▲ 593 ▼ Valve Uploads Steam Controller Unboxing Video, Launch Imminent? (www.techpowerup.com) submitted 4 months ago* by cybercafe@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world 159 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] quips@slrpnk.net 13 points 4 months ago (1 child) I mean I guarantee the timing is no coincidence with the chinese ram market crashing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago (1 child) I'll keep my fingers crossed! 🤞 However I kinda suspect it may be valve responding to all the gamers who have been saying they want the controller now, it doesn't need ram so why wait to release it with the other products? I get that valve probably wanted to do a simultaneous release, but that just doesn't seem possible any longer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rooster326@programming.dev 4 points 4 months ago GabeN said himself the hardware division must stand on its own financially. He doesn't want to subsidize it forever. To keep Hardware anywhere close to the black - they have to get money coming in. The controller can drop unaffected by the Ram crisis, and recently unaffected by the illegal tarifs permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago (1 child) I'll keep my fingers crossed! 🤞 However I kinda suspect it may be valve responding to all the gamers who have been saying they want the controller now, it doesn't need ram so why wait to release it with the other products? I get that valve probably wanted to do a simultaneous release, but that just doesn't seem possible any longer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rooster326@programming.dev 4 points 4 months ago GabeN said himself the hardware division must stand on its own financially. He doesn't want to subsidize it forever. To keep Hardware anywhere close to the black - they have to get money coming in. The controller can drop unaffected by the Ram crisis, and recently unaffected by the illegal tarifs permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 4 points 4 months ago GabeN said himself the hardware division must stand on its own financially. He doesn't want to subsidize it forever. To keep Hardware anywhere close to the black - they have to get money coming in. The controller can drop unaffected by the Ram crisis, and recently unaffected by the illegal tarifs permalink fedilink source parent