>When companies sell their hardware under cost for competitive advantage, or buy exclusive content for it, they're doing that to build a more closed system, one where you don't get to choose what software you want to use.>We think this can make sense for a single business in the short term but that open ecosystems are better for customers over the long term>The openness of the PC gaming space has enabled it to be the primary driver of hardware and software innovation for decadesBased! The price is actually pretty low if you consider all the benefits of PC gamingI would be worried if Gabe sell us this any lower, it would make it feel like a cheap toy rather than a proper PC
yeah windows won and steamos lost
>>741642143Because Gabe has things to buy
>>741642143They're under investigation for being a monopoly in numerous countries. Even if they wanted to subsidize (they don't), they wouldn't because it would be fuel for a monopoly fire.
>>741642143Makes sense, when someone buys an xbos they have to give microsoft a cut, regardless of where they buy the game. When you get a steam machine you can cut out valve completely out of the box
>>741642273>>741642290>>741642360its ok when gabe newell shits in my mouth and rapes children in his yacht, epic has a worse storefront anyways.
>>741642290>They're under investigation for being a monopoly in numerous countries.falsethey're under investigations cause other companies accuse them of acting like a monopoly, which is legally speaking not the same as being under investigation for being a monopoly
>>741642143Probably because they'd go out of business if they tried to subsidize these at hardware prices now. They should've just canceled the thing after AI made hardware insanely expensive.
>>741642505>it's not a duck if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck.
>>741642143It’s actually because they don’t want to dip into their half a million annual salaries
