As Microsoft continues to wrestle with the console-PC divide, Valve is rolling out a living room hardware strategy that Xbox has been chasing for years. Valve has made a bold return to PC hardware. The Steam Machine is the centerpiece. It revives an idea ...

Valve’s handheld device, the Steam Deck, wasn’t the first portable gaming PC ever created, but it is by the far the most successful. And like Steam becoming the de facto way people play PC games in 2025, SteamOS will soon be the most popular way to ...

Lenovo has announced a special gaming handheld event and they’ve got a few exciting special guests attending. These guests include but are not limited to a Microsoft VP and Valve’s SteamOS designer. So we’ll have Lenovo, Valve and Microsoft in one ...

However, one person who does not seem entirely convinced by this theory is Mike Ybarra, formerly one of the top executives in the Xbox division, followed by a career as Blizzard CEO. He believes that Sony's decision is instead linked to the fact that Valve will soon become a console manufacturer with its Steam Machines.

The Steam Deck is growing from strength to strength. Valve's recently released Steam Year in Review for 2024 revealed that, from a hardware point of view, the Steam Deck is proving to be a major success for the company, with a huge 64% increase in playtime ...

I've never liked the term "console war". Leaving aside the questionable taste of aligning consoles with conflict, the war metaphor doesn't really work for the contest between platform holders. This competition isn't about shifting lines of engagement or ...

TL;DR: Microsoft has delayed its first-party Xbox handheld to focus on optimizing Windows 11 for gaming handhelds amid rising competition from Valve's SteamOS, which offers superior performance and battery life. This strategic shift aims to strengthen ...