GamingBot@lemmy.zipMB to Gaming@lemmy.zipEnglish · 5 hours agoEpic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricingwww.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down15
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkEpic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricingwww.gamingonlinux.comGamingBot@lemmy.zipMB to Gaming@lemmy.zipEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·4 hours agoThey 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.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·4 hours agoYou don’t have to buy games from them though, if it’s at a loss people would start buying them for other uses too
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·4 hours ago people would start buying them for other uses too They very much are…
minus-squareklankin@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 hours agoTheres 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.
minus-squarebelated_frog_pants@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 hours agoThey very much do. There are countless tutorials on using it for other things than steam
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