Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzM to Steam Deck@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 6 hours agoGaming handheld prices are out of control, except for the Steam Deckwww.pcgamesn.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down12
arrow-up1196arrow-down1external-linkGaming handheld prices are out of control, except for the Steam Deckwww.pcgamesn.comFubarberry@sopuli.xyzM to Steam Deck@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down6·5 hours agoThey have advantage of being able to sell at almost cost because they make so much on game sales. Like the other console vendors. Actually kind of unfair business practice.
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 hours agoIronically, leveraging this kind of tactic is what allowed Google, Amazon and Apple and Microsoft to become as huge as they did, as fast as they did. Got a whole bunch of lines of business that can functionally subsidize other ventures, so they can make a push for market share. But of course this doesn’t take too long to turn your whole economy into oligopoly, and thus your society into oligarchy… at best. I… I think Gabe really just isn’t as fundamentally awful of a person as most other tech company heads. Yeah, he’s got a yacht, but he could be so, so much fucking worse…
minus-squareOxysis/Oxy@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 hours agoI mean that’s just how consoles are, except Valve does let you just use it as a normal pc so you can use other stores if you want to. Still an advantage to them
They have advantage of being able to sell at almost cost because they make so much on game sales. Like the other console vendors.
Actually kind of unfair business practice.
Ironically, leveraging this kind of tactic is what allowed Google, Amazon and Apple and Microsoft to become as huge as they did, as fast as they did.
Got a whole bunch of lines of business that can functionally subsidize other ventures, so they can make a push for market share.
But of course this doesn’t take too long to turn your whole economy into oligopoly, and thus your society into oligarchy… at best.
I… I think Gabe really just isn’t as fundamentally awful of a person as most other tech company heads.
Yeah, he’s got a yacht, but he could be so, so much fucking worse…
I mean that’s just how consoles are, except Valve does let you just use it as a normal pc so you can use other stores if you want to. Still an advantage to them