• samus12345@sh.itjust.works
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    25 days ago

    I’m assuming Steam’s shotgun is the Steam Machine price? Not shotgun-worthy at all. They’ll make money regardless of how it does.

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      25 days ago

      I mean it’s closer to a pellet gun because afaik the Steam machine isn’t subsidized by game sales unlike some consoles, still engineering and setting up manufacturing still probably cost a lot so it’s probably still a gun just not a shotgun.

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        24 days ago

        I look at the Steam Machine being a proof of concept device leading to third party development.

        There is now a lot of interest in computer markers to make their own machine and Valve is more than happy if they do it at no cost to Valve.

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          24 days ago

          Yeah valve wins regardless of who builds the machines, arguably they win more if someone else builds the machine but regardless they win.

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      24 days ago

      The Steam Machine is actually a better choice in a digital-only console landscape. Only a PC is better than it

      At this rate, the PS6 would be a streaming device (like the Playstation Portal) and the PS7 would be an online virtual machine.

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        23 days ago

        Ps6 will be able to run steamlite® but you will have to purchase each title on the PlayStation store and steam to be able to play it and will cost 900 dollars

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      24 days ago

      They were very obviously “shot” by AI and memory manufacturers.

      OP is not a very good detective. They’d walk up on a scene and determine that five shots to the back of the head must have been suicide.

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      24 days ago

      And so will all the others, maybe except Ubisoft.

      I think this is about losing fans/customers, not necessarily losing money. Which is still a stretch with Steam. The Machine isn’t the best product, but it’s not harming anyone.