445
Valve says it isn't subsidizing the Steam Machine's $1050 price because of its "religious" refusal to "build a more closed system" (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
100 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 12 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Not much to abuse. The same way that the subsidizing of consoles doesn't open it up for abuse per se

Valve would just lose money on a lot of sales, as they can't get a guaranteed recoup of the subsidy in the same way that Sony or Nintendo do

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 7 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Consoles make an attempt to be a locked ecosystem - which is why they can subsidize it - because they know if you buy it your buying their games for it.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Yes, that's what I'm saying

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    not much to abuse

    Then I’m misunderstanding this part. The PS3 compute cluster incident commented below is what came to mind.

    But in the current climate I image that if the Steam machine was heavily subsidized that there would be a subset of people abusing that by doing something like purchasing, harvesting, and immediately reselling its parts.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •