If Valve gets the pricing right, its new console could finally make Linux a first-class citizen on the biggest screen in the house.

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Valve announced a new living-room console, controller, and VR headset running SteamOS (Linux-based) for early 2026, with pricing yet to be revealed. The Steam Machine aims to bring PC gaming to TVs with no Windows licensing costs, leveraging Proton compatibility improvements from Steam Deck. Success depends on competitive pricing against Sony's PS5 and Microsoft's Xbox, potentially disrupting the console market by offering Steam library access and Linux's open ecosystem advantages. The move could weaken Windows' dominance in gaming and establish Linux as a viable platform for mainstream console gaming.

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It’s not a console, it’s a PC.

I’m pretty hype about it. What they’ve done for Linux gaming is huge.

Pricing is either going to make or break this, its exactly what I am after so I cant wait to see if I am building again for my living room or picking up one of these. Regardless its my steam lib thats going to be the star of the show :)

vaporware until it is actually for sale.