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
The company says subsidizing hardware costs is ultimately worse for the consumer.
  • nathanjent@programming.devEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    Valve probably wants consumers to have a machine in their home that is dedicated to running their marketplace. They don’t care if it’s hardware they sold. They want the same accessiblity to their store front that consoles have.

    • fruitycoder@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      I mean for sure. They have a solid revenue stream in a world with an open platform they can sell on. Hence the Linux development to hedge where windows is going.