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Valve says it isn't subsidizing the Steam Machine's $1050 price because of its "religious" refusal to "build a more closed system" (www.pcgamer.com)
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[โ€“] muntedcrocodile@hilariouschaos.com 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

They could give you steam credits with the purchase essentially the same outcome

[โ€“] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Maybe if they gave percent-off coupons, but otherwise it's definitely not. The big console companies subsidize consoles because they know people are going to buy games for that system, probably on their digital storefront, and thus they're going to earn that subsidy back in the profits from those sales. Even if people buy physical copies, the licensing fees come back to the console manufacturers.

But with Steam credits, that'd just be loss on the other end.