Used to be the other way around, their more detailed reviews were on the website, again Steve doing the writing, YT being more of a complimentary channel. But I guess once the YT channel started to take off, he saw the hard cold truth that it just gathers way more attention and gradually focused less on the text reviews.

Tbh I preferred their website more, gave me the option to read it at my own pace, and focus on the parts I care most about, not fiddle with forward and rewind on YT, and having to pause to look at the charts in more detail and peace from the cosntant commentary track.

It would most likely still mean less engagement overall. YouTube recommendations are strongly based on interactions and momentum. If part of your core fanbase watches & interacts on other platforms, you're recommended to fewer people outside your fanbase, so over time your viewership shrinks.

Unless they're getting paid directly, like through something like Nebula or their own service like a Dropout or Viva sort of thing, why wouldn't they want their views to be somewhere that drives more meaningful numbers? Peertube isn't going to bring them new users, and from what I've seen a lot of what's on peertube seems to just be unauthorized reposts that pull away views.

Like, if I enjoy a creator who's on YouTube, I'm not going to watch their stuff somewhere that doesn't give them any meaningful recognition. Something like Patreon is great, but driving up their numbers on Peertube isn't going to bring them to a wider audience the way driving up their engagement on YouTube would, and those numbers bring more people to their Patreon.

Why do work for free. Are you willing to pay for it? Or do you work for free?

Its not happening. Selling a PC just isn't the same as selling a console that can basically "just" play games.

Steam already rakes in cash due to being in a dominant market position on pc. Selling at a loss doesn't get them much.