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Valve Says All Steam Machine Reservations Will Be Offered Purchases by Year-End

The company says it split randomized signups into per-product, per-region queues to manage limited stock and will email reservation holders a 72-hour option-to-purchase.

Valve promises Steam Machine reservation holders will get their chance to buy before 2027
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Valve expects all Steam Machine reservations to be fulfilled "by the end of the year"

Overview

  • Valve updated customers Wednesday saying it is fulfilling Steam Machine reservations daily and expects everyone currently in the reservation queue to receive an option-to-purchase email by December 31, 2026.
  • Signups closed June 25 and were randomized into per-product, per-region reservation queues and separate waitlists so inventory is offered by region and model rather than by signup time.
  • When a reservation holder gets an email they will have 72 hours to complete checkout before the offer moves to the next person in that queue.
  • Valve began promoting waitlist entries only in regions or for SKUs where the reservation queue is exhausted and insisted waitlist members will not leapfrog existing reservations.
  • The company published the Steam Machine external CAD files on GitHub under a Creative Commons-style license to enable custom shells, with engineer Pierre-Loup Griffais warning that user modifications may void the warranty.