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SteamOS

Valve's Arch Linux-based gaming operating system for the Steam Deck and other Valve hardware, running Windows games on Linux through Proton.

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Known aliases

  • Steam OS
  • SteamOS 3

Current stories

productConfirmed8 publishers

Valve's $1,059 Steam Frame assumes the buyer already owns a gaming PC

Reviewers who lived with Valve's headset for a week or three praise the 440-gram fit and log crashes, power loss and a mostly unrated game library. The price assumes you already bought the PC.

Publishers:arstechnica.combbc.co.ukclub386.comcnet.comengadget.comgizmodo.comtheverge.comtomsguide.com

Perspective Coverage

8 publishers
Builder
Builder 19%
Operator
Operator 57%
Investor
Investor 24%

Reality

Evidence76
Adoption
Insufficient
Hype gap0
Incentives30
Confidence70
buildConfirmed5 publishers

Proton carries the x86 catalog onto Arm inside Valve's $1,059 Steam Frame

Valve opened Steam Frame reservations at $1,059, and its engineers say standalone play runs the same SteamOS as the Deck on a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, with Proton and PC streaming absorbing the compatibility work.

Publishers:dev.tophoronix.comruntimewire.comtechspot.comtomshardware.com

Perspective Coverage

5 publishers
Builder
Builder 36%
Operator
Operator 42%
Investor
Investor 22%

Reality

Evidence70
Adoption
Insufficient
Hype gap+20
Incentives60
Confidence66
productConfirmed13 publishers

Valve puts the first Steam Frames behind a lottery open only to past Steam buyers

Valve's new headset starts at $1,059 for 256GB and ships without a charger. The first batch is rationed by a randomised draw that only Steam accounts with a previous purchase can enter.

Publishers:bgr.comdexerto.comdigitaltrends.comengadget.comgameinformer.comgizmodo.compcmag.comroadtovr.comtheverge.comthurrott.comuploadvr.comvideocardz.comxda-developers.com

Perspective Coverage

13 publishers
Builder
Builder 23%
Operator
Operator 60%
Investor
Investor 17%

Reality

Evidence85
Adoption
Insufficient
Hype gap+10
Incentives45
Confidence78