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minus-squareCanuck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-211 hours agoIts companies like this, purchasing the subsidized Deck, with no revenue circling back to Valve, that contributed to them needing to charge full price for their Machine & Frame, raise prices on the Deck.
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·12 hours agoDisney got them at a discounted price?
minus-square__hetz@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-28 hours ago Steamdecks are consols [sic] triggered
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoConsoles are usually just weird, cheap, locked down, underpowered pcs, that only play certain brands/formats of games, and have unique cases, lol. It basically means ‘thing that is (usually) for your living room what plays video games and such’.
minus-squarechronicledmonocle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·11 hours agoValve has said multiple times they don’t sell their hardware at a loss. Razor thin margins, but not a loss.
minus-squareRbnsft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 hours agoOriginal steamdeck was sold at loss atleast that is what ive read back then. Not sure about oled and today after ram-agedon
minus-squarechronicledmonocle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 hours agoWhere are you reading that?
minus-squarechronicledmonocle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-210 hours agoNothing in Gaben’s quotes says loss. The author is making assumptions based on the “aggressive” and “painful” comments. They also outright said the Steam Machine isn’t sold at a loss.
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-29 hours agoAh so Rbnsft is spreading misinfo. I’m not able to find anything that corroborates Canuck’s claim that prompted my question. At this point I’m assuming they were also talking out their ass.
Its companies like this, purchasing the subsidized Deck, with no revenue circling back to Valve, that contributed to them needing to charge full price for their Machine & Frame, raise prices on the Deck.
Disney got them at a discounted price?
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Consoles are usually just weird, cheap, locked down, underpowered pcs, that only play certain brands/formats of games, and have unique cases, lol.
It basically means ‘thing that is (usually) for your living room what plays video games and such’.
Valve has said multiple times they don’t sell their hardware at a loss. Razor thin margins, but not a loss.
Original steamdeck was sold at loss atleast that is what ive read back then. Not sure about oled and today after ram-agedon
Where are you reading that?
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Nothing in Gaben’s quotes says loss. The author is making assumptions based on the “aggressive” and “painful” comments.
They also outright said the Steam Machine isn’t sold at a loss.
Ah so Rbnsft is spreading misinfo.
I’m not able to find anything that corroborates Canuck’s claim that prompted my question.
At this point I’m assuming they were also talking out their ass.