Valve says it isn't subsidizing the Steam Machine's $1050 price because of its "religious" refusal to "build a more closed system"

sanitation@lemmy.today · vor 22 Stunden

Valve says it isn't subsidizing the Steam Machine's $1050 price because of its "religious" refusal to "build a more closed system"

XLE@piefed.social · edit-2 vor 6 Stunden

In other words, you wouldn’t want a small business buying a hundred of these, slapping Windows Enterprise on them, and using them as the cheapest computer in the market. Because that’s something you can just do to these, which isn’t so easy with locked-down consoles.

Valve says it isn't subsidizing the Steam Machine's $1050 price because of its "religious" refusal to "build a more closed system"

Valve says it isn't subsidizing the Steam Machine's $1050 price because of its "religious" refusal to "build a more closed system"

Valve says it isn't subsidizing the Steam Machine's $1050 price because of its 'religious' refusal to 'build a more closed system'