Valve is preparing to launch the Steam Frame, a wireless standalone VR headset designed to compete with Meta's Quest lineup and Sony's PlayStation VR2. Valve leaker Tyler McVicker claimed in a now-deleted YouTube stream that the device will start above $1,000, which would make it one of the most expensive gaming VR headsets on the market. When Valve announced the Steam Frame in November 2025, it said the headset would be priced below its predecessor, the $999 Valve Index. Surging component costs, especially RAM and SSDs, may have changed that. The same pressures pushed Valve's Steam Machine to launch earlier this year at $1,049 — roughly $300 more than planned — with the increase attributed to rising memory and storage costs. Cheaper headsets like the Meta Quest 3 are more affordable on paper, but their lower-end hardware limits them to less demanding games unless connected to a PC. The Steam Frame runs natively on SteamOS with a 4nm Snapdragon ARM64 chip and 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM, allowing it to play many titles on its own. For x86-based games that are incompatible, Valve includes a 6GHz wireless adapter that can stream the user's entire Steam library from a PC. Valve has promised a summer 2026 launch, and with the end of summer approaching, official pricing could be confirmed soon. A new Steam Store section called 'Great on Frame' — featuring titles like Portal 2 and Hades — suggests the Steam Frame is nearing release. The reported price puts the Steam Frame out of reach for many Somali gamers. At $1,000 or more, it is a luxury purchase even for diaspora buyers, and wider VR adoption in Somalia will likely have to wait until the technology becomes cheaper.