sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoValve says it isn't subsidizing the Steam Machine's $1050 price because of its "religious" refusal to "build a more closed system"www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up1447
arrow-up1447external-linkValve says it isn't subsidizing the Steam Machine's $1050 price because of its "religious" refusal to "build a more closed system"www.pcgamer.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square109fedilink
minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoI have no idea, but Valve does because they have the analytics for it. They can see what games are bought, played and ran on Proton. And it seems profitable.
minus-squarefruitycoder@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoIt could be a loss leader or just a hedge at the moment 🤷 They could have been loosing money on it until they started selling hardware. Though they could still be losing money on hardware even. No idea rbh
I have no idea, but Valve does because they have the analytics for it. They can see what games are bought, played and ran on Proton.
And it seems profitable.
It could be a loss leader or just a hedge at the moment 🤷
They could have been loosing money on it until they started selling hardware. Though they could still be losing money on hardware even. No idea rbh