"It's too dangerous for us to speculate": Valve don't know if Steam Machine prices will drop in the future, after admitting that "some people are going to priced out"

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GamingBot@lemmy.zip · 12 天前

"It's too dangerous for us to speculate": Valve don't know if Steam Machine prices will drop in the future, after admitting that "some people are going to priced out"

jeeva@lemmy.world · 11 天前

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.