Tariffs, component volatility, and Valve’s tolerance for losses all lead to uncertainty.

The title is a bit misleading, as the article lists diverging analysts’ opinions, ranging from Valve willing to sell at a loss or low margins, to high prices due to RAM and SSD price volatility.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blackeco.com/post/2330473

  • misk@piefed.socialEnglish
    13·
    3 hours ago

    Does Heroic launcher guarantee that the game you bought will not break Wine compatibility when patched by the developer? What kind of consumer experience are you trying to sell here?

    • Lfrith@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      3 hours ago

      What’s to keep Windows from deciding to get rid of allowing people to install any exe? What’s to stop them from deciding to charge a 30% fee of all transactions from exes that they allow to be published? Whats to stop them from banning Steam, Epic, GOG from existing on their OS so everything is through the Microsoft Store?

      What if? What if?

      • misk@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        What stops Windows? Business consumers paying for the OS and the fact that they don’t have any successful app store. What stops Valve?