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To be a loss leader doesn’t the need to lead to something?

The only way it could make sense that they’re selling these at a loss would be - oh yeah. They’re coming straight for Nintendo / Sony / Microsoft now, huh?

The day I see a steam console in wal mart is a day I will be very happy.

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RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
For Valve it would ideally lead to a new Steam account being created. Which would make sense if someone got one as a gift or something, naturally they would set up a Steam Account if they didnt already have one.

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- krooklochurm@lemmy.ca ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Yeah.
  
  Also the new offerings are very much something Johnny Joe who has only ever owned a PlayStation, Nintendo, or Sony console would potentially buy.
  
  Of course Johnny Joe would put the entire thing up his ass and die from heavy metal poisoning because he’s an idiot, but his peers would actually use them.
  
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  - RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I guess that would depend on the front end and game support. If it is any less user friendly than Xbox or Playstation, people wont want to use it Johnny Joe and Little Timmy don’t want to fiddle with a bunch of settings and constantly change stuff to get games working. The Steam Deck does okay but I still find sometimes it needs some… coercing… to get some games to work right.
    
    If they dial it in right, everything should work properly out of the box without needing settings changes.
    
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    krooklochurm@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I’d imagine they’re just porting over the exact same hi that’s already on the steam deck.
    
    It’s great.
    
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porkloin@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Some of the third party steam machines from 2015 actually had some distribution to Walmart stores. I saw it in the flesh!

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mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

To be a loss leader doesn’t the need to lead to something?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_leader

You have no idea what you’re talking about.

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- Nollij@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  The very first line:
  
  A loss leader (also leader) is a pricing strategy where a product is sold at a price below its market cost to stimulate other sales of more profitable goods or services.
  
  So the answer to their question is “Yes, a loss leader needs to lead to something”. I have no idea why you think they have no idea what they’re talking about.
  
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