Valve Steam Machine, Desktop SteamOS, Steam Frame VR, & Controller | ft. Engineering Discussion [Video]

Gamers Nexus (2.53M subscribers)

November 13, 2025

Video length: 45m 18s

Valve today is announcing its Steam Machine, Steam Frame VR headset, and new Steam Controller. Alongside these announcements, the company is moving SteamOS to what is functionally a desktop platform while also adapting it to ARM for the Frame VR headset. The new Steam Controller makes some major iterations on the original, with a particular focus on TMR thumbsticks and connectivity. In this video, we run through the details of Valve's new hardware and interview many of the company's engineers working on the products. Engineering interviews and discussions talk about signal trace routing, power delivery, ESD protections, acoustics, thermals, and more.

00:00 - Valve Announces Steam Machine, Frame, and Controller 

04:24 - Valve's First Attempt at Steam Machines 

05:16 - Machine: Steam Machine Specs 

08:54 - Machine: BIOS, Modularity, BGA Silicon, Power 

13:20 - Machine: Airflow, Thermal Engineering

18:10 - Machine: Upgradeable System RAM, SSD 

18:28 - Machine: Memory Trace Routing Technicals 

21:14 - Frame: Valve Steam Frame Specs, Basics 

23:47 - Frame: SteamOS on ARM, Native Compilations 

26:46 - Frame: Foveated Streaming 

32:20 - Frame: Thermal Design, Power 

35:05 - Frame: Sound, Controllers 

37:12 - New Steam Controller: Basics 

38:10 - Controller: Puck, Antenna Design 

41:08 - Controller: Repairability, Battery, Haptics 

42:16 - Controller: TMR Thumbsticks, Gyro 

43:21 - Conclusion

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