▲ 262 ▼ Why aren’t there more PC-first gamepads? Valve don’t know, but they "did see an opportunity" for the new Steam Controller (www.rockpapershotgun.com) submitted 5 months ago by commander@lemmy.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 105 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) $149 for Canadians.... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago I don't know the internals of their price decision, but IMO the controller should be sold at close to margin or at a loss. Their real money maker is in selling games and steam item trading. Their hardware should be accessible. The goal shouldn't be to get a profit out of the controller, it should be to make people stick with the platform and create brand loyalty. But who knows, maybe the costs of making one is just that high. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago I don't know the internals of their price decision, but IMO the controller should be sold at close to margin or at a loss. Their real money maker is in selling games and steam item trading. Their hardware should be accessible. The goal shouldn't be to get a profit out of the controller, it should be to make people stick with the platform and create brand loyalty. But who knows, maybe the costs of making one is just that high. permalink fedilink source parent