• MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip
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    5 days ago

    Yeah, I see your point. To paraphrase, it says that they have to make a profit and can’t guarantee game sales from their own store to offset any potential subsidisation.

    My point is that Gaben/Valve have billions and don’t need the profit from it. So what if some people use it to play games from other stores? They’ll be in the minority for sure.

    I guess everyone is too capitalism-brained to see past the profit motive.

    • jeeva@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      I’m not sure you do see my point.

      To be clear, nowhere in that article suggests that valve would be making a profit on the current price, or that they “have to make a profit” - just that they would not sell it under cost.

      I’m genuinely confused how that becomes “profit motive”, or shows greed.