Comment on Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026]

RunJun@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Creat@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Steam is still privately owned, never went public. No share holders demanding things surely is a major factor.

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  • RunJun@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m aware. Once Gabe retires or dies, I’m going to start distrusting Valve. Once they go public, it’s over.

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  • vin@lemmynsfw.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Privately owned still means shareholders. Ultimately it comes down to the board and the rules around it, not so much as to whether it is publicly listed.

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• ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  To be fair, they say they made a lot of tradeoffs in the name of being price conscience, but they haven’t put a price on it yet.

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  • M137@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    conscious*

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    • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Thank you. Didn’t notice I screwed that up.

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  • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’d say it’s priceless.

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    • DrDystopia@lemy.lol ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That’s a great deal, I’ll take the full set and throw in some extra controllers thanks

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  • DrDystopia@lemy.lol ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They have haptic grip sensors and ALL the sticks and pads, I wonder what they traded off lol

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• GraveyardOrbit@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Their entire profit margin is pushing gambling on children

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  • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I mean, they get a sizable cut from the majority of games sold on PC. I think that’s their business model.

    I hear you about loot boxes and skins and stuff. It’s just, that has to be a small part of their total profit.

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    • Zorque@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Why does it have to be? It’s basically free money for them, whereas they have to make deals and curate their store front a lot more. Games take time and energy (if you don’t just want AI generated slop, at least), so to get that to market takes time. Whereas microtransaction garbage is basically hit it and quit it and generates insane amounts of money.

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      • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Um, no?

        I guess this must be surprising to hear, but it’s just easier to sell content of actual value than bullshit. Yeah… some people will buy bullshit, and yeah, one can take advantage of those people, but having actual products is still a better business model.

        But hey, if you’ve got these things all figured out, totally start your own game studio/global digital distribution system. Go make bank on microtransaction garbage.

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• Walk_blesseD@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yeah sure I love their hardware and contributions to software, but I’d say profiteering off of children gambling for over 10 years is pretty ghoulish.

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