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Steam Machine and Steam Frame delays are the latest product of the RAM crisis (arstechnica.com)
submitted 6 months ago by Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social to c/hardware@lemmy.world
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Valve says it still hopes to ship both devices "in the first half of the year."

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[–] renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 8 points 6 months ago

How would they even start production of something like the Steam Frame without having a supplier for RAM?

They can't... hence the delay.

If RAM is the problem, then the Steam Controller would have been out by now.

This statement doesn't make sense. The steam controller is an accessory to the Steam Machine. This would be like launching a PS6 controller before the PS6. Sure you could use it with PCs, but they are part of the same product launch.

That is unless they plan to release all 3 products on the same day, which is absurd and something not even Apple does anymore.

Why is that absurd? Reading their actual blog post, it really seems like that's the plan.

It seems like you're just grasping for reasons to be mad at Valve.