Post #3483970
2026-06-22 18:00 UTC
Honestly that makes me like Steam even more. Any company that is willing to put up that much money to serve a niche market earns my respect. Sure they’re doing it for the simple reason of Steam machine owners being guaranteed Steam gaming customers but it’s still serving a subset of their customers like few companies do these days.
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@kinkles@sh.itjust.works 2026-06-22 18:39
Bless Valve for investing money purely for the goodness of making money
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@mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2026-06-23 03:29
Sure they’re doing it for the simple reason of Steam machine owners being guaranteed Steam gaming customers Tbf, they can’t sell it at a loss because they aren’t guaranteed Steam customers. If it was sold at a loss, businesses could easily buy a bunch of them as workstations. Plus, it’s just a PC with no lockdowns. If you buy a Steam Machine, there’s no reason you couldn’t reflash it with Windows and exclusively play games via EGS and Ubisoft Connect.