Valve proclaims new Steam Machine and Steam Controller

Valve is taking one other run at providing a console-style experience in your lounge. The corporate has introduced a brand new Steam Machine and Steam Controller that allow you to play PC video games in your TV in the identical means the Steam Deck helps you to play them on the go.

The Steam Machine works like a console, however is technically a compact PC. The boxy system contains a customizable entrance plate and LED gentle strip, with USB-A and a microSD card slot accessible proper up entrance. Inside, the Steam Machine is powered by what Valve describes as a “semi-custom AMD Zen 4” CPU and a “semi-Customized AMD RDNA3 ” GPU with “16GB DDR5 + 8GB GDDR6 VRAM” and both 512GB or 2TB of SSD storage.

Valve says the Steam Machine has “roughly six occasions the horsepower” of the Steam Deck, and is able to supporting 4K gaming at 60 FPS with FSR. Curiously, Valve can be pitching the system as a solution to stream extra demanding video games to your Steam Deck, the Steam Frame VR headset the corporate additionally introduced at present, or any system operating Steam Hyperlink.

Whilst you may use the Steam Machine with a standard Bluetooth controller, Valve has created its personal resolution. The brand new Steam Controller places all the varied management strategies of the Steam Deck right into a wi-fi controller. That features sticks, face buttons, grip buttons, triggers and bumpers, but in addition trackpads for mouse controls and gyro controls, too. The Steam Controller works over each Bluetooth or a wired connection, and Valve can be together with a charging dongle that doubles as a wi-fi transmitter for the quickest connection.

Just like the original Steam Controller, your enter technique could be individually custom-made for every sport, and profiles could be shared. Valve says the brand new controller will work with any system that runs Steam, together with the Steam Deck, Steam Machine and Steam Body.

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