Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing
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Where's the "Epic deck" Tim? Oh that's right, after 8 years you still can't properly make a website for buying games.
Well said Liam.
Alternative title: guy causing hardware prices to go up insults competitor for raising prices.
price gouger says what
Lootbox billionaire has an issue with exploiting consumers? Sounds more like jealousy to me.
Sweeney is just so insufferable.
What could valve do? They can't sell them at a loss compared to component prices.
If they tried to target lower budget/spec for some steam machines that might help though. But really have we ever expected people to do much gaming on a £500 system? Sure it's always been possible but it's also always been pretty limited.
They were definitely selling at a huge loss with the original prices and depending on how hard their suppliers got hit, they might still be selling at a loss now. The game sales will make up for it.
You don't have to buy games from them though, if it's at a loss people would start buying them for other uses too
They very much are...
Theres also a lot of hardware on them that is useless for server use, but still adds cost.
So its probably still cheaper just to buy a used server instead of an army of mid steam decks.
They very much do. There are countless tutorials on using it for other things than steam
No they weren't. There is literally 0 proof of that. Quit spreading misinformation
There is absolutely no way that 350€ was not a loss for them. The also basically said that indirectly. And if you include all the software dev work that goes into the platform it gets even more cost intensive for them.
https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/gabe-newell-says-steam-decks-aggressive-pricing-painful-but-critical-2995253
"Painful" could easily (and mostly likely) refer to extremely low profit margins that would take several years to pay off the development costs. And that quote specifically refers to the base 64GB version. The price difference between that and the 256GB version was way more than the increase in storage costs, despite that being the only difference.
Also, I absolutely knew you were going to reply with this quote despite it not being evidence. Congrats on being extremely predictable.
It never sold at 350€, it started at 350£/400€ at launch for the 64bg LCD. The price point being painful does not mean they sell at loss.
This coming from a guy who is turning Unreal Engine 6 into a Fortnite engine.
This asshole has more money than Gabe. People who ride in glass megayachts shouldn't throw stones.
Can orcas use simple tools, like sticks or stones? Just curious.
Shut up, Tim, you whiney bitch and put Rocket League back on Steam. You know you are losing with every move you make and thats why you bitch.
Didn't they jack up Fortnite prices for whatever sort of DLC they do. All I remember news about their "metaverse" creators being enabled to sell for in game stuff and it being as predatory or worse than roblox
Tim "Stop gate keeping Grok just because it generated a little CP" Sweeny, sure loves hearing his own voice.
Maybe I’m confused here. Is this not the same guy that sells the same Skyrim every year with a new name?
Nah that's Todd Howard. Same vibe though
Also not to be confused with charasmatic cannible Sweeny Todd
Again same vibe
I though that was Shia Lebouf
Damn. I get all these copy pasta video game ceos mixed up. My bad.
Anyone remember Jack Thompson? He couldn't hold a candle to Tim Sweeney; fuck Tim.
I won’t even take a game for free on the epic store.
This is after it sold out at the higher price?