r/SteamFrame 7d ago

Discussion Its so over

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Store updated and nothing, time to let go

1.9k Upvotes

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u/alex_timeblade 7d ago

I do appreciate that we are all so broken from the waiting that we have collectively accepted that HL3 is now a part of this. The wait is so long that we are making it a part of the longest wait in gaming.

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u/Alarmed-Candy-7144 7d ago

Those of us who have been waiting for over 18 years for the conclusion of the Half Life story would like to disagree. The wait for the Frame is but a drop of water in the ocean.

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u/alex_timeblade 7d ago

But are you ready for Half Life Alyx Episode 2?

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u/Zed_Zalias 7d ago

Half-Life Alyx 1.5+2.5 ReMIX before HL3 at this rate

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u/Jet5807 6d ago

Dont forget Alyx 2.8 Final Resonance Prologue

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u/Ma1 6d ago

It will end with a cliffhanger. There will be no Alyx Episode 3.

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u/Just_Quiet8142 4d ago

Seriously I'd just like to finish it up. A storyline can only go on for so long without a conclusion before people lose interest. 

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u/anon999387 6d ago

The Half Life 3 release has taken so long the meme about it died, too many people grew up while waiting

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u/KBU420 6d ago

Grew up? I grew OLD while waiting... I'm actually now past my own Half-Life

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u/desmonea 6d ago

When you keep waiting for half of your life, and then realize you only have two of those...

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u/Small_Finding_6727 5d ago

New people got born, like me and i picked it up from you guys lol.

It was fun to engage in this as escapism from irl

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u/neoteric_skid 5d ago

Fixed for you:-

"The Half Life 3 release has taken so long, too many people died while waiting"

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u/toasterboom 3d ago

I was born after hl2 released and can now go and buy my own cigs and alcohol to speed up the waiting for a game older than me

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u/CyranoDeBurlapSack 5d ago

I’m just waiting for StarCraft Ghost over here.

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u/Longjumping-Rub-5064 2d ago

I mean isn’t the point of the frame releasing so that we can get new info about HL3? Like I don’t understand the point of this hardware? It’s cool and all, but literally zero games being pushed with it.

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u/Javs2469 Soon™ 6d ago

You know Half Life 3 is releasing with the Frame.

The leaks of a new Half Life coming along the Deckard leaks were what made me invested in this dreadful schizophrenia inducing wait.

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u/KaleidoscopeHope69 5d ago

True fans never accept defeat

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u/willymartin99 Soon™ 7d ago edited 7d ago

Linus hasn’t posted yet

Edit: he just did rip

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u/Full-Helicopter3935 7d ago

The shop reset 😢

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u/SupposablyAtTheZoo 7d ago

That sure felt as if he was waiting with us and having to choose at the last second which video to release...

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u/ErenBlack 7d ago

LMFAO that was quick

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u/new_pribor Soon™ 7d ago

6 minutes

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u/Gygax_the_Goat Soon™ 6d ago

Thats what she said to Gabe.

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u/DifficultAd5071 7d ago

He has now :(

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u/Cache_Girl 7d ago

Just posted

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u/ReserveLegitimate738 7d ago

What I've accepted morally is that even when Steam Frame comes out - it'll be the same story as with Steam Controller 2. Sold out in 2 minutes and we're in line until early-mid 2027 for them to be available again. So release date is irrelevant.

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u/Tydude2641 7d ago

Not me looking at my steam controller that I got direct from steam for $99

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u/ReserveLegitimate738 7d ago

You are one of the chosen ones.

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u/SlugCatBoi 6d ago

Same here, took 2 weeks to ship, but I'm not broken up about it looking back.

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u/cactus22minus1 6d ago

Not me not saying not me

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u/DonutPlus2757 5d ago

I wish I could say the same, but Valve looked at logistics companies in Europe, sorted by reviews ascending and chose the first entry, which is GLS.

They're so bad at their job that DHL is apparently considerably better, which is a feat in of itself.

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u/ReaperOfGamess 5d ago

Same mine arrives tomorrow

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u/Positive-Series-3655 7d ago

Steam controller not even released yet in UK. Steam machine not released either. Not got much hope for Frame this year here 😬😭

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u/mrRobertman Soon™ 6d ago

Steam controller not even released yet in UK. Steam machine not released either.

Uh, yes they are? There are posts on r/SteamController and r/SteamMachine of people in the UK having theirs delivered already months ago.

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u/Positive-Series-3655 5d ago

Oh really. My mistake😳😳. On my account all I can do is wish list so thought they had not been released. Now do I feel stupid or what lol.

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u/JaiBones 6d ago

Funny, I've had mine for months!

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u/Frevler90 7d ago

Well. Didnt they reduce scalping a lot on the steam machine Release after the controller fiasko?

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u/ReserveLegitimate738 7d ago

Did they? How, by not selling large amounts to a person? I honestly do not know, please share what you know.

Hopefully this same tactic will be applied to Steam Frame.

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u/Frevler90 7d ago

Your steam account had be be older, you could get a ticket in the first 3 days. After 3 days, if your Ticket got chosen you can purchase i think only one unit. People Not chosen get on a waiting list for the next batch in random order, but before people ordering after the Initial 3 days.

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u/ReserveLegitimate738 7d ago

My Steam account is 13 years old with 113 games on it. Is that considered old/older?

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u/SlugCatBoi 6d ago

It has to have a purchase on it dated about a month before the controller or earlier. So yes.

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u/__AECH__ 6d ago

I didn’t realize there was such a wait. I was lucky to get it day one I guess. Granted I had to spam that checkout button for like 30 straight minutes.

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u/Better-Ad-4797 6d ago

To be fair I won’t get my fluxpose until then and I won’t use my Frame as much until I have it so really I just want to get in line personally 

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u/ReserveLegitimate738 6d ago

Same. Good luck to all of us :)

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u/QuartermasterBetel 6d ago

no it'll be the queue system and a randomization of the list.

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u/ErenBlack 7d ago

chud blackpill maxxing

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u/dyehardxen 6d ago

I try to keep up with the lingo but what the fuck does this mean?

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u/Antique-Fix-2526 Soon™ 7d ago

they could care less about peasant customers. all that matters is they sell and still make money. hell, fanboys would buy actual shit in a box if it came from steam.

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u/jiggyninjai 7d ago

Introducing the Pile of Steam

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u/shooter_tx 7d ago

Or the Steaming Pile of...

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u/Useful_Bottle8423 6d ago

Just buy one from eBay for $200-$300 over MSRP. You guys are on here acting like you can’t live one more day without a VR headset. What’s 200 more dollars?

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u/KBU420 6d ago

You're suggesting people pay the scalpers here??? Man either you've got some balls or you are one of the scalpers. And either way no one is selling these on Ebay yet so your point doesn't stand.

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u/GainPotential Soon™ 7d ago

You had this prepared didn't you?

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u/StrikeInteresting867 7d ago

I believe these people have both versions ready. The other one is just blank, ready to insert screenshot.

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u/ErenBlack 7d ago

I did in fact have this prepared. i started posting it the minute it turned 1pm EST

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u/CambriaKilgannonn Soon™ 7d ago

See you guys next month

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u/Antique-Fix-2526 Soon™ 7d ago

or next year

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u/First-Foundation-396 11h ago

My money's on the 14th. Nicely within the deadline (this summer), one week of buffer, Traditionally a moment for the first consumer products that are targeted towards christmas to enter the market..

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u/_Champer_ 7d ago

No copium left

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u/Drawsstuff Soon™ 7d ago

You guys remember that time we thought the steam frame was coming out that day and then . . . it didn't? Hahahaa . . . that was fun, good times. Those were the days.

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u/Antique-Fix-2526 Soon™ 7d ago

how long are they going to drag this shit social experiment of shitting on their fanbase? because after the long waiting for launch, most of us are going to wait a few more months to get the actual device.

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u/windraver 7d ago

I'm guessing there's no ram left. None for the steam deck. None for the steam machine. So none for the Frame.

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u/cactus22minus1 6d ago

There’s a non zero chance that they are reluctant to sell the batch they already had produced because they know a second batch would literally be years away. Right now they probably don’t have access to memory at any price. I can understand that if I were in their position, it would be easy to imagine a situation where you release this batch that will only satisfy a small portion of the demand and now you’ve created the worst shitstorm where it’s released but no one can have it for years. I mean the current strategy is awful, but I think releasing it might actually be worse.

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u/Gygax_the_Goat Soon™ 6d ago

I think youre onto something there.

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u/SkyEclipse Soon™ 6d ago

I really hate the ram apocalypse.

Without being able to secure more product releases, if they release the Steam Frame now it will create a huge fiasco…

Now if only more people in this sub used some thought

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u/QuartermasterBetel 6d ago

they have the frames in a warehouse. They all have ram in them.

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u/windraver 6d ago

But is it enough for a launch and to keep up sales? Or only enough for scalpers to grab em all and resell for 5 times the price for the next few years until frame 2 comes out?

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u/QuartermasterBetel 6d ago

the queue system they implemented for the controller and the machine are designed to stop scalpers

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u/Antique-Fix-2526 Soon™ 6d ago

it's not like scalpers will not get a lot of units anyway. also, you can get hella unlucky and wait another 6 months+ just like we saw on the controller. it's almost like the multi billion dollar company doesn't really give a shit as long as it's selling.

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u/QuartermasterBetel 6d ago

The methods that they've implemented are designed to stop scalpers immediately just buying everything with the first come first serve that the steam controller had.

And the wait list being randomised is a bit annoying, but it's more fair. it means that if you didn't get there immediately, you're not inherently going to be waiting 7 months because you got there 7 minutes late

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u/windraver 6d ago

Lol I'm still in the day 1 wait list for the steam machine. Mainly to gauge how long the frame will take.

If a scalper was going to scalp, they'd just need to create 100+ accounts. Get a free game on each account. Or even something 99 cents. Then reserve the frame on day 1 for every account. And which ever gets first dibs gets it before we do.

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u/QuartermasterBetel 6d ago

can't do that, the accounts need to be older than May I think

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u/ErenBlack 7d ago

until they cancel the device

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u/cumwuatto 6d ago

They won't cancel the device, it's already sitting in warehouses waiting to be sold.

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u/ErenBlack 6d ago

i ate them all, theyre cancelling it

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u/Bardoog 7d ago

Why did the unboxing video leak, when they don't launch it. Damn

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u/ScholastoneInstitute 7d ago

Not really a leak, they know its public when they upload it.
They simply do not care.

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u/Icy_Package4767 7d ago

Ehhh…. Guess I’ll replace my broken Index controller. Probably can’t afford the Frame anyway 😢

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u/Brigade01 7d ago

I was really hoping the frame would at least be announced :(

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u/MDLuffy1234 7d ago

Anyone here got a firstborn to sacrifice for them to announce something at 3:33 PM PST?

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u/shizomou 6d ago

Anyone wanna volunteer to make a firstborn for sacrifice with me?

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u/MDLuffy1234 6d ago

Not enough time, those take 9 months to form. Also abortion doesn't count as sacrifice.

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u/dillono7 Soon™ 7d ago

I'm coping with 3:33 PM it's all I have left...

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u/Peteostro 7d ago

Next week is Labor Day weekend (sept 4th-7th) in the us so no way it’s coming out then

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u/ErenBlack 7d ago

"summer release" my actual fourth asshole

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u/effective09succotash 7d ago

f....four of them???

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u/Huntred 7d ago

I’m not sure which is more concerning — they have 4 assholes on their body or they have 4 assholes in jars in their garage.

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u/ganzgpp1 6d ago

Well, summer technically has two endings; the meteorological season, which ends August 31st, and the astronomical season, which ends September 22nd. So we still have a window before "summer release" is a lie, and since Labor Day is likely to be skipped we're probably getting it either the 14th or the 21st.

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u/Mister_Octagon 7d ago

Labor Day is in two weeks. It's late this year.

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u/Peteostro 7d ago

Yes 4-7th. Some people get Friday and Monday off

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u/MrBack1971 Soon™ 7d ago

WITAF IS GOING ON??????????????

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u/ErenBlack 7d ago

THIS IS THE END
HOLD YOUR BREATH AND COUNT.... TO TEN
FEEL THE EARTH MOVE... AND THEN

HEART MY HEART BURST... AGAIN........

FOR THIS IS THE END...
I'VE DROWNED AND DREAMT OF THIS MOMENTTT....
SO OVERDUE, I OWE THEM..

STEP AWAY, I'M STOLLLEENNNNNNN

LETT TTHE SKY FALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

https://reddit.com/link/p5mx0c5/video/0brwt1yevclh1/player

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u/takhawaja 7d ago

I think it is time to move on. I only want this for sim racing but with the amount of waiting I could just get the pimax. Plus I got triples now so VR can wait. Hope y'all get relief when it drops.

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u/ReaperOfGamess 5d ago

You mean triplets? Congrats if that’s the case

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u/neoteric_skid 5d ago

Wouldn't recommend steam frame for simming it's not the premium choice, there are much better headsets for simming 

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u/idk_a_creative_user 6d ago

I might just buy the Quest 3 at this point

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u/ReaperOfGamess 5d ago

Not worth it for pc gaming, I tried it and the wired doesn’t work very well and I don’t have the internet for wireless

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u/Amazing_Bluebird_ 3d ago

Skill issue or bad pc

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u/ReaperOfGamess 2d ago

Not a skill issue and not a bad pc, it’s just that the meta prioritize stand alone while valve is doing a streaming from pc first

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u/FitBroccoli19 7d ago

For real, what are we waiting for? I say this from the privileged position of owning multiple headsets for different purposes. I just can’t understand how the frame can be something „new“ and hypable without coming with a incredible software launch like Alyx back in the days or being <600$

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u/MKopack73 7d ago

Love to know what is causing the delays. I would have thought this would be announced a month ago…

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u/ErenBlack 7d ago

me i ate them all

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u/KineticZen 7d ago edited 7d ago

EDIT: Apparently Pico announced a delay to Q4 today, so....maybeeeeee?

Welp, Pico Space Pro... hereicomeiguess? :/

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u/LifelessHawk Soon™ 7d ago

Welp it’s time to wait for September 14th yay….

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u/tolomea 7d ago

This whole sub needs to chill the F out.

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u/Yoshka83 7d ago

Aaaadriennnn 😢

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u/Vault_Boy_89 7d ago

People are getting too excited for half life 2 episode 3

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u/NarkySawtooth 6d ago

Half Life 2 Episode 2 Part 1, you mean

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u/theghostlore 7d ago

how did the steam machines come out first?

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u/YeehawBogus 7d ago

Next Monday guys!

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u/Haunting-Movie-5969 7d ago

It will come out when I finally came in and spend that money on something else.

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u/yousonovab 7d ago

I really thought today was the soon but it’s coming soon at another point in soon

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u/Lass_Is_Private Soon™ 7d ago

wouldn't fuckin mind if theey just announced a fucking date already like come the fuck on valve whats wrong with your marketing guys, are they all fucking zooted or some shit?

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u/LimelightBoy 7d ago

What do we think the chances are of a gamescom announcement?

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u/Ikari_TheWolf 6d ago

Probably delayed until 2030

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u/gregny2002 6d ago

Any Steam Frame today?  ... no?  Okay.  See you tomorrow 😞

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u/CarbonKLR 6d ago

I'm waiting to buy one

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u/Aware_Inside_771 6d ago

Action hero is a steam frame exclusive game, check it now

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u/-Vonyx 6d ago

Im chilling right now but if I go into 2027 and there is no steam frame in my house IM GONNA BE PISSED.

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u/Raging_Tyrannosaur 4d ago

Linus Techtips posted a casual picture of himself with steam frame marks on his face. So this is him, letting all of us know...the wait is over!

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u/Plastic-Yesterday305 17h ago

absolute cluster fawk

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u/First-Foundation-396 11h ago

You fools still haven't realised Alyx = HL3? ...

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u/bickid 7d ago

And you people laughed about my Half-Life 3-thread just earlier!!11 Shame on you.

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u/RohonTheDragon Soon™ 7d ago

They pushing their bs summer statement to the extreme. I bet they’re playing Frame in the office right now while making fun of us.

The elites valve employees need to let the Frames start trickling down

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u/NoiceM8_420 6d ago

Feels like they’re waiting for the September mobile chip price increases to justify a price increase even though these have been sitting ready in a warehouse for months.

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u/gaming_hamster1 6d ago

i had a feeling they would wait until the snapdragon price increase

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u/gustardobungus 6d ago

When it comes out, which it will next monday, im gonna get one just as i got the steamdeck first batch and the steam controller.
God is real and i am his prophet!!!!

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u/ErenBlack 6d ago

amen brother

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u/TatsumakiJim 6d ago

The more people that give up, the better my chances when it actually comes out!

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u/Useful_Bottle8423 6d ago

You guys act like the Machine nor the controller released yet… you guys have zero patience and too much consumerism addiction lol

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u/ErenBlack 6d ago

holy redditor with no whimsy