Valve targeted a lower price for the Steam Frame, then the memory crisis happened: 'I wish we could have shipped it…
Valve's new Steam Frame VR headset is launching at higher price points than initially intended due to a global memory crisis. Engineers Joy Lyons and Jeremy Selan confirmed Valve aimed for a lower price but component costs, particularly RAM, forced adjustments. The Steam Frame's pricing is significantly higher than competitors like the Meta Quest 3, which also faced price increases.
- Entities
- Topic: Component Shortage
- Company: Valve
- Person: Jeremy Selan
- Company: Meta
- Game: Steam Frame
- Platform: PC
- Topic: Virtual Reality
- Topic: Hardware Pricing
- Person: Joy Lyons
- Game: Meta Quest 3
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