sanitation@lemmy.radio to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoValve on the Steam Machine delays: 'Obviously we're bummed that this is the state of things'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up1313arrow-down11
arrow-up1312arrow-down1external-linkValve on the Steam Machine delays: 'Obviously we're bummed that this is the state of things'www.pcgamer.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square27linkfedilink
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 days agoBut also: The longer the Hormuz conflict goes on, the more oil and gas prices go up. The more shipping costs go up. The more everything costs go up, if ‘everything’ is classed as ‘basically anything you might regularly purchase’. So… they’re now in quite a bind, because their possible purchasers, their target demo, are actively and rapidly becoming poorer, as time goes on.
minus-squareSparroHawc@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoWhen you consider that the main driving factor for the Steam Machine is to make it easier and more appealing for people to purchase games on Steam, they’re kinda in a bind anyways.
But also:
The longer the Hormuz conflict goes on, the more oil and gas prices go up. The more shipping costs go up.
The more everything costs go up, if ‘everything’ is classed as ‘basically anything you might regularly purchase’.
So… they’re now in quite a bind, because their possible purchasers, their target demo, are actively and rapidly becoming poorer, as time goes on.
When you consider that the main driving factor for the Steam Machine is to make it easier and more appealing for people to purchase games on Steam, they’re kinda in a bind anyways.