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[+] -7 points 3 months ago (11 children)
  • [–] 26 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    Valve has said multiple times they don't sell their hardware at a loss. Razor thin margins, but not a loss.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    Original steamdeck was sold at loss atleast that is what ive read back then. Not sure about oled and today after ram-agedon

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

    Nothing in Gaben's quotes says loss. The author is making assumptions based on the "aggressive" and "painful" comments.

    They also outright said the Steam Machine isn't sold at a loss.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago* (2 children)

    Ah so Rbnsft is spreading misinfo.

    I'm not able to find anything that corroborates Canuck's claim that prompted my question.

    At this point I'm assuming they were also talking out their ass.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I wouldn't say they're spreading misinformation. The article they linked DOES try to make the claim that Valve said they were selling it at a loss. However, they provided little evidence to back it up.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Steamdecks are consols [sic]

    triggered

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Consoles are usually just weird, cheap, locked down, underpowered pcs, that only play certain brands/formats of games, and have unique cases, lol.

    It basically means 'thing that is (usually) for your living room what plays video games and such'.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, that was the point of my joke. I was just having a giggle at someone referring to it as a console. The truth in the jest - I do stand by "Steam Deck is a PC proper." I certainly wouldn't have bought mine if it was anything less.

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