Steam Frame appears set to launch this month as reservation system added

Valve appears to be gearing up for the Steam Frame’s launch. After months of leaks pointing to final SteamOS updates and wireless‑linking features being prepared behind the scenes, Valve has now added a reservation system to the Steam Frame’s store page, though you can't reserve one just yet.

The reservation system is the same one previously used for the Steam Deck and the Steam Machine. It isn’t live yet, but the back‑end is already in place, as spotted by Valve‑focused dataminer Brad Lynch. Considering the timing, the reservation announcement should go live later this week, or next week, followed by reviews and the first unit shipments towards the end of September or early October.

Like the Steam Machine, Valve may once again run a lottery before opening general orders. Due to low supply for the Steam Machine, Valve first asked interested customers to sign up, then ran a one‑time randomisation process to determine who could place an order first. Valve then worked through the reservation list month‑by‑month as new stock arrived. We expect a similar process for the Steam Frame.

We still don’t know how much the Steam Frame will cost, but expectations remain high that it will be on the expensive side. It is a fully self‑contained headset with its own internal hardware capable of running games natively, so it isn't immune to the ongoing RAM and SSD price surge.

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