In an interview with RPS, Valve engineers said the Steam Frame didn't come with a new VR game because getting existing ones running on it was challenging enough
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"Alyx was a far, far more useful target for us" - Valve's struggle to get existing titles working on Steam Frame's ARM processor is why it's bundled with a six-year-old game, and I bet this isn't the last we'll hear of these chips causing difficulties
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