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

Steam Hardware Watch Status

Last updated: 2026-06-09

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 three times: a multi-package cluster on 2026-05-12, a follow-up bump across all four watched Machine packages on 2026-05-14, and another all-four package bump on 2026-06-09. The 2026-06-09 pass found no Valve public API readiness, and the two watched Steam Frame package IDs did not move. This makes Steam Machine the strongest current near-term signal, but it remains private backend movement rather than preorder confirmation. ImportGenius still shows relevant 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 reachable in the 2026-06-09 pass.
• Product modified timestamps remain unchanged from 2026-05-28:
  • Controller: 2026-05-27T16:52:25
  • Machine: 2026-05-27T16:53:06
  • Frame: 2026-05-27T16:53:46
• This was not timestamp-only: all three product JSON records gained WooCommerce product category 961, exposed as product_cat-hardware in class_list. Controller now has product categories [961, 93]; Machine and Frame now have [961].
• No new Komodo section, media URL, asset exposure, or product timestamp movement appeared on 2026-06-09. Treat the category addition as a real Komodo catalog-organization signal, not preorder confirmation.
• Visual asset retrieval found 141 candidate assets, retrieved 137, and left 4 blocked known Komodo URLs for manual retry. No new asset URL was exposed.

SteamKit / PICS

• SteamKit/PICS is the primary direct Steam metadata source for watched app and package movement.
• Current changenumbers from the 2026-06-09 run:
  • Controller app 4165870: 35731145
  • Frame app 4165890: 35675573
  • Machine app 4165910: 35675573
  • Controller package 1558609: 35893035
  • Machine package 1629446: 36426730
  • Machine package 1629447: 36426723
  • Machine package 1629458: 36426735
  • Machine package 1629460: 36426739
  • Frame packages 1629484, 1629486: 35672606
• All four watched Steam Machine package changenumbers moved again on 2026-06-09; watched Steam Frame package changenumbers did not move.
• 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 is the 2026-06-09 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 the initial multi-package cluster and two later all-package follow-up bumps. 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/2026-06-09/api/steamkit/pics-product-info.json
• Human-readable detail: /Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-06-09/reports/steamkit-pics-detail.md

SteamDB

• SteamDB package pages were challenge-blocked on 2026-06-09, so no fresh human-readable SteamDB corroboration was collected for the new Machine package changenumbers.
• 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 remains a useful human-readable corroboration layer when reachable, while SteamKit/PICS remains the primary direct metadata source.

SteamTracking / GameTracking

• SteamTracking now fast-forwards and records source metadata before scanning. The 2026-06-09 pass used commit b850a6699d19fc553a8a07be29feb4db88d398e8 (2026-06-09T01:56:20Z).
• The corrected hardware signal reporting now creates dedicated Frame and Machine reports before the broad hardware report, so high-signal product-specific client strings are not buried in generic hardware noise.
• Dedicated Steam Machine client signal report now surfaces setup-tour and compatibility lines:
  • GuidedTour_SteamMachine_Welcome_Title
  • GuidedTour_SteamMachine_SendOff_Description
  • GuidedTour_SDCard_Title_SteamMachine
  • Steam Machine compatibility-warning strings
• Dedicated Steam Frame client signal report now surfaces high-signal Frame lines that were previously buried in the broad hardware report:
  • WelcomeToSteamFrame
  • skip_steamframe_pairing_dialog
  • controller_steamframe_pair
  • Settings_RemotePlay_WifiAPSection
  • SteamFrameWirelessAdapterDialog_*
  • k_EAppTestType_SteamFrameCompatibilityReview
  • steamFrameVerifiedApps
  • LibraryTab_FrameVerified
• The older focused pairing report 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 2026-06-09 report:
  • steam_client_beta_linuxarm64: version 1780371519; bins_hardware_linuxarm64.zip.da8814f3cc3788fd3789ce233dd86f107b2b244a; size 10039405.
  • steam_client_publicbeta_linuxarm64: version 1780965181; bins_hardware_linuxarm64.zip.da8814f3cc3788fd3789ce233dd86f107b2b244a; size 10039405.
• ARM64 public-beta client manifest movement appeared versus the 2026-06-05 baseline, including bins_linuxarm64 and steam_linuxarm64. The hardware-specific bins_hardware_linuxarm64 block did not change.
• The updated SteamTracking checkout did not add a new Machine/Frame reservation package, price, exact availability, or product-publication signal. Content-normalized comparison of the dedicated Frame/Machine reports showed no substantive added or removed focused product strings; the apparent report deltas were line-number churn.

SteamVR Depots

• SteamVR news metadata was saved. The latest public SteamVR news item is Introducing SteamVR 2.16 from 2026-06-02T18:59:37Z.
• SteamDB's SteamVR depot page remained blocked by challenge pages on 2026-06-09, 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 2026-06-09.
• 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 2026-06-09 SteamKit/PICS Machine package movement and the corrected SteamTracking guided-tour baseline have not propagated to public appdetails, packagedetails, packages, package groups, price, or exact timing.

Customs / Regulatory

• Customs status on 2026-06-09: partial. ImportInfo automated fetches were blocked, while the existing ImportGenius-backed baseline still showed relevant rows.
• 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 2026-06-09 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.