Given the constraints in the video game industry as of late, you might think it was a crazy move to launch anything like a new console in the coming years. data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/valve” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/valve”>Valve is no ordinary company, though.
Despite data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-fy26-q1-earnings” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-fy26-q1-earnings”>Xbox hardware being down year-over-year for several quarters and PlayStation posting a very modest 1% increase in playtime hours despite data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/playstation-5″ data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/playstation-5″>PS5 sales keeping pace with PS4 — Valve is unbothered and has decided it’s time to revive its Steam Machine efforts that originally started in 2014.
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