On June tenth, the German container ship Posen docked in Los Angeles after a two-week voyage from Shanghai. As Valve watcher Brad Lynch notes, it was virtually actually carrying the primary mass manufacturing shipments of the Steam Body, Valve’s new gaming headset.
Import information present that Valve’s distribution companion Ceva offloaded practically 32 metric tons of “Digital Actuality Units” on Valve’s behalf — or roughly 13 tons of precise product, after you subtract the roughly 3,700 kilogram weight of 5 40-foot transport containers.
Talking of the Steam Machine, Valve’s stockpile might now have grown to 141 metric tons, as that’s roughly how a lot “Sport Consoles” product has arrived in 12,600kg containers since April twenty third.
And it seems like Valve most likely obtained three shipments of Steam Deck handhelds in Could, two on Could 18th and one on Could thirtieth, judging by how these containers had the upper gross weight of 14,500kg. That’s usually how heavy Valve’s “Sport Console” containers had been earlier than the Steam Machine was introduced.
13 tons isn’t truly numerous VR headsets, after all, however maybe extra of them match right into a container than the Steam Machine console. They every weigh 654g (roughly 1.44lb) with a pair of wand controllers; back-of-the-napkin math suggests we’re most likely speaking about fewer than 20,000 models proper now.
There may not be that many Steam Machines within the US but, both: 141 metric tons may simply be fewer than 50,000 models at their larger 2.6kg weight per console, not counting any controllers or cables.
Valve confirmed days in the past that each the Steam Machine and Steam Body will launch this summer time, and has signaled that it needed to rethink costs as a result of of RAMageddon. Even when they’re dear, although, they might promote out shortly.
