I agree it’ll require aggressive pricing, and I’m also sure they know this. I think most of the predictions of price are too high. I won’t be surprised if this is sold at a loss. Valve makes their money off the marketplace, not selling hardware. If they can move console players into their market, that’ll provide huge returns.
Consoles used to be sold at a loss. They don’t now because they don’t directly compete really. Either people get both or they choose based on brand loyalty or peer pressure. I hope Valve comes in and has a price so low you can’t ignore it if you’re looking to buy a console. The Xbox Series S is $400. I’m expecting it’ll be the same at most, potentially even lower if it’s sold at a loss. If it’s $300 then they’ll shake up the market without a doubt.
Couldn’t a problem be that If they set the price too low, companies buy them in bulk and using them as cheap, performant and sexy looking pcs? Consoles are very restricted in terms of os and other software, forcing people to use them in a way that almost guarantees you earning back your loss in the long term.
Steam machines are the opposite, you can install virtually anything on it and use them for whatever.
I agree it’ll require aggressive pricing, and I’m also sure they know this. I think most of the predictions of price are too high. I won’t be surprised if this is sold at a loss. Valve makes their money off the marketplace, not selling hardware. If they can move console players into their market, that’ll provide huge returns.
Consoles used to be sold at a loss. They don’t now because they don’t directly compete really. Either people get both or they choose based on brand loyalty or peer pressure. I hope Valve comes in and has a price so low you can’t ignore it if you’re looking to buy a console. The Xbox Series S is $400. I’m expecting it’ll be the same at most, potentially even lower if it’s sold at a loss. If it’s $300 then they’ll shake up the market without a doubt.
Couldn’t a problem be that If they set the price too low, companies buy them in bulk and using them as cheap, performant and sexy looking pcs? Consoles are very restricted in terms of os and other software, forcing people to use them in a way that almost guarantees you earning back your loss in the long term.
Steam machines are the opposite, you can install virtually anything on it and use them for whatever.