… It operates a hardware business that sells increasingly expensive Xbox Series X / S consoles, and one of the first things Sharma did was tease Xbox’s next-generation console, codenamed Project Helix. …
… It is the preeminent modern example of what’s known as a “system seller.” There’s almost certainly a large audience of people who were waiting to buy a console because all they really play on it is GTA, and they haven’t needed to upgrade since GTA V. …
… In a blog post, Valve explained that one of the reasons for the current price is because it’s not using a typical console pricing model. “We think of Steam Machine as an extension of PC gaming, not as a console,” the company says. “The traditional console model is to sell hardware at a loss and mak… …
… People buy a PlayStation to play God of War or The Last of Us, not the ill-fated Concord or whatever Fairgames is. …
… And the idea that NVIDIA is going to sell every GP in the world to Sam Altman could mean there won’t be gaming PCs anymore. But that was more than a flicker during all of this. People are buying gaming PCs, playing Windows games, and eventually buying Steam Decks. …