{"id":32468,"date":"2026-09-14T17:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T17:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/havefunesports.com\/?p=32468"},"modified":"2026-09-14T17:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T17:59:10","slug":"steam-frame-assessment-valves-newest-vr-headset-shines-yet-confronts-financial-hurdles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/havefunesports.com\/?p=32468","title":{"rendered":"Steam Frame Assessment: Valve&#8217;s Newest VR Headset Shines, Yet Confronts Financial Hurdles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s an unusual period for introducing a new VR headset, and perhaps an even more peculiar time for potential buyers. The availability of original virtual reality games has dwindled to a trickle, and similar to Valve&#8217;s previous hardware launch, the Steam Frame comes with bumps and scratches resulting from a battle with a severe components shortage. A battle that, judging by its starting price of \u00a3889 \/ $1,059, it undeniably lost.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, another similarity the Frame shares with the updated Steam Machine is that as a hardware device itself, it\u2019s genuinely appealing. Engaging, in fact. It\u2019s a delightful combination of essential VR functionality and genuinely innovative engineering concepts: some straightforward practical enhancements, and others that could transform PC gaming as we currently understand it. And not just for games played with sweaty goggles on your face.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s an unusual period for introducing a new VR headset, and perhaps an even more peculiar time for potential buyers. The availability of original virtual reality games has dwindled to a trickle, and similar to Valve&#8217;s previous hardware launch, the Steam Frame comes with bumps and scratches resulting from a battle with a severe components shortage. A battle that, judging by its starting price of \u00a3889 \/ $1,059, it undeniably lost.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, another similarity the Frame shares with the updated Steam Machine is that as a hardware device itself, it\u2019s genuinely appealing. Engaging, in fact. It\u2019s a delightful combination of essential VR functionality and genuinely innovative engineering concepts: some straightforward practical enhancements, and others that could transform PC gaming as we currently understand it. And not just for games played with sweaty goggles on your face.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32469,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/havefunesports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/havefunesports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/havefunesports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/havefunesports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/havefunesports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/havefunesports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/havefunesports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/havefunesports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/havefunesports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/havefunesports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}