Steam Hardware Watch Status

Last updated: 2026-05-04

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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 have broad 2026 timing.
Same-time launch: exact same-day availability is effectively ruled out for the full trio. Steam Controller has a purchase package and exact date; Machine and Frame still do not.

Automated Komodo API access was blocked on 2026-05-04; do not treat the comparison report's Komodo section removals as real content removals.
Automated Komodo API access worked on 2026-05-02 with the realistic browser user agent.
Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame remain real published WooCommerce products.
Controller product metadata moved again: modified timestamp is now 2026-04-30T19:14:10.
Controller remains in the sale-adjacent state seen in the prior run:
- product_tag-wishlist-only is absent.
- purchasable is present.
- outofstock remains.
- product_tag is [112]; tag 113 is wishlist-only.
Machine and Frame remain dormant by comparison: both still carry product_tag-wishlist-only, remain outofstock, and do not have the purchasable class.
Machine and Frame product modified timestamps are unchanged at 2026-04-24T14:32:54 and 2026-04-24T14:33:36.
Current Komodo section coverage shows Controller-only launch-page depth, with older wishlist-only sections for Machine and Frame.
Visual asset retrieval is complete for the current Komodo set: 141 discovered and 141 retrieved, with 0 blocked. The browsable library contains 11 videos, 12 images, 3 logos, 3 poster frames, 44 thumbnails, and 68 variants.

The standard SteamDB helper was still blocked by challenge pages on 2026-05-04 for app 4165870, app history, app 4653940, and package 1620489.
Browser-verified SteamDB state from 2026-04-26 is now superseded for price and date by official Valve store APIs, but remains useful for historical app/package tracking.

A fresh SteamTracking checkout on 2026-05-04 still includes controller onboarding, firmware update flow, puck handling, and pairing logic for the new controller ecosystem.
Pairing-focused hits include ibex_internal, ibex_external, PairDongleTritonConnected, PairDongleTritonDocked, and ShouldTritonPairInOobe.
The same Triton/Ibex pairing surface now also appears in Random/SteamApkStrings.txt, indicating the Steam Android APK string dump includes the controller pairing API names. This broadens the client-surface evidence, but does not introduce a new price or launch-date signal.

SteamVR app 250820 news metadata was saved on 2026-05-04.
The SteamDB depot page for SteamVR was blocked by challenge pages, so no fresh manifest/build comparison was collected.
The first SteamVR helper baseline found public news references to SteamVR/OpenXR/Steam Link VR, but no direct Deckard, Roy, or Steam Frame depot-content hit because no local SteamVR depot snapshot was available to scan.

Valve's public SteamOS package mirror was reachable on 2026-05-04.
The default holo-3.8, holo-main, jupiter-3.8, and jupiter-main package database pass produced 758 package rows and no fetch errors.
No high-signal Fremont, Deckard, Roy, Steam Frame, Steam Machine, ARM/Snapdragon, or product-specific top-level repo namespace appeared in the default mirror pass.
The notable mirror hits were Deck/Jupiter-adjacent, including foxnet, foxnetstatsd, linux-firmware-neptune-*, and plasma-remotecontrollers.

Official Valve store pages were reachable and saved on 2026-05-04.
Official appdetails for app 4165870 still show hardware type, package 1558609, price_overview.final_formatted $99.00, and release date May 4, 2026.
Official packagedetails for package 1558609 still show USD final price 9900 cents, release date May 4, 2026, and page content for the Steam Controller puck, 35+ hour battery, TMR thumbsticks, haptics, and inputs.
Steam Controller store event metadata moved again to rtime32_last_modified 2026-05-04T18:27:52Z; the Steam Hardware root event moved to 2026-05-04T18:27:56Z. The announcement body hash was unchanged, so this is metadata/json movement rather than a clear text-body change.
Steam Machine and Steam Frame still do not have comparable official price or exact purchase timing in the checked Valve artifacts.

No new customs or regulatory pass was run on 2026-05-02; the latest saved customs evidence remains from 2026-05-01.
NBD's public Valve Corporation page showed latest Valve trade data dated 2026-04-04, including a WIRELESS PC CONTROLLER row from HONG KONG (CHINA).
ImportGenius showed an April 23, 2026 GAME CONSOLE . shipment for INGRAM MICRO C/O VALVE CORPORATION, but that record does not identify which Valve hardware product.
These customs records support active Valve hardware logistics, but do not prove price, exact launch date, or device-specific timing for Machine or Frame.

When will Valve publish Steam Machine and Steam Frame prices?
Will Steam Controller ship dates or purchase-state details differ by region after the May 4, 2026 release date?
When will Steam Machine and Steam Frame receive exact availability timing?
When do comparable fresh media and purchasable-state changes appear for Machine and Frame, if at all?

Recheck Komodo product classes/tags for Machine and Frame with browser-style fallback if normal API access remains blocked.
Recheck SteamDB via browser-style access after the official appdetails movement.
Watch Valve store metadata and /hardware/... paths for Machine and Frame price or availability fields.
Download or point STEAMVR_SCAN_DIRS at SteamVR beta depot snapshots for a real depot-content diff.
Monitor the SteamOS mirror root for new product-specific repos such as possible Machine/Frame namespaces.
Track NBD and other customs aggregators for follow-on controller shipments and any Machine or Frame descriptions.
Run customs or regulatory checks if a new primary-source signal appears.