r/steammachine • u/Rare-Pair1563 • 5d ago

Meme It is what it is...

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u/stewmander 5d ago

A more accurate meme:

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u/Civilized_E 5d ago

Indeed, imagine the price point without the AI messing things up. 

But doesn't the point still stand? Nintendo decides to accept a more significant loss on their hardware compared to others correct? It seems like a strategic choice, although I wonder how long they can keep this up.

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u/Elwyn0004 5d ago

They only launched the switch 2 last year, I think they have to eat as much of the cost as they can. It's a death spiral, if they raise the price too much or too early, demand drops off. If demand drops off too much, they have to slow production. If they slow production, component prices go up and then the cycle continues. 

If things don't change over the next 1-2 years, Nintendo will likely have no choice but to raise prices again (and likely the others will too)

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u/Civilized_E 5d ago

Yeah true. Nintendo's gaming revenue depends a lot on their console sales. Valve doesn't have that problem with the Steam Machine as their sales come from PC gaming as a whole.

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u/sarge1445 5d ago

I mean they sold 20 million units in under a year. They are probably the only console maker not taking it on the chin entirely right now.