An article from this weekend that seemingly got buried by soundbites about the Steam Machine price in the same interview, but given that we have no information on price, this seems way more interesting to me. I mean…I basically self-select games that don’t use these kinds of anti-cheat at all, but this is important information for a lot of people, especially if you’re looking for an off-ramp from Windows and still want to play some of the most popular live service titles.
Can they address the price concerns?
I think they want to play this close to the vest because of potentially having to navigate tariffs.
I wonder how much money the Switch 2 lost on release due to tariff fuckery, at least in the US and Canada.
They said they aren’t going to announce the price until closer to launch, so just chill. They only announced the product so they could get developers working on game support early.
They have:
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/how-much-will-steam-machine-cost-heres-what-valve-had-to-say-about-pricing/1100-6536161/