Valve Steam Frame Review: Costly and Inconsistent

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorValve's new Steam Frame headset starts at one thousand fifty-nine dollars, and Wired says it's costly and inconsistent.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWired says the promise of great stand-alone and streaming VR gaming doesn't quite connect. I'd call that a connection still in progress.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's the two things it's for. Playing on its own, and streaming from a PC. Neither quite connects.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe one thousand fifty-nine is the two hundred fifty-six gigabyte model.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe one terabyte version is one thousand two hundred ninety-nine dollars, and Geeky Gadgets reports roughly three hours of battery.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThree hours.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorValve is calling it a focused session. Meta's Quest 3 starts at six hundred dollars, so you're paying a premium for a premium-length break.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorArs Technica says it's too expensive, too unstable and too late, and that Valve is a few years late and a few hundred dollars short.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorValve did say in November that the goal was a headset cheaper than the Index.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThen it said memory and storage costs made that no longer viable.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Index cost nine hundred ninety-nine dollars. Valve's goal was cheaper than that, and it's one thousand fifty-nine.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI'd call that a goal with a sixty-dollar stretch.