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Valve’s Steam Machine finally has a price: a whopping $1,049 for the 512GB configuration or $1,349 for the 2TB version. And those are without bundled controllers, which drive up the cost more.

The prices are so high in part because Valve isn’t subsidizing the hardware, and the company has already indicated that the component crisis forced it to reconsider its initial pricing plans. In an interview with the YouTube channel Gamers Nexus, Valve engineers discussed the reality of sourcing RAM in 2026, with take-it-or-leave-it prices as memory and other components remain in short supply, from only a few vendors like Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix.

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Valve, of course, isn’t the only company in a bind over memory shortages, as the crunch is forcing many hardware makers to make significant pricing changes. Even Apple CEO Tim Cook is warning of incoming price hikes for iPhones, Macs, and other devices. And the RAM crunch isn’t projected to get better anytime soon.

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[–] 1984@lemmy.today 13 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

Yes but giving up profits is not what a company does...

And you say forgive, as if they are your friend or something. Its a corporation. They don't give a fuck about you as a person.

Almost all corporations doesn't. There are exceptions. Kagi, the search engine, will give your monthly subscription money back if you didn't search during the month. How cool is that. That's someone who actually wants to provide a product users are happy with.

[–] kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

There are exceptions. Kagi, the search engine

They're giving money to the homophobic brave search engine because it's "just politics" and also give money to russian yandex despite their invasion into ukraine

https://mastodon.social/@scy@chaos.social/111704636602291316

https://kagifeedback.org/d/5445-reconsider-yandex-integration-due-to-the-geopolitical-status-quo/19

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 10 points 17 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

Ngl relatable, I too often mention my interests out of place.

But it's not out of context. Rather it, merely has an existence in which the distance between in-context and out-of-context disappears, and the topic exist as neither related nor unconnected. A bona fide symphrantasia if you will.

In my commenting carreer I often make niche, anime poem references, and searching for them based on the few words I remember can be hard; and that's why I use kagi, the not-google search engine, start your free trial for 100 searches per month today or upgrade to infinite searches for only $10/month from link below.

Link from old legend of zelda, 1986

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 2 points 15 hours ago

It's fine in my opinion. I mention stuff I like and will keep doing that. :)

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

symphrantasia

i like your words, magic dude

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

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