Comment on Valve's new hardware will NOT be loss leaders

DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  WHY YOU LITTLE…

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• NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  But will the new valve hardware help fill the empty pit in my chest?

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• PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  If you don’t have a rigid and openly hostile opinion within 3 seconds of a new product announcement, you are an anti-capitalist commie!!

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• echodot@feddit.uk ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I would be happy to wait and see but idiots online keep trying to insist it’ll be $2,000 even though the hardware isn’t close to worth that much. Some of these people are big influencers and really should know better.

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  • ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So what exactly does that change? Value already decided the price and that is what you will have to pay. Who cares what anyone ever predicted?

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    • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      There are people online who are wrong. I can’t just ignore that, they must be told why they are wrong.

      Seriously though it’s a good idea to correct people when they make stupid baseless claims because other people won’t necessarily have the technical understanding to judge whether their claims are based on reality or not.

      Many of the people who are doing this are YouTube or Instagram personalities with lots of children following them, I like this product and want it to succeed, and I don’t want children to lose interest in the idea because their favourite idiot instagrammer reckons it’ll cost an absurd amount of money.

      I’m utterly confused about why you are upset that people are doing that. There’s absolutely no need for you to engage in it.

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      • ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Valve will have a good enough overview on the situation and if they think it will hurt sales they can simply make a statement. They can handle it.

        It’s interesting to discuss about the price but being upset about „idiots“ who have wrong ideas and playing hero for a multi billion dollar corporation is something I’m confused about.

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    • tburkhol@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I want it to be a successful product, that I can buy, and will be supported for a useful number of years. $800-1200 feels OK for that. $2000 feels like Apple Vision territory.

      Jesus, man: haven’t you ever been excited about a thing before it’s on shelves? Speculated about a sports game before it’s over? Talking about your anticipation is part of the fun.

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• someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  … Duck… Goose.

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  • n0respect@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Duck Game? Goose Game? OMG … Duck Duck Goose Game! I will be a billionaire

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• SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  but… I want it now?

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