Record Steam Machine package movement

status/evidence.jsonl

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 {"date_checked": "2026-05-10", "source": "valve-store", "entity": "steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame", "claim": "Valve Store APIs confirm Steam Controller remains public with package 1558609 and USD 99.00 while Steam Machine and Steam Frame apps remain coming soon with no public packages or price.", "evidence_type": "official_store_api_recheck", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-05-10/reports/valve-reservation-packages.tsv", "notes": "appdetails: Controller public with packages=1558609 and package_groups=1; Frame 4165890 and Machine 4165910 public app metadata but package_groups=0, no packages, no price; Machine packages 1629446/1629447/1629458/1629460 and Frame packages 1629484/1629486 still packagedetails success:false."}
 {"date_checked": "2026-05-10", "source": "steamdb", "entity": "steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame", "claim": "SteamDB reservation package monitor is now part of the baseline, but automated and browser-fallback fetches were blocked for all watched package pages.", "evidence_type": "blocked_fetch", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-05-10/reports/steamdb-reservation-packages.tsv", "notes": "Watched package IDs: 1558609, 1629446, 1629447, 1629458, 1629460, 1629484, 1629486. All rows are missing_or_blocked after SteamDB challenge pages, so a manual trusted browser pass is still needed for Last Record Update/changenumber baseline."}
 {"date_checked": "2026-05-11", "source": "steamkit-pics", "entity": "steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame", "claim": "SteamKit/PICS now provides a direct baseline changenumber snapshot for watched Valve hardware apps and reservation packages.", "evidence_type": "steam_product_info_baseline", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-05-11/reports/steamkit-pics-packages.tsv", "notes": "Controller app 4165870 changenumber 35731145; Frame app 4165890 and Machine app 4165910 changenumber 35675573; Controller package 1558609 changenumber 35745078; Machine packages 1629446/1629447/1629458/1629460 changenumber 35672615; Frame packages 1629484/1629486 changenumber 35672606. Machine and Frame rows require private PICS metadata tokens but visible changenumbers are enough for movement monitoring."}
+{"date_checked": "2026-05-12", "source": "steamkit-pics", "entity": "steam-machine", "claim": "SteamKit/PICS shows all four watched Steam Machine reservation package IDs moved since the 2026-05-11 baseline.", "evidence_type": "steam_product_info_changenumber_delta", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-05-12/reports/steamkit-pics-detail.md", "notes": "Machine packages 1629446, 1629447, 1629458, and 1629460 changed from changenumber 35672615 to 35819604, 35819607, 35819602, and 35819593 respectively. Rows still require private PICS metadata tokens and Valve appdetails/packagedetails remain non-public, so this is backend movement rather than confirmed public launch readiness."}
+{"date_checked": "2026-05-12", "source": "manual-steamdb-pattern", "entity": "steam-machine,steam-controller", "claim": "Steam Machine package-history movement resembles the Steam Controller package pattern observed before public purchase timing appeared.", "evidence_type": "package_history_pattern_comparison", "confidence": "medium", "ref": "/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/status/runs/2026-05-12.md", "notes": "Manual package-history observation: Steam Machine packages changed in an uneven 1/3/3/4 pattern across about three minutes. Steam Controller package 1558609 reportedly had three changes in about 40 minutes plus one later follow-up roughly two days before Valve publicly exposed purchase timing. This increases near-term watch priority but does not confirm preorder timing without public Valve API movement."}