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.
Yeah, that was the point of my joke. I was just having a giggle at someone referring to it as a console. The truth in the jest - I do stand by "Steam Deck is a PC proper." I certainly wouldn't have bought mine if it was anything less.
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Canuck@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 2d
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.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 2d
Disney got them at a discounted price?
Rbnsft@lemmy.world · -7 pts · 2d
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 2d
Valve has said multiple times they don't sell their hardware at a loss. Razor thin margins, but not a loss.
Rbnsft@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2d
Original steamdeck was sold at loss atleast that is what ive read back then. Not sure about oled and today after ram-agedon
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2d
Where are you reading that?
Rbnsft@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2d
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2d
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.
__hetz@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2d
triggered
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 2d
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'.
__hetz@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1d
Yeah, that was the point of my joke. I was just having a giggle at someone referring to it as a console. The truth in the jest - I do stand by "Steam Deck is a PC proper." I certainly wouldn't have bought mine if it was anything less.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1d
Ah, sorry, I'm just explaining the joke then, woops!
(cough maybe trying to trigger any console fanboys cough)