helimoppDec 30

i cant wait to get a steam frame

https://lemmy.world/post/40930897

i cant wait to get a steam frame - Lemmy.World

i was gonna get a quest 3 for christmas but then the steam frame got announced and i was like HELL NAH and thew my quest 3 ideas out of the window. if everything falls into place il have my steam frame just intime for my birthday :D gone will the days where i will be kicked from vrc lobbies for being a “Questie”. gone will be the days of my game crashing mid snuggle session, gone the days of having a lowkey mid game selection (apart from like metro awakening as if i was gonna get the quest 3 i would have 100% gotten that game) cant wait to get ittttt (also i cant wait to play half life alyx on it)

Show threadLemmchenDec 30
Yeah, the Steam Frame is one of those things where no matter what it’ll end up costing (realistically) I’m going to buy one.
Show threadhelimoppDec 30
i feel like steam is gonna sell them at a good price even if they are gonna make a loss on them, because gaben is tuff like that
Show threaderusuoyeraDec 31
They are definitely not selling the Gabe cube at a loss. The steam deck could be sold at a loss, because people will buy steam games for it, but the steam machine is a PC, and there would be nothing stopping, for example, corporations buying thousands as cheap workstations that will never see a single steam purchase.
Show threadDanWolfstone

Not to point this at you but I am getting a bit tired of hearing people parrot the point that If they’re low cost then corps will buy them in droves.

Most companies will set up a deal with other companies to buy bulk at low prices, I highly doubt valve will offer that considering the restrictions they put on buying the steam deck to avoid scalpers.

I’d like to hope the Gabe cube be priced at a reasonable consumer viable price (+ ram tax) with the same 1 per account restriction that they had on the deck

Dec 31 at 4:43amWeb
Show threadEcho DotDec 31

Blame LTT for that. They’re the ones that put out the initial idea that corporations might buy them thus valve cannot sell them at a loss.

When I first heard them say that I initially thought “yeah that makes sense”. But after a while of thinking about it, no it doesn’t make any sense at all, I have no idea why he said that.

Show threadsp3ctr4lDec 31
Linus is such a fucking idiot, around everything around linux, that he functions as an industry plant for Microsoft.
Show threadEcho DotDec 31
Really he’s been pretty critical of Microsoft lately. I don’t really have a problem with him personally, he definitely doesn’t live in the real world though.
Show threadsp3ctr4lDec 31

Only time I ever hear about him is some new really dumb thing he said/did.

I’m obviously not a fan and don’t follow him anymore, so I am biased in that way.