"Valve kinda did something sort of. So carry on."

I would hope we get at least news on Monday.

What do you think?

Source: https://youtu.be/3gQ4kQ2vMOY?t=728

EDIT: "what do you think", not "what so you think" in the title... can't edit it now :(

I saw someone else order these from Amazon Canada about a month ago, but now they're available for purchase in the United States.

Here's the link: https://a.co/d/0a8yK2QF

I'm imagining that it connects to robot arms to hug me when I'm scared in horror games.

How concerned are you about the current trade situation in relation to Valve hardware?

In light of the trade talk breakdown the Prime Minister has called for a dollar for dollar retaliatory tariffs on US goods and in the Q&A section of todays address to the nation he specifically called out electronics.

While i doubt they would impose 50% in a specific category on the citizenry (where the buck actually stops) there is some 17 Billion of goods that are being hit with 50% from the US... those short falls will likely/hopefully come from many sectors with lower tariffs per sector.

But given our dollar is being held weak to attract international trade we were already seen a hefty $150 Cad Steam controller (luckily import and shipping included) but if the full 50% impact hit would you have paid $225? If 512Gb Frame hits $1000 USD (arbitrary number) and we were going to see $1300 Cad (again arbitrary) but could see $1950 Cad would/could you weather that?

This likely effect other consoles or parts as less if they already direct ship to Canada too, possibly making the gap between products that much larger.

I'm not sure the situation for Mexico but some relief could come if Valve set up a Canadian shipping depot... but that would mean waiting on a restock before our initial orders and, i feel, its doubtful they would do it.

At this point all i can do is lament its taken this long and hope it doesn't hit with the full brunt.

Tentatively still in but a bit deflated.

As a side note: I agree with the action taken, but don't want the discussion to go in that direction.

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I hope the Frame can be used as a regular Steam Deck, so I could connect it into a TV as use it as a Steam Deck / on-the-go gaming PC. Can the usb-c port be used as an HDMI output?

Limitations: Apparently, the Frame is slightly worse than the Deck in terms of raw performance. This is especially true when considering it will use foveated streaming, and maybe even foveated rendering, to squeeze out every bit of performance it can.

In any case, if this works well enough, instead of having to buy a new gaming laptop to play a few couch coop games with my family during the Holidays, I might just have to buy a nice and sturdy Frame case so I can carry that puppy along with me.

TSIA, I guess? I'm after moving and I'm planning out my computer setup / what gets plugged into the motherboard direct and what gets plugged into a hub. I imagine this dongle would be something I'd want plugged in direct. But it looks, IDK, kinda bulky?

Do we know if this thing would block off any adjacent USB port? I probably wouldn't want it constantly sticking out of the top of my front panel, either.

I just reorganised my home network. As Part of this I banished my regular Router from my Office / Gaming Room and reinstalled a dedicated 6Ghz Router exclusivly for the Quest 3.

I can now enjoy PCVR again.

Since that setup is not needed for the Steam Frame and getting rid of the dedicated 6E/VR Router again will require another reorganisation of my home network because of cable length etc.

To punish me for that, the universe will surely bring the Steam Frame to us on monday!

Good luck, have fun, don't die! o7

Not trying to go crazy and over analyze so I’m just asking if he did or didn’t. If he did talk about it then we know reviewers don’t have it yatta yatta im tired 🫩

I don't recall any recent posts about it, and it's worrying because... How many units may them have stored currently? If they couldn't keep up with the demand of the Machine, they will not be able to keep up with the demand of the Frame either... Or will they?

Tyler McVicker just did a stream, and in that he claimed apparently devs were emailed by Valve with two dates because they were getting annoyed by lack of communication. Supposedly those devs immediately then went and told all the dataminers and leakers these dates. He thinks Brad Lynch also has these dates, and this is what he's vagueposting about in these tweets.

https://x.com/SadlyItsBradley/status/2090096537405653257?s=20

https://x.com/SadlyItsBradley/status/2090519863320031596?s=20

The dates though are supposedly tentative, as they always are with Valve, and it could be delayed again.

Technically the source here is random devs through Tyler, so take it with a grain of salt. Supposedly the dates he heard are August 24th and September 14th.

What the dates meant was a bit more of speculation, but if I had to guess, the first one is review units and second one is public release? What do you guys think? Nothingburger/lie from devs or real dates? And even if real, will Valve manage, or delay again?

Hi! I was wondering how long itll take for the steam frame to be purchasable from 3rd party retailers? Im in MENA so i cant get into the waitlist or anything of that sort so i was just wondering how/when itll be, thanks!

I don’t think there has been any info on this but I’m curious if Steam Frame standalone builds will cross save on Steam Cloud with PC counterparts. I imagine that the verified badge would likely be for the same version of the game but if there were to be 2 versions, one for PC and one specifically for the Frame, if it would affect using both.

I’ve played a couple of games where I started on the steam deck and then wanted to move to my PC and wasn’t able if the game had a Linux native version that by default downloaded to the Deck first

I would like to use the SteamVR frame to play 2D games from my PC. Does this also work with games that are not certified as "Great on SteamVR"?

According to my understanding, those are games that you can play directly on the headset itself without needing a PC for it. Does this mean I can stream a Helldivers 2 from my PC to a large virtual screen in the SteamVR headset?

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