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• kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I can see this going for around $750 personally

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• JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You’re not fitting a 6 core processor and a **60esque card in a ssf case for less than $1k I don’t think, so even $900 is competitive

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  • Smokeydope@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I believe that Valve can afford to sell hardware at cost or even a little in the red. Getting people in the steam store ecosystem makes it back and then some in the long term.

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    • merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Normally that only works if you have DRM that locks the games to your platform, so that people don’t get the hardware at a discount then use it to run someone else’s software.

      But, in Valve’s case, it really has no competitors in the PC gaming space. That might not last forever, but it almost certainly will last as long as this PC / console is around.

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      • warmaster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        Well, they already did that with the Deck, they earn very little from the hardware. Chances are they’ll do the same.

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