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[–] Mangoholic@lemmy.ml -4 points 1 week ago (4 children)

They should just sell at a loss the steam games bought will make up for it. Every consol does that, why not this mini pc.

[–] MrMcGasion@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Because since it's unlocked hardware, corporations would buy them all as workstations, and they'd never buy any games. At the end of the day, corporations ruin everything.

[–] nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

That's just waiting corporate and other entity buying powerful PC for cheap. And Valve won't get any game sales from it.

Just like PS3 being used as supercomputer.

[–] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Every console does that and it's kinda anti-competitive behavior isn't it?

Definitely makes it harder for new companies to release enticing hardware, so i'd say so...