculated that it may be due to mobile LPDDR RAM prices not being affected as much as mainstream RAM.
