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"It's too dangerous for us to speculate": Valve don't know if Steam Machine prices will drop in the future, after admitting that "some people are going to priced out" (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

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[–] jeeva@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I guess this explains it better than I could: https://lemmy.world/post/48534116

[–] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, I see your point. To paraphrase, it says that they have to make a profit and can't guarantee game sales from their own store to offset any potential subsidisation.

My point is that Gaben/Valve have billions and don't need the profit from it. So what if some people use it to play games from other stores? They'll be in the minority for sure.

I guess everyone is too capitalism-brained to see past the profit motive.

[–] jeeva@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm not sure you do see my point.

To be clear, nowhere in that article suggests that valve would be making a profit on the current price, or that they "have to make a profit" - just that they would not sell it under cost.

I'm genuinely confused how that becomes "profit motive", or shows greed.