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unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

They were definitely selling at a huge loss with the original prices and depending on how hard their suppliers got hit, they might still be selling at a loss now. The game sales will make up for it.

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Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
You don’t have to buy games from them though, if it’s at a loss people would start buying them for other uses too

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- unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  people would start buying them for other uses too
  
  They very much are…
  
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- klankin@piefed.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Theres also a lot of hardware on them that is useless for server use, but still adds cost.
  
  So its probably still cheaper just to buy a used server instead of an army of mid steam decks.
  
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- belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  They very much do. There are countless tutorials on using it for other things than steam
  
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