If they sell it only through Steam as they do with the Steam Deck, companies wouldn’t really be able to buy them in bulk.
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Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 13 hours ago
They can’t sell this at a loss, or at least it would be incredibly risky. This is (intentionally) “just a PC”. It ships with SteamOS but you can of course install whatever you want, including windows. If it is (much) cheaper than a roughly equivalent normal PC, companies might just start buying them in bulk but obviously not generating the supporting sales needed.
uzay@infosec.pub 12 hours ago
vrek@programming.dev 11 hours ago
I heard at one point in time the fastest super computer in the world was a cluster of 900 ps3. It was cheaper then buying a single computer and in the beginning of the ps3 era you could easily format and run Linux on them.
wewbull@feddit.uk 10 hours ago
I certainly remember PS2 consoles being used like that. The cell processor was impressive.
vrek@programming.dev 10 hours ago
They did it with ps3 also although in research to make sure I was no mis-remembering I found out I was wrong. It was 33rd fastest super computer not #1.
x00z@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I saw in a LTT video that they already claimed they will not be selling this at a loss because they want their hardware division to be self-sustaining.