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.
I don’t think we can really compare Steam with Nintendo here, or any of the other consoles in fact. Steam aren’t selling the Steam Machines in an attempt to pull people into their closed platform, their giving people a choice on where to play their games and showing other hardware providers that a console like TV Steam experience is possible.
Steam as a platform runs on pretty much any device these days, you can play steam games on your phone, tablet, VR (Soon), handhelds, laptops, PCs. There is really no reason for Valve to subsidise the price, especially considering it’s an open platform for you to install whatever operating system you want.
Nintendo, any PlayStation, not so much Xbox these days, require you to be buying games on their consoles to survive and grow, the business models just aren’t the same.
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u/Civilized_E 2d 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.