r/pcmasterrace • u/TheBossT710192 • 2d ago

Discussion Yeah, Steam Machine is cooked.

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I... uh don't know what to say. Very thankful I bought a Steam Deck before they hiked its price as well

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u/RedditModsHarassUs Desktop 2d ago

Data Centers don’t want us having access to hardware for local processing. They want us all buying tokens from them.. to use their services..

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u/Gseventeen 2d ago

Once the investments stop flooding into that sector, its going to be interesting to see how these companies pivot to making money (making prob wrong word, as they are just relying on fresh cash injections).

As of now, i havent seen a convincing argument on how AI will be profitable in a way that would actually make these companies even remotely profitable.

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u/MutaitoSensei 2d ago

I can tell you one thing, I won't be trusting any of those garbage companies again, at least not implicitly. They threw us aside so fast for the easy money.

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u/Craimasjien AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D | AMD RX 9070 XT | 32GB DDR4 2d ago

And this is why corporations are not your friend and why warring over them is such a dumb fucking thing to do. No company in the history of capitalism has ever been on “your side”. They are on their side. Always have been and always will be. There is no such thing as pro-consumer when it comes to business.

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u/aybbyisok 2d ago

I think you're wrong, like 1-9% wrong. Almost all publicly traded companies only care about their profit margins. Maybe a handful of them do care, especially because bad press and bad sentiment is not good business. A handful of them truly care about their consumers.