What could valve do? They can’t sell them at a loss compared to component prices.
If they tried to target lower budget/spec for some steam machines that might help though. But really have we ever expected people to do much gaming on a £500 system? Sure it’s always been possible but it’s also always been pretty limited.
They were definitely selling at a huge loss with the original prices and depending on how hard their suppliers got hit, they might still be selling at a loss now. The game sales will make up for it.
What could valve do? They can’t sell them at a loss compared to component prices.
If they tried to target lower budget/spec for some steam machines that might help though. But really have we ever expected people to do much gaming on a £500 system? Sure it’s always been possible but it’s also always been pretty limited.
They were definitely selling at a huge loss with the original prices and depending on how hard their suppliers got hit, they might still be selling at a loss now. The game sales will make up for it.
You don’t have to buy games from them though, if it’s at a loss people would start buying them for other uses too
They very much are…
Theres also a lot of hardware on them that is useless for server use, but still adds cost.
So its probably still cheaper just to buy a used server instead of an army of mid steam decks.
They very much do. There are countless tutorials on using it for other things than steam