Valve's uncertainty over the Steam Machine price might have delayed the announcement of Half-Life 3, according to a new leak.

A new leak claims that a Half-Life 3 announcement might have been delayed due to the Steam Machine price. According to the insider, Valve is still trying to determine the console’s cost due to skyrocketing hardware component prices, such as RAM.

      • bitjunkie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        42 minutes ago

        No, Steam didn’t have their own hardware back then afaik, but it introduced Portal alongside new installments of two extremely popular existing franchises. That’s why I said it was similar instead of the same thing.

        • Soggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          23 minutes ago

          Team Fortress was not an “extremely popular existing franchise” even among dedicated PC gamers. What the Orange Box did was let Valve experiment with marketing materials like the teaser videos for Portal and “Meet the Heavy.”