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Valve won’t subsidise its pricey Steam Machine as there’s no guarantee the open system will be used for Steam (frvr.com)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
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[–] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I don't know why they don't find a better way to subsidize it. Like once purchased and played for x amount of hours $200 of steam credit is put on the account.

Or they get 30% off 5 games they buy in steam with the account that activated the console.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    There's already monopoly lawsuits going on right now. Subsidizing the Steam Machine could easily be used against them in those cases as evidence of monopolistic behavior

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    I mean that just makes me wonder why there’s multiple monopoly lawsuits/investigations against Valve but nothing against Sony, MS, or Nintendo.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    God forbid the one decent company succeed

    These lawsuits are an excuse to force Valve to enshittify. Because being decent to your consumers is unfair competition now

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (2 children)

    Would you be of the same opinion with Amazon doing it? Or Microsoft?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    That would make them look like jerks though. And Valve is basically just a storefront which is very generic. The only thing that keeps Valve successful against its many competitors is not looking like a jerk.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    How do coupons make you look like a jerk?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

    They imply that your original price is dishonest. The same reason everyone hates CVS and Black Friday “deals”. The same behavior that put Bed, Bath, and Beyond out of business.

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