The PC hardware market is uniquely hostile to disruption. It thrives on competition, secondhand value, modular upgrades, and ...

Steam Machines are back for the first time since Valve teamed up with manufacturers like Alienware and Lenovo back in the 2010s. But while those original console-PC hybrids failed because of a lack of ...

Steam shares which titles released in 2025 were the best-selling games of the year by revenue, with a few surprising results.

The Steam Machine console allows users to play PC games on their TV. This cube-shaped device features an LED light strip and a USB port. Valve, the company behind the Steam Machine, said the console ...

Valve’s upcoming Steam Machine is far more of a console than it is any variety of PC. As much as the PC gaming audience wants to hold onto Valve as their personal darling, the makers of Half-Life and ...

When you think of gaming PCs, you almost inevitably think of Windows-based hardware. However, Valve is hoping to change that mindset with the unveiling of the Steam Machine. It might even change your ...

The recent announcement from Valve of a new slate of hardware products has excited players, but while a revamped Steam Controller and an updated virtual reality headset, the Steam Frame, have drawn ...

I'm very much a console girl. Sure, I play plenty of games on PC, but I largely prefer the console experience. When a new game comes out, I don't have to worry about upgrading my PlayStation 5 or Xbox ...

TL;DR: Valve's new Steam Machine poses a significant threat to Microsoft's Xbox strategy by potentially dominating the PC-console hybrid market. As Microsoft aims to merge Xbox and Windows for gaming, ...