Valve has quietly uploaded a Steam Controller unboxing video to the Steam platform. However, the video is currently unavailable for viewing, as attempting to play it results in a "This video has not been processed for streaming" message. This occurred late last night when one of the Valve watchers n...
Yeah. Damn shame, but if they released the steam machine or frame at the moment, the price would probably have to be at the point it would ensure the product didn’t have a chance to catch on. Pity, I kind of want a steam frame.
However I kinda suspect it may be valve responding to all the gamers who have been saying they want the controller now, it doesn’t need ram so why wait to release it with the other products? I get that valve probably wanted to do a simultaneous release, but that just doesn’t seem possible any longer.
GabeN said himself the hardware division must stand on its own financially. He doesn’t want to subsidize it forever.
To keep Hardware anywhere close to the black - they have to get money coming in. The controller can drop unaffected by the Ram crisis, and recently unaffected by the illegal tarifs
Yeah. Damn shame, but if they released the steam machine or frame at the moment, the price would probably have to be at the point it would ensure the product didn’t have a chance to catch on. Pity, I kind of want a steam frame.
I mean I guarantee the timing is no coincidence with the chinese ram market crashing
I’ll keep my fingers crossed! 🤞
However I kinda suspect it may be valve responding to all the gamers who have been saying they want the controller now, it doesn’t need ram so why wait to release it with the other products? I get that valve probably wanted to do a simultaneous release, but that just doesn’t seem possible any longer.
GabeN said himself the hardware division must stand on its own financially. He doesn’t want to subsidize it forever.
To keep Hardware anywhere close to the black - they have to get money coming in. The controller can drop unaffected by the Ram crisis, and recently unaffected by the illegal tarifs