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This why we cant have nice things...
Seriously, people complain about high prices and evil companies, but we do it to ourselves by being unable to resist these bad deals
Nearly $3000 on a Steam Machine, constant price increases from Netflix with tightening restrictions too, etc
Well, only a small percentage of the population needs to be unable to resist bad deals for scalpers to find value.
I dont have any of these things but can you rrally blame someone just trying to have fun?
If a little bit of patience means we can all have fun then yes we can.
If you had $3000 to spend on a PC why the fuck would you spend it on a Steam Machine? You could have bought a way better machine and saved $1000.
I dont get that part but i het the demand. People really want to escape from this corporate hellhole and valve being one of the least shittiest tech companies it makes sense why the demand is so high. I dont get why you would pay 3k to get a chance to get a console with the performance of a 800€ machine.
Like AC in Europe 😓
You can have nice things though. Even if you didn't get one in the lottery you can buy an equivalent machine for a similar price.