sanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoValve won’t subsidise its pricey Steam Machine as there’s no guarantee the open system will be used for Steamfrvr.comexternal-linkmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1218arrow-down17
arrow-up1211arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square75fedilink
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·21 hours 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-squareObliviousEnlightenment@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·19 hours 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-up1·15 hours agoWould you be of the same opinion with Amazon doing it? Or Microsoft?
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoNo, because Amazon and Microslop got to where they are by fucking everyone else over
minus-squareborari@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-220 hours 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-up2·2 hours 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-squareKyle@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 hours agoI think you found the explanation, I like this answer.
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 hours 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
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
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
I think you found the explanation, I like this answer.
Thanks, I’m paraphrasing Gamers Nexus’s review