simple@piefed.social to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoValve confirms Steam Machine will be priced ‘like a PC with the same level of performance’www.videogameschronicle.comexternal-linkmessage-square373fedilinkarrow-up1702arrow-down113
arrow-up1689arrow-down1external-linkValve confirms Steam Machine will be priced ‘like a PC with the same level of performance’www.videogameschronicle.comsimple@piefed.social to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square373fedilink
minus-squareSteve Dice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 hour agoYou seem to think the Steam Machine will be much faster than the specs imply.
minus-squareNibodhika@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoIf they’re sold at a loss, by definition they have to be cheaper than anything sold at a gain with the same performance.
minus-squareSteve Dice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoAnd if my grandma had wheels she’d be a bicycle.
minus-squareNibodhika@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoAnd then we could make money having people riding her. If you’re going to start a hypothetical scenario of Valve still being able to make money selling at a loss you can’t be angry that people are replying on the basis your premise is true.
minus-squareSteve Dice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 hour agoYou’re the one that brought up Valve selling at a loss because you think anything under $800 would be selling at a loss. I’m telling you it is not.
You seem to think the Steam Machine will be much faster than the specs imply.
If they’re sold at a loss, by definition they have to be cheaper than anything sold at a gain with the same performance.
And if my grandma had wheels she’d be a bicycle.
And then we could make money having people riding her. If you’re going to start a hypothetical scenario of Valve still being able to make money selling at a loss you can’t be angry that people are replying on the basis your premise is true.
You’re the one that brought up Valve selling at a loss because you think anything under $800 would be selling at a loss. I’m telling you it is not.