seanbetts--steam-hardware-watch/status/current.md

Steam Hardware Watch Status

Last updated: 2026-05-12

Best Current Answer

• Price: Steam Controller remains confirmed by official Valve store APIs at $99.00 in the US. Steam Machine and Steam Frame still have no confirmed public price.
• Release date: Steam Controller remains confirmed with release date May 4, 2026 and package 1558609. Steam Machine and Steam Frame still only expose broad Coming soon / 2026 timing.
• Same-time launch: same-day availability for the full trio is ruled out. Steam Controller is public and purchasable; Machine and Frame still have no public package, package group, price, or exact availability. Steam Machine reservation package changenumbers moved on 2026-05-12; the multi-package change cluster resembles the Steam Controller package-history pattern before its public purchase timing appeared, but public Valve APIs still do not expose Machine purchase or reservation readiness.

Source Snapshot

Komodo

• Komodo API access worked on 2026-05-12.
• Product modified timestamps:
  • Controller: 2026-05-12T09:15:51
  • Machine: 2026-04-24T14:32:54
  • Frame: 2026-04-24T14:33:36
• Controller remains the only product with recent Komodo movement. A direct JSON diff versus 2026-05-11 found only modified / modified_gmt changes, so this is timestamp-only until corroborated by visible content, media, or store-state movement. Machine and Frame remain unchanged from their April 24 timestamps.
• Visual asset retrieval completed for the current set: 141 discovered, 141 retrieved, 0 blocked.

SteamKit / PICS

• SteamKit/PICS is now the primary direct Steam metadata baseline for watched app and package movement.
• Current changenumbers from the 2026-05-12 run:
  • Controller app 4165870: 35731145
  • Frame app 4165890: 35675573
  • Machine app 4165910: 35675573
  • Controller package 1558609: 35745078
  • Machine package 1629446: 35819604 (35672615 on 2026-05-11)
  • Machine package 1629447: 35819607 (35672615 on 2026-05-11)
  • Machine package 1629458: 35819602 (35672615 on 2026-05-11)
  • Machine package 1629460: 35819593 (35672615 on 2026-05-11)
  • Frame packages 1629484, 1629486: 35672606
• The four watched Steam Machine package IDs moved in SteamKit/PICS on 2026-05-12. This is the strongest current signal of fresh backend work, but it remains private metadata only.
• Manual package-history comparison adds context: Steam Controller package 1558609 reportedly had three changes in about 40 minutes plus one later follow-up change roughly two days before Valve's public purchase-timing update appeared. The Machine package set now shows a tighter multi-package cluster, with uneven per-package counts (1 / 3 / 3 / 4) across about three minutes. Treat this as a medium-strength imminent-preorder heuristic, not confirmation.
• Machine and Frame apps/packages currently require private PICS metadata tokens, but changenumbers are visible and suitable for movement monitoring.
• Raw snapshot: /Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-05-12/api/steamkit/pics-product-info.json
• Future runs also write reports/steamkit-pics-detail.md with human-readable product grouping, previous changenumber comparison, SHA hash, and exposed app/depot/branch fields.

SteamDB

• Automated SteamDB access remained blocked on 2026-05-12.
• The package report is still a structural baseline, not a content baseline: all watched SteamDB package rows are missing_or_blocked.
• SteamDB remains useful as corroborating/human-readable metadata once a trusted browser session can pass the challenge, but SteamKit/PICS now covers primary package movement.

SteamTracking / GameTracking

• Fresh SteamTracking content still contains the known Triton/Ibex controller pairing surface:
  • ibex_internal
  • ibex_external
  • PairDongleTritonConnected
  • PairDongleTritonDocked
  • ShouldTritonPairInOobe
• Known reservation package-code baseline remains: Machine package IDs 1629446, 1629447, 1629458, 1629460 and Frame package IDs 1629484, 1629486 first appeared in SteamTracking commit 334bd31a28a0 at 2026-04-28T23:46:34Z.
• No new price or exact availability signal was found in this run.

SteamVR Depots

• SteamVR news metadata was saved.
• SteamDB's SteamVR depot page remained blocked by challenge pages, so no fresh depot manifest/build comparison was collected.
• No local SteamVR depot snapshot was available for deeper content scanning.

SteamOS Package Mirror

• Valve's public SteamOS package mirror was reachable.
• Notable mirror hits include fremont-hw-support 20260506.1-1 in holo-3.8 and holo-main.
• No direct Deckard, Roy, Steam Frame, Steam Machine, ARM/Snapdragon, or new product-specific top-level repo namespace appeared in the default pass.

Valve Support / Store / CDN

• Official Valve pages and APIs were reachable.
• Valve API package snapshot:
  • Controller app 4165870: public, package 1558609, package group present, $99.00.
  • Frame app 4165890: public app metadata, Coming soon, no packages, no package groups, no price.
  • Machine app 4165910: public app metadata, Coming soon, no packages, no package groups, no price.
  • Machine packages 1629446, 1629447, 1629458, 1629460: packagedetails success:false.
  • Frame packages 1629484, 1629486: packagedetails success:false.
• This remains the cleanest public-readiness baseline. The 2026-05-12 SteamKit/PICS Machine package movement has not propagated to public appdetails, packagedetails, packages, package groups, price, or exact timing.

Customs / Regulatory

• ImportInfo automated customs fetches were blocked on 2026-05-12.
• The latest useful customs evidence remains the 2026-05-01 NBD / ImportGenius pass:
  • WIRELESS PC CONTROLLER row dated 2026-04-04.
  • GAME CONSOLE shipment arriving 2026-04-23 for INGRAM MICRO C/O VALVE CORPORATION.
• Customs data remains corroborating evidence only, not price/date/product-identity proof.

Open Questions

• When will Valve publish Steam Machine and Steam Frame prices?
• When will Steam Machine and Steam Frame receive public packages or package groups?
• Will SteamKit/PICS changenumber movement precede public Valve API readiness?
• Will the Machine package cluster receive a Controller-like follow-up changenumber bump before public preorder/reservation metadata appears?
• Are the fremont-hw-support SteamOS packages related to Steam Machine launch preparation?

Next Checks

• Watch SteamKit/PICS changenumbers for all watched app and package IDs, especially whether the 2026-05-12 Machine package cluster gets a follow-up bump or begins to expose public metadata.
• Watch Valve appdetails / packagedetails for Machine and Frame package or package-group exposure.
• Get one trusted-browser SteamDB package-page baseline if we still want human-readable SteamDB corroboration.
• Continue normal Komodo, SteamTracking, SteamOS mirror, Valve API, and customs checks.