the argument isn’t that steam would sell at a loss if it wasn’t for ai, it’s that price is close to market parity, when we know the original price was projected to be $750
are you implying that valve would massively gouge people for a computer by $500 over market parity, if the price of all computer components didn’t skyrocket during the development of the machine?
that price is slightly higher then what the cost would have been to build the computer like a year ago. and that was the price the leak had proposed. what possible purpose could lying about something so mundane have?
The ceo of valve has more money than sam altman, valve is a for profit company, what makes you think they want to sell you something for cheap?
the argument isn’t that steam would sell at a loss if it wasn’t for ai, it’s that price is close to market parity, when we know the original price was projected to be $750
$750 according to who? Valve? The most honest and knightly and chivalrous of all tech companies? They wouldn’t lie or mislead, would they?
are you implying that valve would massively gouge people for a computer by $500 over market parity, if the price of all computer components didn’t skyrocket during the development of the machine?
that price is slightly higher then what the cost would have been to build the computer like a year ago. and that was the price the leak had proposed. what possible purpose could lying about something so mundane have?
… So people will buy it? For profit companies tend to like it when people buy stuff from them.
Their goal is to maximize profits, if they get more money by selling costly units they will stick to these