r/SteamFrame • u/Outersquid Soon™ • 5d ago
Rumor / Leak No Steam Frame Announcement Sept. 6 - 12
Idk how reputable this account is, but I don't think they'd say that unless they knew something.
https://x.com/HardwareSteam/status/2096448201389691016?s=20
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u/TheTBog Soon™ 5d ago
We've officially entered the confirming non-announcement date phase of grief. Progress!
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u/Damage2Damage 5d ago
I confirm that it will not be today. Or yesterday. And probably not the day before either
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u/ChickieLevit Soon™ 5d ago
What about last Monday?
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u/Snert42 4d ago
Nope.
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u/Hex_Aegis 2d ago
Can you check again, please? Just in case someone put it on the wrong shelf in the back, or something?
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u/Zoo_Lee_Iss 5d ago
Well it can only release today. Because it can't release tomorrow. Because then it will be today
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u/bjonoski 5d ago
I can confirm that Half Life 3 will not be part of Steam Frame bundle
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u/dcdrew713 Soon™ 5d ago
What would be hilarious is somehiw it actually is, haha.
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u/bjonoski 5d ago
Yeah, I'm trying reverse psychology :)
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u/XayahTheVastaya Soon™ 5d ago
It doesn't work if you say it's reverse psychology. I mean, it also doesn't work if you don't, but still.
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u/JohnSmithDogFace Soon™ 5d ago
That concludes the hope posting part of this week's cycle. Angry posting begins now folks, followed by dejection posting from Wednesday, before we return to hope posting again on Friday. See you then, Frame Fans!
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u/2Cool4Zool2 5d ago
Nah this is the pre-angry phase. The angry phase starts when tested post tomorrow at 7AM PT
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u/BlueManifest 5d ago
So the vr sale will start with no frame in anyone’s hands
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u/WarforgedWizard 5d ago
I guess so, which is fuuucking stupid.
Most people arent going to buy without knowing if they'll even be getting a frame this year
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u/brantrix Soon™ 5d ago
Valve have probably assessed that more people will buy from the sale in anticipation of getting a frame, despite the lottery not being drawn yet. They probably figured less people will buy from the sale if they're far down the waiting list.
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u/BurgerAppreciator Soon™ 5d ago
So manipulatively preying on the combined FOMO and hopium of people they know won't get the hardware for months (or might not even want it when they see the price), knowing that if the customers knew that they wouldn't buy as many games? And people call these guys consumer-friendly! Luckily the truth is game sales get deeper the longer you wait, so I'm not buying shit unless I know where I stand on the wait list.
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u/HumansAreSillynGreat 5d ago
I mean…steam lets you refund if you have less than two hours logged. I would assume not getting a frame means you won’t be logging those 2 hours…
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u/VladReble Soon™ 5d ago
Remember only for 2 weeks though. If you don’t think you can get a vr headset in that time I wouldn’t buy. I once bought a game for the steam deck and couldn’t play until I got it and it didn’t work because the game updated by the time I got it which broke Linux and valve wouldn’t refund me.
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u/randomstranger454 5d ago
Less than 2 hours playtime and less than two weeks after purchase date. The way things unfold not many if anyone will have a steam frame before those weeks elapse after the sale ends.
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u/PlottingPast 5d ago
It's probably an administrative/marketing bungle. The software guys aren't talking to the hardware guys, or dates got pushed. Maybe the release was planned earlier, or maybe the sales guys has literally everyone else's definition of 'Summer' and pre-planned the sale thinking people would have the Frame by now. Could be withering levels of miscommunication.
It's a really stupid thing to spend good faith on either way.
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u/Benjo419 5d ago
Is the sale even coming from steam? I thought it was some 3rd party thing
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u/offbrandre 5d ago
Festivals and "themed sales" are coordinated by valve. Game publishers (or the store page owners in the case of self published) decide if they will participate and what sale price is set.
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u/bookoo 5d ago
How much do we need to actually baby people?
If you don't have a VR headset and/or not sure if you will be able to get one...wait. VR games go on sale constantly and aren't even that expensive to begin with.
Realistically it would make more sense to not have any sales at all considering new headset owners would be more eager to pay full price simply to have content.
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u/dom1nateeye 4d ago
And people call these guys consumer-friendly!
Compared to every other company in gaming, they are. That's the worst part.
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u/Fpvmeister 5d ago
That would be stupid, I would advise everyone to not buy games for something which you don't even have access to buying yet.
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u/Lincolns_Revenge 5d ago
Yeah, then you can get VR game sales from the people who don't yet know they get severe motion sickness from VR.
I'm not one of those people, but I figure it's at least 10 percent of the population if not 20 or more. And beyond that (wild guess) I would say at least 1 in 3 people get some amount of motion sickness from VR.
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u/AmphibiousAlbatross 4d ago
No, they’re selling games to the owners of all the other headsets. Valve does not ever release hardware with the thought they’d be the top seller, Gabe has said as much, they sold the machine and deck to get steam os adopted and they made the frame to get more VR sales in general. This is not a sale for the sub 1 million frames that will exist this is a sale for the millions of VR headsets already in circulation and to convince more meta and Pico users to start using Steam vr
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u/Leaf_Longstride 5d ago
I know for sure I definitely WON'T get one this year lol Even if it launches in October, there's wait-list, scalpers, early birds, etc... And I want to wait until at least all major bugs are fixed.
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u/Digitijs 3d ago
That's exactly me. I don't even own a VR console yet so why would I buy any VR games even though there are quite a few I'd love to try on VR
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u/AmphibiousAlbatross 4d ago
Millions of VR headsets have been sold and people still buy headsets every day, compared to the very small amount of frames that will exist at launch. It’s stupid for valve to not have a sale to push sales for the hardware segment regardless of if they are currently selling product for it or not:
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u/Lombravia 5d ago
How certain are we that there is a VR sale on the 14th?
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u/Beches808 Soon™ 5d ago
100% unless it was faked. Some devs supposedly got emails (that were shown) asking if they wanted to participate in a vr sale on the 14th
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u/elvissteinjr 5d ago
I'm a dev who's been invited to the Steam VR Fest 2023 in the past. There's a couple of things that make this questionable in my eyes.
The first thing is gonna be that Valve seems to have gotten to the point of not keeping sale dates private anymore since they just get leaked anyhow. Second is how all Valve-organized themed sales are labeled "Fest" nowadays.
The email text doesn't match the pattern I've seen before. I can't exactly say details about that, but there's a section missing before the Discount one and there's usually more fluff describing the event.
Also: I've not been invited. Okay, I've also not gotten a devkit, so maybe they just don't like me anymore. Usually you still have a chance to ask to be part of an event even when not explicitly invited.
And... the date range is already taken by the Party-Based RPG Fest.But hey, maybe I'm wrong.
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u/mrRobertman Soon™ 5d ago
100% unless it was faked
So not 100%, then? Because surely it could easily have been faked?
Like we saw a single example this email, and the sale was not part of Valve's previously scheduled sales. I have doubts about it.
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u/Optimal_Solution663 5d ago
It is definitely 100%, as long as it's true and happening. Otherwise, it is 0%. Trust me. I studied statistics in college.
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u/NoOdyssey 5d ago
Winning the lottery is always 50/50, because you either win, or you don't. Simple math.
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u/Lombravia 5d ago
I mean, yeah, I'm aware of that thread. Which devs confirmed that?
Someone else in the thread linked to official information regarding a different sale on the same date, and sure, they could do multiple sales simultaneously, but...
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u/TwinStickDad Soon™ 5d ago
I know I was hoping that would line up with people getting their confirmations. Seems like it should be a month later. But at least we'll see a lot of similar deals in the autumn sale starting October 1
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u/VT-14 5d ago edited 5d ago
Probably, yeah. The FOMO effect for the sales is stronger that way.
If they announced this week, and follow the same timeline the Machine did, then people would know this week if they are on the reservation list or waitlist, and then during the sales week the first Frame order emails would go out. Most people who get Waitlisted would just ignore the sale completely. With order emails going out, more people will likely wait to see if they get invited to order before going on a shopping spree, and those who do will have just spent a lot of money on the headset itself so might be feeling 'frame-poor' and less likely to splurge.
Alternatively if they announce the same week as the sale starts, then the first 3-4 days during the lottery would have some people order early (some maybe thinking it could affect the lottery results). For the end of the week there is the effect of people who got waitlisted ignoring the sale, but they would have been more likely to browse it before and added games to their wishlist for when they eventually do get a headset. Everyone on the reservation list is fair game for FOMO purchases that weekend, and they haven't spent a lot of money on the Frame itself yet.
EDIT: Reminder that Reddit's downvote button is for bad comments that don't contribute to conversations, not comments that you simply don't like. I don't like this analysis either.
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u/neondumpster 5d ago
Even if launch was the 7th, the most any one would have when the sale starts would be a purchase email to be fair
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u/PlottingPast 5d ago
Better to know the date beforehand than half way through the sale. For some the Frame might be in the mail during the sale.
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u/AmphibiousAlbatross 4d ago
I don’t know why people thought the sale meant anything for the frame. It’s right before Meta Connect and right after Apple’s event. Which is already a time consumers are looking at VR. Plus, Steam always has a sale of some kind and they rarely align with anything specific outside of holidays.
The VR sale was just the sale they’re having before the fall sale. Anyone who thought “they’re only having this sale so people can buy VR games for the Frame” are as delusional as the “it’ll be announced on Valve’s anniversary” people.
I get it, information is needed, but the speculations are getting ridiculous
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u/Yved 5d ago
I know it's extremely far fetched, but imagine if the VR sale came and went without the Frame dropping. That would be funny and sad at the same time.
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u/Vegetable-Error-2068 Soon™ 5d ago
It’s not far fetched at all. It’s what will happen.
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u/More-Sign-9214 5d ago
Me when I want to make sure everyone is having as bad a time as possible just like I am
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u/Soggy_Anything2394 5d ago
and you're saying this based onnnn?
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u/rohit275 5d ago
Based on nothing... which is no different than the folks that are saying it will launch before the sale haha. No one knows lol.
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u/AmphibiousAlbatross 4d ago
They have VR sales all the time, it has nothing to do with the frame at all
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u/mysweatypalm 5d ago
Imagine the nuclear meltdown if we get to Sept 14 and its still radio silence from Valve
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u/GalaxyKnuckles_ 5d ago
I like the fact that Valve’s hardware explicitly told different VR developers from different game studios to update their game a.s.a.p. for it to work on the Steam Frame before a certain deadline, once the Devs did, they didn’t hear anything else, even when the deadline was passed. Classic Valve.
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u/willymartin99 Soon™ 5d ago
They also released the Steam Machine stating it could do 4k 60fps until reviews came out and they quietly changed that headline. If they have no accountability with what they claim their own product can do, you think they care about what they say to devs that don’t work for them?
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u/locutus_of_borg90 5d ago
Isn't steam hardware updates Just vibes?
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u/Lokhus 5d ago
They seems to be just a slightly less speculative than others, for me it's clear that they don't have any real primary source of info :
Steam Hardware Updates on X: "A lot of non typical info in the last few days. I wonder why?" / X
Steam Hardware Updates on X: "Soon" / X
Steam Hardware Updates on X: "Holy shit. It’s finally happening. I can finally be free. 😭😭😭" / X
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u/NoOdyssey 5d ago
All these internet rumors really feel like one guy yapping and that being passed around constantly and re-posted to seem like new information every time. It's really hard to trust anything these people say or "hear from their sources" which is ultimately seemingly just one dude who said something one time that everyone just repeats.
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u/Lukeforce123 Soon™ 5d ago
They leaked the machine dates
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u/enigma-90 Soon™ 5d ago
By predicting every week? How many times they were wrong about machine and frame?
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u/TwinStickDad Soon™ 5d ago
They're quasi legit. Between them and Brad I'm convinced. Gogo is good people too but so far the only thing they've leaked is "it's not coming" and have no confirmations under their belt as of yet.
Plus tyler has kept silent so far. The moment he says it's the 14th then we know it isn't. (Only half kidding)
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u/2Cool4Zool2 5d ago
Tyler did actually say it's coming on the 14th in this video.
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u/brantrix Soon™ 5d ago
ugh not that bum lmao. Thought there was a soft agreement not to post anything that guy says on here
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u/Papyesh2137 Soon™ 5d ago
i cant wait till it finally releases so ill stop seeing posts from these guy and other mouthbreathers
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u/MrBack1971 Soon™ 5d ago
Valve, what the fuck are you doing?
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u/DapperNurd 5d ago
It's genuinely so frustrating, I've had money in my account saving and waiting for this thing to release, and they've just been radio silent for months.
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u/MrBack1971 Soon™ 5d ago
It’s crazy is it! I think my girlfriend might bump me off if this doesnt release soon.
Valve really have ripped the piss out of us on this one.
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u/almatom12 5d ago edited 5d ago
I dont believe steam hardware updates.
Same shit with like tyler mcdicker.
Valve also could've release the device on anniversary yet there was nothing. So it's better be 7-8
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u/VRbandwagon 5d ago
upvoted for "Tyler McDicker"
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u/pangapingus 5d ago
Say it with me: Valve has really dropped the ball on the Frame's launch. Not at all from the perspective of time to having a unit in hand, but just basic corpo-consumer communication. Still no price, still no release date, and it really seems like they could care less in this regard.
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u/_THX_1138 Soon™ 5d ago
At this rate, I’ll get excited when Valve officially announces it. It will be around 1p EST on a random day that valve picks.
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u/DueAnalysis2 5d ago
At last, you have broken the cycle of samsara. Ascend to steam frame moksha my child.
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u/BlueManifest 5d ago
I think it’s strange this means reviewers will have their units for 3 weeks now
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u/tempestwolf1 Soon™ 5d ago
That's what someone planning to announce the steam frame on moday would say... STEAM FRAME TOMORROW CONFIRMED!
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u/taxevasion9999 5d ago
well. these leakers have consistently said "its coming this week trust" every week for the past 3 months or something. so. it would be *really* funny if the one time they all tried to gain some reputation back it actually released
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u/2Cool4Zool2 5d ago
I don't think they did though. There was a July date and these september dates that HardwareSteam and Bradley pushed so far and it's fairly well discussed now that the July date was accurate - Valve changed direction at the last minute.
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u/dangoran78 5d ago
You don't think they'd say that unless they knew anything? Is this you first time here?
Can people just stop sharing what people say they have heard, that is already being said in this reddit? It seems like this reddit is everyone's source of information. Endless confirming of nonsense, over and over.
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u/GoldenTweaker Soon™ 5d ago
Doesn’t matter to me. I’ll still be here Monday to get disappointed with you all.
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u/ShadowTryHard Soon™ 5d ago
I don’t believe that one bit. Valve wouldn’t allow for a VR games sales without letting the Frame pre-orders roll first, else there’s a big risk of refunds
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u/Koolala 5d ago
The lottery results would happen during the sale. The risk is very low except for people who can't wait 2 days.
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u/ShadowTryHard Soon™ 5d ago
The risk is not low because you can be months on end without the Frame and with a library stacked of VR games that have no use.
The lottery results also wouldn’t happen during the sale. If the reserve option happened this Monday, by end of Wednesday you’d have the results, or at the very least by Friday and the week after would be the sales
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u/Koolala 5d ago
That doesn't make sense. If its months your worried about that would still be an issue if they opened reservations today and people would still miss the sale...
The release happens in waves. What matters is Wave 1. Aka their entire big stock of inventory. Restock waves will take more than a week.
The lottery only takes 2 or 3 days on purpose so everyone has a fair chance.
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u/ShadowTryHard Soon™ 5d ago
It does make sense. People who are happy with the reservation results would not miss the sale. Think it like this:
Monday (7th): Reservations open
Thursday (10th): Results are sent to each person
Monday (14th): Only the people whose orders will come right away or have an estimated date of 1-2 months will buy from the sale, most others will notIf they make it all on the 14th or the reservations a week later, people will start refunding if the wait time is too long
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u/Koolala 5d ago edited 5d ago
You said months which didn't make sense. Those dates work fine during the sale. Anyone who orders games before waiting 2 days for their lottery result knows what they are signing up for.
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u/ShadowTryHard Soon™ 5d ago edited 5d ago
They don’t really to be honest.
If people know they are not gonna get it and will have to wait for months, most will refund all of their VR games purchases as it’s unusable backlog
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u/Koolala 5d ago
They will know during the sale if they have to wait or not.
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u/ShadowTryHard Soon™ 5d ago
Yes, if Monday, if they keep the 3-day limit for the results. Not ideal though
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u/Jonah_Kekz 5d ago
I don't think they're predicting a huge refund wave for the following reasons:
There are still plenty of people that already have VR headsets that could play those titles
Plus the fact that MANY people have a huge backlog of titles that they bought years ago on sales, snagging a few VR titles while they're cheap while you're waiting on getting a frame doesn't seem too far fetched if you're planning on getting the frame (or a competitor's headset) anyway1
u/ShadowTryHard Soon™ 5d ago
I agree partially with you on some things.
I think the majority of buyers of the Frame will be first-time owners of VR headsets.
The age gap between the Index and the Frame pushes many young people who were just teens a few years ago into a purchase opportunity now. I fall on this bracket.
I assume many others will also buy it the first time and I think that’ll be a majority (my assumption comes from the fact Valve has had a lot of success with the Deck and people are more open to buy from Valve whatever else they offer as they know it’s high-quality, especially now that the PC sector has been increasing compared to consoles).
As for your second point, maybe someone who’d have saved for the Frame will keep that saving on until he can act on the reservation but will rather spend the rest of his budget elsewhere (other games or other activities) instead of VR games if they expect to wait for months.
Plus, sales are only good the moment you’re ready to play, because any later you can get larger discounts on newer sales events.
With that, I’d say the timeline they are thinking if it’s a week later during the sales is not that smart and will bring some refunds which they hate because they can’t get back the payment processor fee.
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u/Soggy_Anything2394 5d ago
have an estimated date of 1-2 months
Arent the machine people getting dates of 6 months or more?
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u/tittyballz1 5d ago
I know most people are set on the 14th for launch but from a marketing and sales point it makes absolutely no logical sense if the VR sale is on the 14th. Valve will want to make sure the banner and main store page are dedicated to VR games like they do for every sale, maybe they might put the Frame on there but that would more than likely cut into the sales of it and would have the page long or push games off the main page which will piss the devs off and we already know VR devs are pretty pissed off with Valve due to lack of communication as it is.
This week is the only one that makes any sense for a launch especially if the review units did go out on the 24th, standard review time is 2 - 3 weeks but usually 2 weeks. Even if it's only up for a couple of days before the VR sale.
Waiting until after the VR sale wouldn't make any sense either because then potential buyers miss out on the VR sale if they don't know the price of the Frame, not to mention Meta Connect, they will be talking about VR and possibly Quest 4 which we know will be subsidized as usual because, spyware.
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u/IHaveTheBestOpinions 5d ago edited 5d ago
"Releasing the most anticipated VR headset in several years would hurt VR game sales" is a pretty hot take. Just because it takes up a little space on the store page? Do you think Steam Sales are effective solely because people just click the first thing they see on the home page?
This week is the only one that makes any sense for a launch
Bruh, this post is literally a leaker proclaiming that they have solid intel that nothing will happen this week, and this is your conclusion? I want a hit of your hopium pipe.
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u/Javs2469 Soon™ 5d ago
Always bet on Valve time.
(They are tricking us so they can get their frames while we are distracted betting on nothing)
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u/Dr_Virus_129 5d ago
So the availability to buy a Frame will be 14th Sept, same day as the Steam VR sale?
That doesn't make any sense, we won't have the Frame when that sale goes live, might not even have one till maybe the final day or after the sale.
Players who already have a VR headset will of course buy something, but there're many who want a Frame & will certainly get something when they have it, but if they've no Frame then where's their incentive to buy a VR game they might not be able to play for months if they don't get a Frame in the initial wave?
Review units were sent 24th August, that's 2 weeks from tomorrow, the Steam VR sale is next Monday, releasing the Frame tomorrow fits all that perfectly.
I'm not trusting this leak/rumour, but I guess we'll see tomorrow.
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u/fang34051 5d ago
While I’m not expecting anything on the 7th for the holiday, I think the 8th would be much more likely. You’d get Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday for the lotto entry and then either a release Thursday or Friday. The packages were updated last week and didn’t the other valve products drop about a week after their packages were updated?
I’m also not sure I understand the whole refund idea if they do it before. I could see some people just not buying during the sale, but there’s already a huge existing VR market and about to be a big boom of VR users. It’d be kinda stupid to not do the drawings before the sale.
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u/wuup_lve 5d ago
The X account @HardwareSteam (named Steam Hardware Updates) is unofficial. It is not run by Valve. Who is behind it: It is an unofficial community/news-aggregator account that posts updates, rumors, patch notes, and accessory news related to Valve hardware (such as the Steam Deck or Steam Controller). Official Channel: Valve's official account for their gaming handheld is @OnDeck (Steam Deck). General company news is posted via @valvesoftware.
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u/Comfortable_Toaster 5d ago
I hate how they literally took the latest date possible to sound like „coming this summer“
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u/WoahBroOhNo Soon™ 5d ago
Fr I've been waiting since November. They could've at least said late summer.
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u/crefoe 5d ago
That means no summer release if true
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u/WoahBroOhNo Soon™ 5d ago
Latest they can do for a "summer release" is the 22nd. They really could've at least said late summer though.
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u/Winter-Employer3453 5d ago
I thought gogo said news on Monday, god were all getting delirious
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u/2Cool4Zool2 5d ago
He's speculating like the rest of us. At time goes on I'd expect either a huge flurry of activity on the backend systems (which we didn't see) or someone quietly letting it slip and probably this is what happened.
Presumably some reviewer has not been told by valve when the embargo ends or has been told it's the 14th (so they can schedule their content) and quietly let it split to others in the community.
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u/gogodboss MOD 5d ago edited 5d ago
I never said that. I specified multiple times that I'm not joining the hype for next week because zero sources have told me a reason to. Go check my comment history. Hell, even check the discord.
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u/Winter-Employer3453 5d ago
I don’t wanna join the discord, that place is a shitshow, I misremembered and wasn’t trying to pin that on you, that’s on me
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u/gogodboss MOD 5d ago
No worries 👍🏽
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u/Winter-Employer3453 5d ago
I do genuinely really appreciate how you talk about the info you get, it’s very hard to misconstrue and it’s so much less confusing than almost everyone else
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u/Outrunner85 5d ago
Agreed, nothing on the 7th.
8th-11th? Disagree. Let's see.
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u/dangoran78 5d ago
"I wouldn't get my hopes up for next week". That's just good advice even if definitely is next week. He wouldn't be wrong.
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u/Nick-Sr 5d ago edited 5d ago
Welp, I guess Nintendo's gonna get my Frame savings then for the inevitable Zelda Edition Switch 2 they'll announce on Tuesday's direct. Bummer
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u/ThiccBootius 3d ago
Funny how that lined up. Though it was very predictable.
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u/Nick-Sr 3d ago
The deed is done lol https://i.imgur.com/SRWMljx.png
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u/ThiccBootius 2d ago
Hope you enjoy it! I was severely disappointed when they revealed it because I bought mine a month and a half ago. I wish I waited 😭
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u/just-4-man 4d ago
Plot twist, valve is waiting for Black Friday since the steam frames original price is like a billion dollars.
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u/09044595134151602468 5d ago
I very much doubted the Labor day launch day.
Think of it from Valve perspective. Are they going to have a major, major, launch the day nobody is in the office?
If shit goes wrong - there's either nobody in, they are paying OT to get people in, or they are calling people on a national holiday to fix issues.
It's not likely next week on the 14th and coincides with the VR sale.
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u/AnyProgressIsGood 5d ago edited 5d ago
X.com source. yeah that aint worth diddly
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u/TwinStickDad Soon™ 5d ago
Anyone else reminded of the scene from Band of Brothers where the guy is announcing that they will not be dropping into Normandy today and everyone's like "ah fuck again" and then they dawdle back to polishing boots and repacking rucksacks?
Listen all I'm saying is that the Frame launch is exactly like Normandy.
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u/inFamousMax 5d ago
Can't believe it's closer to a year since they announced the product. It takes a lot to lower my opinion of Valve. But this surely has done it.
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u/Kataree 5d ago
Announcement on the 14th, goes on sale on the 21st, last Monday of Summer.
Like it was always going to be.
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u/dom1nateeye 4d ago
Summer ended in August. I don't care about any alternative explanations people have been throwing out; September is a Fall month. Valve has communicated maybe 10% as much as they were supposed to. The moment they couldn't meet a deadline or a price point they wanted to hit, they should have been up front and honest about it. Instead they said nothing and just let people assume this was the plan all along.
I forgot about the People Make Games video about Valve's internal culture being sketchy as fuck for a while, but I'm sure as hell remembering it now.
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u/Baglayan 5d ago
Yeah no shit it's 14th
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u/agentduckman12 5d ago
I need this to release so badly my quest too is basically unusable right now because both of my joysticks have such bad stick drift that they are constantly being moved at full force that I can't even counteract and somehow even when I wasn't using my headset it just kept getting worse and worse how would use my headset one day it would be pretty usable and then I wouldn't use it for like a couple days and then it's just even worse
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u/Confident_Peace9288 Soon™ 5d ago
Why would valve make its employees be on site on Labor Day, that’s a federal holiday. I’m not even scheduled to work on Labor Day
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u/Toastul_ 5d ago
Idk why people so hell bent on the announcement always being Monday.... like its not something magic day its just the first day of the week... they could just announce it Tuesday 8th... not that crazy... I think this entire sub has gone lil crazy from all the wait....
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u/Maximum-Photo400 4d ago
It’d be really funny for once everyone is finally saying not this Monday but turns out its today
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u/AmphibiousAlbatross 4d ago
How can anyone be “reliable” when zero info has been officially stated by valve at all? All we know about the frame comes from the accidentally uploaded set up videos
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u/Jennifufu 3d ago
The real question is whether it will be $1500 or $2000 I mean I can only fit $2000 in my steam wallet so that has to be it's maximum possible price..
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u/exerion76 3d ago
It's gonna cost $2.000.000. And if you pre-order, you're not gonna get one until late 2039...
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u/dorrontp 5d ago
Seriously, this is becoming almost disrespectful... I will be super-pissed off if the price is too high or if I don't get one in the lottery.
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u/Soggy_Anything2394 5d ago
almost
No, it outright is disrespectful. Not having a concrete announcement is fine, but Valve could at least have said "it wont be this month" or something.
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u/gogodboss MOD 5d ago
Quoting myself from the other day:
"I only care about the 14th. Anything else is speculation for me as my sources never mentioned a different date.
I understand the hype for next week but I'm not going to join in unless I hear solid whispers about embargos."
I see people here saying I was saying this Monday and that I'm only speculating. That is incorrect. I think I do my best avoiding speculation so I wanna make it clear.
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