Tariffs, component volatility, and Valve’s tolerance for losses all lead to uncertainty.

The title is a bit misleading, as the article lists diverging analysts’ opinions, ranging from Valve willing to sell at a loss or low margins, to high prices due to RAM and SSD price volatility.

  • Creat@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    35·
    8 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.

    • x00z@lemmy.worldEnglish
      192·
      6 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.

    • vrek@programming.devEnglish
      11·
      6 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.

    • uzay@infosec.pubEnglish
      22·
      7 hours ago

      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.