Editing Valve Corporation (section)

=== Steam Machine ===
{{Main|Steam Machine (hardware platform)}}
Newell has been critical of the direction that Microsoft has taken with making Windows a [[Open architecture|closed architecture]] similar to Apple's products, and has stated that he believes that the changes made in Windows 8 are "a catastrophe for everyone in the [personal computer] space".<ref name="ign windows 8">{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/07/26/gabe-newell-windows-8-is-a-catastrophe |title=Gabe Newell: "Windows 8 Is Kind of a Catastrophe" |first=Dan |last=Crabtree |date=July 25, 2012 |access-date=May 1, 2022 |work=[[IGN]] |archive-date=May 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502011643/https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/07/26/gabe-newell-windows-8-is-a-catastrophe |url-status=live }}</ref> Newell identified the open-source Linux platform as an ideal platform for Steam and said the only thing holding back its adoption is the lack of games.<ref name="ign windows 8"/>

In 2012, Valve announced that they were working on a console-PC hybrid for the living room, dubbed by media as the "Steam Box".<ref>{{cite news |last=Davies |first=Marsh |title=Valve confirms Steam Box&nbsp;– a "very controlled" PC for the living room |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/12/09/valve-confirms-steam-box-a-very-controlled-pc-for-the-living-room/ |access-date=April 21, 2013 |newspaper=[[PC Gamer]] |date=December 9, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313210941/http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/12/09/valve-confirms-steam-box-a-very-controlled-pc-for-the-living-room/ |archive-date=March 13, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Newman |first=Jared |title=Valve's Steam Box: The plot thickens for PC-based game consoles |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/457205/valve-s-steam-box-the-plot-thickens-for-pc-based-game-consoles.html |access-date=May 1, 2022 |newspaper=[[PC World]] |date=March 18, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427071440/http://www.pcworld.com/article/2031082/valve-s-steam-box-the-plot-thickens-for-pc-based-game-consoles.html |archive-date=April 27, 2013}}</ref> A precursor to such a unit is SteamOS, a freely available Linux-based operating system that builds upon the Steam client functionality that includes media services, live streaming across home networks, game sharing within families, and parental controls. SteamOS was officially announced in September 2013 as the first of several announcements related to the Steam Machine platform<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/2013/09/valve-steamos/ |title=Valve Continues Its War on Game Consoles With Steam Operating System |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |first=Chris |last=Kohler |date=September 23, 2013 |access-date=May 1, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925050842/http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2013/09/valve-steamos/ |archive-date=September 25, 2013}}</ref> as well as their unique game controller.<ref name="Steam-2007" /> In May 2014, Valve announced that the company's own SteamOS-powered Steam Machine would be delayed until 2015 due to problems with the game controller.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/valve-steam-machines-delayed-until-2015/ |title=Valve Steam Machines delayed until 2015 |last=Vaughn-Nichols |first=Steven J. |date=May 28, 2014 |work=[[ZDNet]] |access-date=June 3, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601042315/http://www.zdnet.com/valve-steam-machines-delayed-until-2015-7000029966/ |archive-date=June 1, 2014}}</ref> In 2015, [[Alienware]], [[ZOTAC]], and [[CyberPowerPC]] launched their versions of the Steam Machine. By June 2016, fewer than half a million had been sold.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Wilde |first1=Tyler |title=What happened to Steam Machines? |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/what-happened-to-steam-machines/ |magazine=[[PC Gamer]] |access-date=May 7, 2018 |date=April 2, 2018 |archive-date=May 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507221931/https://www.pcgamer.com/what-happened-to-steam-machines/ |url-status=live }}</ref> While the Steam Machine line has been effectively canceled, Valve continued to manufacture and sell [[Steam Controller]]s until late November 2019,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theverge.com/good-deals/2019/11/26/20984123/valve-steam-controller-discontinued-sale-price/ |title=Pour one out for the Steam Controller, sold out forever after $5 fire sale |last=Hollister |first=Sean |date=November 26, 2019 |work=[[The Verge]] |access-date=December 13, 2019 |archive-date=December 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214003250/https://www.theverge.com/good-deals/2019/11/26/20984123/valve-steam-controller-discontinued-sale-price/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and publishes both mobile apps and software for the [[Steam Link]], allowing in-home streaming.