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Valve won’t subsidise its pricey Steam Machine as there’s no guarantee the open system will be used for Steam

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Yeah except current console gamers have a lot of existing games that will be useless if they sell their current console to go to steam.

Like in the end your math eventually does work out (if you pay for subscriptions, I know those who don't) but at the current price levels I don't see steam machine swaying that many console gamers at all, especially if their friends also own consoles that they play with.

For people starting fresh I can see it at least being an option.

That and I also disagree with numbers. You picked peak. PS plus is like 70 a month (7/10 of your original estimate) and a lot of games still are discs and even then there are plenty of sales. Not many are paying 70/80 all the time for games, let alone cost conscious people you're supposedly targeting.

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How not to advertise 101!

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Hot take- The internet never really should've been free. The real world almost never gives you anything for free. You don't get free food, free gas, free haircuts. Paying would not only lock in a sane model but people would be more discriminate when they have to pay as well. They'd demand better.

A different benefit might be we're on our phones and such less and actually touch grass.