Valve confirms that its refreshed Steam Controller—successor to the company’s discontinued 2015 model—will launch on May 4. Multiple outlets report the controller’s price as £85 in the UK, alongside corresponding international pricing of $99 and €99. Valve’s broader hardware plans include the Steam Machine and Steam Frame, but these are not launching on the same timeline. The delay is attributed to ongoing RAM shortages affecting the feasibility of a simultaneous hardware rollout. As a result, Valve releases the Steam Controller separately, described as less impacted by the memory crisis than the other devices. The Steam Machine’s status is therefore portrayed as uncertain and still pending due to supply constraints. The controller announcement follows Valve’s earlier teasing of future hardware projects, which have been reshaped by the continuing parts shortage environment. The new release date and pricing provide the only confirmed launch details in the current hardware lineup, with the Steam Controller proceeding while other systems remain in “purgatory.”