sanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoValve won’t subsidise its pricey Steam Machine as there’s no guarantee the open system will be used for Steamfrvr.comexternal-linkmessage-square76linkfedilinkarrow-up1226arrow-down16
arrow-up1220arrow-down1external-linkValve won’t subsidise its pricey Steam Machine as there’s no guarantee the open system will be used for Steamfrvr.comsanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square76linkfedilink
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months agoThere’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
minus-squareborari@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoI mean that just makes me wonder why there’s multiple monopoly lawsuits/investigations against Valve but nothing against Sony, MS, or Nintendo.
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoValve’s backing Linux to bring it to desktop users, particularly for gaming. That’s a big threat to Sony, Microslop, and Nintendo’s ecosystems
minus-squareObliviousEnlightenment@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoGod 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
minus-squaretimbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoWould you be of the same opinion with Amazon doing it? Or Microsoft?
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoNo, because Amazon and Microslop got to where they are by fucking everyone else over
minus-squareObliviousEnlightenment@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThey arent being decent, but in that alternate world where they are, sure. The tech industry would be unrecognizable
minus-squareKyle@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoI think you found the explanation, I like this answer.
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThanks, I’m paraphrasing Gamers Nexus’s review
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
I mean that just makes me wonder why there’s multiple monopoly lawsuits/investigations against Valve but nothing against Sony, MS, or Nintendo.
Valve’s backing Linux to bring it to desktop users, particularly for gaming. That’s a big threat to Sony, Microslop, and Nintendo’s ecosystems
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
Would you be of the same opinion with Amazon doing it? Or Microsoft?
No, because Amazon and Microslop got to where they are by fucking everyone else over
They arent being decent, but in that alternate world where they are, sure. The tech industry would be unrecognizable
I think you found the explanation, I like this answer.
Thanks, I’m paraphrasing Gamers Nexus’s review