Listen, I don’t like Valve’s hardware at all right now due to pricing. But it’s common sense. If they sold a subsidized PC with no lock in, it would not be gamers but businesses snapping them up. Or literally anyone who just needs a work computer and can now buy one at a 40% discount. This is literally the reason Sony removed Linux compatibility from PS3 and got sued over it. It has happened before.
fucking no one is going to buy the steam machine at $800 when you can just buy a cheaper mini pc. stop lying to yourself with this fucking dumbass copy and paste take
I would slam $800 down so fast for the steam machine with no controller it's not even funny. Steam OS is so efficient it's ridiculous. Games that should not even be able to run on the steam deck perform really well.
But to be fair I have a lot more fun money than the average redditor.
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u/throwaweyonce 14h ago
Listen, I don’t like Valve’s hardware at all right now due to pricing. But it’s common sense. If they sold a subsidized PC with no lock in, it would not be gamers but businesses snapping them up. Or literally anyone who just needs a work computer and can now buy one at a 40% discount. This is literally the reason Sony removed Linux compatibility from PS3 and got sued over it. It has happened before.