I think Valve fucked itself over with the Steam Machine considering the recent hardware prices, probably their only choice at this point is eat shit and sell it under value.
Could be, I don’t know how contracts on this scale work, if they secured years worth of components then sure but if it’s just for the first few batches they’re kinda fucked.
Maybe, but we’ve had like at least a supply chain disruption a year since 2020. Also they’ve spoken about lessons learned about making their own hardware and dealing with supply chains thanks to the knuckles/index.
It’s been mentioned before but if they’ve got their prices locked in, they may be worried about being too cheap and having their stock grabbed by corps and resellers, rather than steam users.
I think Valve fucked itself over with the Steam Machine considering the recent hardware prices, probably their only choice at this point is eat shit and sell it under value.
I find it hard to believe they hadn’t secured contracts for most of their components before announcing the damn thing.
Could be, I don’t know how contracts on this scale work, if they secured years worth of components then sure but if it’s just for the first few batches they’re kinda fucked.
Idk the situation of a single company buying up 40% of RAM supply is pretty unprecedented.
Maybe, but we’ve had like at least a supply chain disruption a year since 2020. Also they’ve spoken about lessons learned about making their own hardware and dealing with supply chains thanks to the knuckles/index.
It’s been mentioned before but if they’ve got their prices locked in, they may be worried about being too cheap and having their stock grabbed by corps and resellers, rather than steam users.