Meet the Steam Machine: Valve’s Shiny Gaming Cube
The Tiny Little Cube That Wants to Replace Your Gaming PC Valve just announced a tidy little cube-shaped gaming PC, officially the new Steam Machine, and yeah - it’s designed to sit under your TV and run SteamOS without turning your living room into a radiator. Allegedly. Alongside the cube came two other things Valve wants on your wishlist: the Steam Frame VR headset (a standalone SteamOS VR headset) and a brand-new Steam Controller. All three are slated for early 2026 rollouts and they look fire. Design and Intent: Small Box, Big Ideas The Steam Machine looks like a grown-up GameCube: a compact, cube-ish box meant to be unobtrusive and living room friendly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmKrKTwtukE Video: Steam Hardware Announcement | Valve The form factor screams “plop me under your TV,” and Valve seems to be positioning this as the bridge between […]
