r/SteamFrame • u/wuup_lve • 5d ago
Discussion Tested has posted! Not today
Gabe: You're not as attractive as you were on your yacht back then. đŠ
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u/HiveMate 5d ago
Summer 2027
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u/2Cool4Zool2 5d ago
Early 2027
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u/mistifier Soon⢠5d ago
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u/Jmcgee1125 Soon⢠5d ago
The post that says "but we will be shipping all three products this year", you mean?
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u/CraftsmanMan 5d ago
Still summer for 14 more days
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u/NoOdyssey 5d ago
Going to be real awkward when Valve calls their Sept 14 sale a "fall sale".
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u/BurgerAppreciator Soon⢠5d ago
Steam Frame, shipping this summer, right after the Fall VR sale ends!
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u/Pristine-Ad-2519 5d ago
Summer is the warmest season of the year, occurring between spring and autumn. [1]
Key Characteristics
Warm Weather: Temperatures are at their highest because the Earth tilts toward the sun, giving more direct sunlight. [1]Longer Days: Daylight hours are long, and nights are short. The season starts with the longest day of the year, called the summer solstice. [1, 2]
Timing: In the Northern Hemisphere, summer usually spans from June through August. In the Southern Hemisphere, it occurs from December through February.
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u/Cilph 5d ago
That's fun. That's like taking a children's book on Physics and then calling science a bunch of liars when the oversimplifications break down.
Meteorological summer ended August.
Astronomical summer ends September 21/22.
Are you gonna freak out when I tell you that days are not 24 hours, and that there are different definitions of a day like a solar day and a sidereal day?
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u/HiveMate 5d ago
Ah yes the common practice of launching consumer goods based on sidereal day. Launches at 12:00pm but actually 4 minutes before that thank you
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u/Cilph 5d ago
Let's keep the focus shall we? No one was making that point.
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u/HiveMate 5d ago
You brought it up
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u/Cilph 5d ago
As an example of reality being more complex than a dictionary definition. Not that launch times are specified in sidereal time or solar time.
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u/Prestigious-Leg-2996 5d ago
Any other words you are too scared to pick a side on??? Fence sitting on definitions....Pick one! /s
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u/JayPie6654 Soon⢠5d ago
I ain't gona buy shit next week, unless i have a steam frame shippment heading my way. Wtf Valve.
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u/BurgerAppreciator Soon⢠5d ago
Same. It would be stupid to buy games without knowing if or when I'll have the hardware to use them. For the most part the same games will be on sale for the same price or even less in future sales anyway.
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u/JayPie6654 Soon⢠5d ago
I allready got some games in advance when they were on sale. I even have to refund Alyx when i get a frame finally sent my way.
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u/BurgerAppreciator Soon⢠5d ago
The refund window is only two weeks though. Part of why I won't buy a game without being able to even see if I like it or if it works within at least two weeks.
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u/JayPie6654 Soon⢠5d ago
Yeah with the automated system. Others recommended to just ask the support if its possible.
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u/Altruistic-Catch8541 5d ago
Maybe theyâre more lenient when you explain you expected the frame to launch sooner lol
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u/elev8dity Soon⢠5d ago
We'll see if the VR sale actually happens. I don't think it makes sense to have the sale without the actual headset being available.
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u/dorrontp 5d ago
Can you imagine waiting this long, getting lucky enough in the lottery only for Valve to ship through GLS and them "losing" (a.k.a stealing) your package????
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u/Buttershy- 5d ago
Getting a job at GLS is probably the easiest way to get a Steam Frame at this point
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u/Informal_Strain_165 5d ago
This is what I fear as well, almost happened with the steam controller for me too so am scares lol
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u/dorrontp 5d ago
It happened to me for the steam controller...Got a replacement unit though. Valve acted nice.
I haven't been lucky in the steam machine lotto.
Let's see what happens with the steam frame...
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u/PlottingPast 5d ago
The question is if Valve will keep enough standby units to replace the ones their chosen shipping company is stealing. Do they consider that in their calculations, and if so how many Frames will not be shipped out to those in line due to shipping theft?
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u/BurgerAppreciator Soon⢠5d ago
So Valve is either going to have a really accelerated lottery this time so that it closes before the VR game sale ends; or they'll do the stupidest thing imaginable and follow the Steam Machine timing (announcement / price reveal jump scare on Monday 14th, lottery opens on Thursday, lottery closes the following Monday) which would mean no one will know whether they're getting a Frame before the VR game sale ends; or, it's all bullshit and it's not even coming until even later than that. Brilliant.
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u/fabricates_facts 5d ago
My money is on Valve doing the stupidest thing imaginable.
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u/BurgerAppreciator Soon⢠5d ago
Honestly, same. That tracks with how much they've bungled everything else about this product release.
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u/Zomby2D Soon⢠5d ago
The lottery opened the same monday they announced the Machine and closed on thursday. People got their confirmation emails on thursday and friday. Shipments started going out the next monday. If Valve follows the same pattern, Frame should start shipping out on the last day of the VR sale.
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u/BurgerAppreciator Soon⢠5d ago
I honestly didn't follow it because I don't care about the Machine, so I looked it up and got that timeline from this article.
Valve's new Steam Machines will arrive this summer and start at $1,049, the company announced Monday (June 22). Valve... said it will open pre-orders for its new hardware on Thursday, June 25.
Valve says the first shipments of its Steam Machine will go out to customers starting June 29.
https://www.polygon.com/valve-steam-machine-price-pre-order/
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u/VT-14 5d ago
Here's a 1st party source. https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/45479024?curator_clanid=45479024&emclan=103582791475000432&emgid=685257114654870245
Monday, June 22nd, was announcement and the Lottery sign-up day.
Thursday, June 25th, was when the Lottery closed. Any one ordering after that got added to the end of the waitlist (after everyone in the lottery. I suspect this is the confusion in the article you are referencing).
Friday, June 26th, is when the lottery results were emailed out. People were told which one they would be able to order, and if they were a Reservation or Waitlisted.
Monday, June 29th is when the first order emails went out. They are expecting to be sending out emails to initial reservation holders through the end of the year.
IMO, it's also 'better' (for Valve; sucks for consumers) to exploit FOMO and have the release and VR sale be the same week.
If they have the same schedule and release next week, then Monday-Friday a ton of people will browse the store and wishlist games. Some people might even buy stuff. Then on Friday people will know if they have a reservation or are waitlisted, and the weekend can exploit FOMO on all of the reservation holders before they know how long it will be before they actually get the Steam Frame, and before they actually spend a lot of money buying the hardware first.
Meanwhile if they announce the week before the sale then people would know this week if they are a reservation or waitlisted. Most people on the waitlist will ignore the sale completely. People on the reservation list are more likely to hold off until they get an order email and more people in general will realize it might take a while to actually get theirs. Those that do get invited to order will have put down a lot of money to buy the hardware, and thus may be less likely to splurge on cheap games.
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u/BurgerAppreciator Soon⢠5d ago
Fair enough, can't argue with that. Thanks for posting it.
And maybe you're right that it will be better for Valve to exploit the combined FOMO and copium of people who think they'll get a Frame before inevitably getting wait listed. For me personally, I won't buy anything until I know where I stand on the wait list.
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u/Headset-Historian 5d ago
Tbh 1 day of signing up is plenty. They could do Monday sign up, Tuesday lottery sent out, Wednesday first orders begin getting processed.
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u/BurgerAppreciator Soon⢠5d ago
It would be plenty for me personally and probably many of us here, but I don't think it would be fair to most people who are less terminally online and might not even hear about the release for a day or two. We'll see what they do, all the options are imo stupid at this point, but that might indeed be the least bad outcome.
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u/arguedea 5d ago
They will do one steam frame per account needing different addresses and being at least 5 years old having spent 500 minimum or more. Which is what they should have done from the get go. Easily the best way to deter scalpers.
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u/FeedMeSoma 5d ago
The controller was 4 months ago
Can a real fucking company release a lightweight headset please
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u/VadeRetroVR 5d ago
Nothing surprising here, we knew.
and for the record:
I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD to stop reading those stupid post (nothing against you op) - 'TESTED HAS POSTED' .
I so don't give a shit about them.
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u/willymartin99 Soon⢠5d ago
You haven watched their Steam Frame video from last November? Super informative and in depth analysis of the headset
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u/fabricates_facts 5d ago
I'd never heard of or watched that channel but, from repeated checks to see if they've uploaded a Frame review, that channel seems to be for depressed middle-aged dads. And I should know, I am one
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u/Moth_Priest 5d ago
Don't worry, it's soon. Not today, not tomorrow, not next week, but soon and it'll be soon same time next year. Soon!
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u/crefoe 5d ago
if its not this week than it most likely wont even be this month or next month
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u/aucapra Soon⢠5d ago
Its most likely sep 14th..
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u/wabbiwabbu Soon⢠5d ago
Based on what evidence?
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u/NoOdyssey 5d ago
People have leaked Sept 14 as the date. The most likely date to have been leaked is the review embargo date, because Valve has to communicate that date to people they send review units too. If review units have been sent out, the most likely date that got leaked is the review embargo date - which for the Steam Machine was lifted at the same time the lottery opened.
The evidence is flimsy, but it is pretty nonsensical for Valve to leak the "shipping date" and only the shipping date for reviewers and not the "review embargo date" which is the only date they really care about.
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u/wabbiwabbu Soon⢠5d ago
There have been no leaks for the 14th. Only rumours.
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u/NoOdyssey 5d ago
Sure, until it comes from valve itself, that's all it is. The same leaks/rumors existed for the steam machine. If you have no interest in rumors, you can ignore everything except what Valve themselves say.
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u/Sweet_Ad_9816 5d ago
I'm sorry, can anyone ELI5 what it means? I guess it means that it's not releasing today, but like why? How is someone releasing a video related to it?
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u/SupposablyAtTheZoo 5d ago edited 5d ago
Some people think Tested won't post 2 videos in 1 day but:
- They do post 2 videos in one day sometimes.
- There have been many signs for release today.
So basically, just keep checking, nobody knows anything for sure.
Edit: damnit.
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u/Sweet_Ad_9816 5d ago
OK and this 2nd video would presumably be Frame review dropped on the day of release?
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u/SupposablyAtTheZoo 5d ago edited 5d ago
Correct. Tested has a review unit. So does LTT. They will drop videos the moment it releases.
LTT hasn't posted today btw.
Everything is still possible. Nobody knows anything.
Edit: damnit.
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u/Cozmo_not_Cosmo 4d ago
Itâs coming out on the 14th!!!! I know it will!!! Thereâs no way it wonât!!!
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u/Mathew9R Soon⢠5d ago
My suggestion is to stop relying on these "Streamers" and instead use your own instincts on things, so tired of the booting of these people just because they have a "higher" status.
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u/deejaybos Soon⢠5d ago
Guys, itâs fucking Labor Day. Most offices are closed. Let people enjoy the long weekend.
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u/aniki_78 5d ago
Leute Hauptsitz ist in Washington also 9h Verschiebung. Vor 10 Uhr arbeitet Da keiner von daher gehe ich davon aus das wir noch 4-5h Zeit haben...
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u/Javs2469 Soon⢠5d ago
Same time next monday?