{"id":635942,"date":"2026-06-13T02:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T02:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/635942\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T02:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T02:45:08","slug":"valve-just-imported-13-tons-of-vr-headsets-in-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/635942\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve just imported 13 tons of VR headsets in one day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">On June 10th, the German container ship Posen docked in Los Angeles after a two-week voyage from Shanghai. As <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SadlyItsBradley\/status\/2065231419043955098?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" rel=\"nofollow\">Valve watcher Brad Lynch notes<\/a>, it was almost certainly carrying the first mass production shipments of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/816118\/valve-steam-frame-vr-headset-streaming-arm-steamos-hands-on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Steam Frame<\/a>, Valve\u2019s new gaming headset.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Import records show that Valve\u2019s distribution partner Ceva offloaded nearly 32 metric tons of \u201cVirtual Reality Devices\u201d on Valve\u2019s behalf \u2014 or roughly 13 tons of actual product, after you subtract the roughly 3,700 kilogram weight of five 40-foot shipping containers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Speaking of the Steam Machine, Valve\u2019s stockpile may now have grown to 141 metric tons, as that\u2019s roughly how much \u201cGame Consoles\u201d product has arrived in 12,600kg containers since April 23rd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">And it looks like Valve probably received three shipments of Steam Deck handhelds in May, two on May 18th and one on May 30th, judging by how those containers had the higher gross weight of 14,500kg. That\u2019s generally how heavy Valve\u2019s \u201cGame Console\u201d containers were before the Steam Machine was announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">13 tons isn\u2019t actually a lot of VR headsets, of course, but perhaps more of them fit into a container than the Steam Machine console. They each weigh 654g (roughly 1.44lb) with a pair of wand controllers; back-of-the-napkin math suggests we\u2019re probably talking about fewer than 20,000 units right now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">There might not be that many Steam Machines in the US yet, either: 141 metric tons could easily be fewer than 50,000 units at their higher 2.6kg weight per console, not counting any controllers or cables.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Valve confirmed days ago that both the Steam Machine and Steam Frame <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/943657\/valve-steam-machine-frame-summer-launch-verified\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will launch this summer<\/a>, and has signaled that it had to rethink prices because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/880812\/ramageddon-ram-shortage-memory-crisis-price-2026-phones-laptops\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">of RAMageddon<\/a>. Even if they\u2019re pricey, though, they may sell out quickly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On June 10th, the German container ship Posen docked in Los Angeles after a two-week voyage from Shanghai.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[205,50,16332,86,56,54,55,4297,4298,4299],"class_list":["post-635942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-virtual-reality","tag-gaming","tag-news","tag-pc-gaming","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-virtual-reality","tag-virtualreality","tag-vr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}