Valve Confirms Steam Controller Price and Release Date, Promises More News on Steam Machine Soon

Valve has confirmed the Steam Controller price and release date, while promising to announce news on the hotly anticipated Steam Machine soon.

Steam Controller launches on May 4 priced $99. We also have regional pricing: $149 CAD / €99 / £85 / $149 AUD / 449 PLN.

In a note to IGN, Valve said “pricing varies by region due to distribution costs, import duties/tariffs, and market conditions.”

While we have a release date and price information for Steam Controller, Valve is yet to date or price the Steam Machine or Steam Frame, which were both announced alongside Steam Controller last year. In an interview with IGN ahead of the Steam Controller news, Valve programmer Pierre-Loup Griffais promised more Steam Machine news soon.

“We don’t have exact details about the timeline to share today,” Griffais said. “And we’re hard at work on trying to get them out the door. I think we are definitely expecting to roll out some news soon about that, but in general, I think things are going well.”

Steam Machine is a mid-level gaming-focused PC designed to be more accessible than a standard desktop PC, with a sleek, cube-like design and SteamOS on-board. Its price has been the subject of intense speculation, particularly in the context of rising hardware prices and components.

When Valve announced its trio of new hardware, the expectation was they’d release around the same time. However, this isn’t the case, with the Steam Machine suffering a delay due to the ongoing AI-fueled RAM shortage.

But Griffais insisted the Steam Controller “stands out on its own,” and that while it will of course work well with Steam Machine when it finally comes out, people who just want a new controller to use on their PC will be the “primary audience.”

“We want to make sure that we can get it into their hands as soon as possible, as soon as it’s ready basically without having to wait for any other factors there,” Griffais said. “But in terms of Steam Machine, yeah, it’s really just about the logistics of getting it into users’ hands. I think if you’ve used the Steam Deck docked, the experience is pretty much there. It’s that plus some more GPU horsepower. Of course, there’s a ton of polish and other feature work that we can do, but at the end of the day, the core experience is there.

“And the key thing that is making it not launched yet is really just about the logistics of finishing it up in terms of supply and getting it to users’ hands.”

We’ve got plenty more on Steam Controller, including our review, our Valve interview in full, and a brief update on Steam Deck 2.

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