Valve Begins Sending Steam Machine Purchase Invitations Ahead of June 30 Shipping

GameSpot · 1d ago

Valve has started emailing purchase invitations to people who registered interest in the Steam Machine, with each buyer getting a 72-hour window to complete their order before the slot passes to the next person in a randomized queue. The living-room PC starts at $1,049 for a 512GB model without a controller and climbs to $1,428 for a 2TB bundle with the Steam Controller, with the first units shipping June 30. The randomized invite system is meant to blunt scalpers who'd already begun listing reserved purchase slots on resale sites.