sanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoValve won’t subsidise its pricey Steam Machine as there’s no guarantee the open system will be used for Steamfrvr.comexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1215
arrow-up1215external-linkValve won’t subsidise its pricey Steam Machine as there’s no guarantee the open system will be used for Steamfrvr.comsanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 month agoThere’s already monopoly lawsuits going on right now. Subsidizing the Steam Machine could easily be used against them in those cases as evidence of monopolistic behavior
minus-squareborari@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 month agoI mean that just makes me wonder why there’s multiple monopoly lawsuits/investigations against Valve but nothing against Sony, MS, or Nintendo.
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoValve’s backing Linux to bring it to desktop users, particularly for gaming. That’s a big threat to Sony, Microslop, and Nintendo’s ecosystems
minus-squareObliviousEnlightenment@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoGod forbid the one decent company succeed These lawsuits are an excuse to force Valve to enshittify. Because being decent to your consumers is unfair competition now
minus-squaretimbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoWould you be of the same opinion with Amazon doing it? Or Microsoft?
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoNo, because Amazon and Microslop got to where they are by fucking everyone else over
minus-squareObliviousEnlightenment@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThey arent being decent, but in that alternate world where they are, sure. The tech industry would be unrecognizable
minus-squareKyle@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI think you found the explanation, I like this answer.
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoThanks, I’m paraphrasing Gamers Nexus’s review
There’s already monopoly lawsuits going on right now. Subsidizing the Steam Machine could easily be used against them in those cases as evidence of monopolistic behavior
I mean that just makes me wonder why there’s multiple monopoly lawsuits/investigations against Valve but nothing against Sony, MS, or Nintendo.
Valve’s backing Linux to bring it to desktop users, particularly for gaming. That’s a big threat to Sony, Microslop, and Nintendo’s ecosystems
God forbid the one decent company succeed
These lawsuits are an excuse to force Valve to enshittify. Because being decent to your consumers is unfair competition now
Would you be of the same opinion with Amazon doing it? Or Microsoft?
No, because Amazon and Microslop got to where they are by fucking everyone else over
They arent being decent, but in that alternate world where they are, sure. The tech industry would be unrecognizable
I think you found the explanation, I like this answer.
Thanks, I’m paraphrasing Gamers Nexus’s review