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Steam Hardware Watch Status

Last updated: 2026-05-26

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 have now moved twice: a multi-package cluster on 2026-05-12, followed by another bump across all four watched Machine packages on 2026-05-14. The 2026-05-26 pass found no new watched SteamKit/PICS movement and no new Valve public API readiness. ImportGenius still shows continued GAME CONSOLE shipments to INGRAM MICRO C/O VALVE CORPORATION through 2026-05-18; this remains logistics corroboration, not public launch confirmation.

Source Snapshot

Komodo

  • Komodo was available again on 2026-05-23 through the dedicated browser fallback after the automated path initially blocked.
  • The automated Komodo path was blocked again on 2026-05-25; any comparison lines implying removed Komodo sections are likely empty-report/block artifacts, not confirmed product-page removals.
  • The automated Komodo path also initially blocked on 2026-05-26, but the dedicated Chrome fallback was restored and captured a fresh baseline.
  • Product modified timestamps captured in the 2026-05-26 browser-backed rerun:
    • Controller: 2026-05-25T12:14:52
    • Machine: 2026-04-24T14:32:54
    • Frame: 2026-04-24T14:33:36
  • Controller has now moved again at the Komodo timestamp layer, but no matching SteamKit/PICS or Valve API launch-readiness movement appeared in the same pass. 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 141 candidate assets, retrieved 136, and left 5 blocked 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 2026-05-26 run:
    • 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
  • No watched SteamKit/PICS changenumbers moved on 2026-05-26.
  • The latest Controller package signal remains the 2026-05-17 private PICS change on package 1558609, where ignorereservationifstockavailable=1 was removed from the package extended fields. Public Valve appdetails / packagedetails still did not change.
  • The latest material Machine signal remains the 2026-05-14 follow-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 1558609 reportedly 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/2026-05-26/api/steamkit/pics-product-info.json
  • Human-readable detail: /Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-05-26/reports/steamkit-pics-detail.md

SteamDB

  • SteamDB was successfully retrieved through the dedicated Chrome fallback on 2026-05-26.
  • SteamDB package-page baseline:
    • Controller package 1558609: last record update 15 May 2026 - 16:07:19 UTC, changenumber 35893035, details available.
    • Machine packages 1629446, 1629447, 1629458, 1629460: last record updates clustered on 13 May 2026, private/existence-only, possible app 4165910:Steam Machine.
    • Frame packages 1629484, 1629486: last record update 5 May 2026 - 18:50:54 UTC, private/existence-only, possible app 4165890:Steam Frame.
  • SteamDB is now a useful human-readable corroboration layer again, while SteamKit/PICS remains the primary direct metadata source.

SteamTracking / GameTracking

  • Fresh SteamTracking content remained current at commit 5f58a47e5 (2026-05-23T04:32:36Z) on the 2026-05-26 pass and 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.
  • New high-signal client manifest watch target: steam_client_beta_linuxarm64 first appeared in the local SteamTracking baseline at commit 28f5287 (2026-05-22T04:56:58Z) with version 1779139477.
  • Track steam_client_beta_linuxarm64 and steam_client_publicbeta_linuxarm64 every run, especially bins_hardware_linuxarm64, bins_linuxarm64, steam_linuxarm64, runtime_steamrt_linuxarm64, and bins_steamrt_linuxarm64.
  • Current ARM64 client manifest baseline in the 2026-05-26 report:
    • steam_client_beta_linuxarm64: version 1779139477; bins_hardware_linuxarm64.zip.cc71be587407299a6125bfa9e889b97bf8df7591; size 7590487.
    • steam_client_publicbeta_linuxarm64: version 1779479049; bins_hardware_linuxarm64.zip.da8814f3cc3788fd3789ce233dd86f107b2b244a; size 10039405.
  • The updated SteamTracking checkout did not add a new Machine/Frame reservation package, price, exact availability, ARM64 manifest movement, 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 20260506.1-1 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.
  • No Valve public API readiness change appeared on 2026-05-26.
  • 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 2026-05-14 SteamKit/PICS Machine package movement has not propagated to public appdetails, packagedetails, packages, package groups, price, or exact timing.

Customs / Regulatory

  • Customs status on 2026-05-26: partial. ImportInfo automated fetches were blocked, but the ImportGenius importer page fetched and parsed successfully.
  • ImportGenius now lists 10 relevant GAME CONSOLE rows for INGRAM MICRO C/O VALVE CORPORATION from 2026-03-27 through 2026-05-18.
  • No newer customs rows appeared versus the 2026-05-22 / 2026-05-23 / 2026-05-25 ImportGenius baseline.
  • Newer rows since the old 2026-04-23 baseline include:
    • SNHBSHACHI265020, arrived 2026-05-18, 42 PKG, 14353 Kgs.
    • SNHBSHACHI264140, arrived 2026-05-18, 42 PKG, 14533 Kgs.
    • SNHBSHACHI264031, arrived 2026-05-08, 42 PKG, 12615 Kgs.
  • The prior NBD / ImportGenius context also remains relevant:
    • 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 the 2026-05-14 Machine 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-support SteamOS 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 / packagedetails for 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.
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