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Steam Hardware Watch Status
Last updated: 2026-05-23
Best Current Answer
Price: Steam Controller remains confirmed by official Valve store APIs at$99.00in the US. Steam Machine and Steam Frame still have no confirmed public price.Release date: Steam Controller remains confirmed with release dateMay 4, 2026and package1558609. Steam Machine and Steam Frame still only expose broadComing soon/2026timing.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 have now moved twice: a multi-package cluster on2026-05-12, followed by another bump across all four watched Machine packages on2026-05-14. ImportGenius now shows continuedGAME CONSOLEshipments toINGRAM MICRO C/O VALVE CORPORATIONthrough2026-05-18; this is a stronger logistics corroboration signal, but public Valve APIs still do not expose Machine purchase or reservation readiness.
Source Snapshot
Komodo
- Komodo was available again on
2026-05-23through the dedicated browser fallback after the automated path initially blocked. - Product modified timestamps captured in this run remain unchanged versus
2026-05-22:- Controller:
2026-05-22T15:28:27 - Machine:
2026-04-24T14:32:54 - Frame:
2026-04-24T14:33:36
- Controller:
- Controller changed from
2026-05-15T15:50:21to2026-05-22T15:28:27, but a direct JSON diff versus2026-05-18found onlymodified/modified_gmtchanges. Treat this as timestamp-only until corroborated by visible content, media, store-state movement, or Steam metadata. - Machine and Frame remain unchanged from their April 24 product timestamps, and their visible Komodo section baseline is still the old wishlist section only.
- Visual asset retrieval found
141candidate assets, retrieved136, and left5blocked known Komodo URLs for manual retry.
SteamKit / PICS
- SteamKit/PICS is the primary direct Steam metadata source for watched app and package movement.
- Current changenumbers from the
2026-05-23run:- Controller app
4165870:35731145 - Frame app
4165890:35675573 - Machine app
4165910:35675573 - Controller package
1558609:35893035 - Machine package
1629446:35842876 - Machine package
1629447:35842851 - Machine package
1629458:35842860 - Machine package
1629460:35842863 - Frame packages
1629484,1629486:35672606
- Controller app
- No watched SteamKit/PICS changenumbers moved on
2026-05-23. - The latest Controller package signal remains the
2026-05-17private PICS change on package1558609, whereignorereservationifstockavailable=1was removed from the packageextendedfields. Public Valveappdetails/packagedetailsstill did not change. - The latest material Machine signal remains the
2026-05-14follow-up bump across all four watched Steam Machine package IDs, especially because the two watched Steam Frame package IDs did not move. - Manual package-history context remains important: Steam Controller package
1558609reportedly had a clustered change pattern plus one later follow-up change roughly two days before Valve's public purchase-timing update appeared. The Machine set now has both the initial multi-package cluster and the later follow-up bump. Treat this as a stronger 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/2026-05-23/api/steamkit/pics-product-info.json - Human-readable detail:
/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-05-23/reports/steamkit-pics-detail.md
SteamDB
- Automated SteamDB access remained blocked on
2026-05-23. - 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 at commit
5f58a47(2026-05-23T04:32:36Z) still contains the known Triton/Ibex controller pairing surface:ibex_internalibex_externalPairDongleTritonConnectedPairDongleTritonDockedShouldTritonPairInOobe
- Known reservation package-code baseline remains: Machine package IDs
1629446,1629447,1629458,1629460and Frame package IDs1629484,1629486first appeared in SteamTracking commit334bd31a28a0at2026-04-28T23:46:34Z. - New high-signal client manifest watch target:
steam_client_beta_linuxarm64first appeared in the local SteamTracking baseline at commit28f5287(2026-05-22T04:56:58Z) with version1779139477. - Track
steam_client_beta_linuxarm64andsteam_client_publicbeta_linuxarm64every run, especiallybins_hardware_linuxarm64,bins_linuxarm64,steam_linuxarm64,runtime_steamrt_linuxarm64, andbins_steamrt_linuxarm64. - Current ARM64 client manifest baseline in the
2026-05-23report:steam_client_beta_linuxarm64: version1779139477;bins_hardware_linuxarm64.zip.cc71be587407299a6125bfa9e889b97bf8df7591; size7590487.steam_client_publicbeta_linuxarm64: version1779479049;bins_hardware_linuxarm64.zip.da8814f3cc3788fd3789ce233dd86f107b2b244a; size10039405.
- The updated SteamTracking checkout did not add a new Machine/Frame reservation package, price, exact availability, or product-publication signal.
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 still include
fremont-hw-support 20260506.1-1inholo-3.8andholo-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, package1558609, 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.
- Controller app
- This remains the cleanest public-readiness baseline. The
2026-05-14SteamKit/PICS Machine package movement has not propagated to publicappdetails,packagedetails, packages, package groups, price, or exact timing.
Customs / Regulatory
- Customs status on
2026-05-23: partial. ImportInfo automated fetches were blocked, but the ImportGenius importer page fetched and parsed successfully. - ImportGenius now lists
10relevantGAME CONSOLErows forINGRAM MICRO C/O VALVE CORPORATIONfrom2026-03-27through2026-05-18. - No newer customs rows appeared versus the
2026-05-22ImportGenius baseline. - Newer rows since the old
2026-04-23baseline include:SNHBSHACHI265020, arrived2026-05-18,42 PKG,14353 Kgs.SNHBSHACHI264140, arrived2026-05-18,42 PKG,14533 Kgs.SNHBSHACHI264031, arrived2026-05-08,42 PKG,12615 Kgs.
- The prior NBD / ImportGenius context also remains relevant:
WIRELESS PC CONTROLLERrow dated2026-04-04.GAME CONSOLEshipment arriving2026-04-23forINGRAM 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 the
2026-05-14Machine follow-up changenumber bump precede public Valve API readiness? - Will Valve expose Machine package IDs through public
packagedetails,appdetails.packages, package groups, reservation text, or purchase eligibility? - Are the
fremont-hw-supportSteamOS packages related to Steam Machine launch preparation?
Next Checks
- Watch SteamKit/PICS changenumbers for all watched app and package IDs, with higher frequency over the next 24-48 hours if possible.
- Watch Valve
appdetails/packagedetailsfor Machine and Frame package or package-group exposure. - Get one trusted-browser SteamDB package-page baseline for the four Machine package IDs to corroborate the new PICS movement with human-readable history pages.
- Continue normal Komodo, SteamTracking, SteamOS mirror, Valve API, and customs checks.