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Captain_Yuri said:

JEMC said:

That new bill is interesting. It won't be much of a problem for Google, given that they already split some things over its Alphabet group, but maybe it will for Apple.

And now that I think of it, if this bill passes soon, which it won't, it could end having an impact in the Apple vs Epic trial.

Yea but I think what the main implications of it if it passes is that it will change the console landscape forever as they will also be forced to use third party app payments and such. But yea, I doubt it will actually pass as that would be nuts.

I doubt it will have any implication at all for consoles. After all, publishers can still sell their games phisically if they want, which means that they can avoid the tax from the digital stores.

Also, and in the case of Nintendo (it's weird that Nintendo is ahead of the other two in this digital side of the business), some third parties sell keys for their 3DS/Switch games on sites suck as the Humble Store (they had a sale a couple weeks ago or so), which is another way to avoid that fee.

Captain_Yuri said:

Opinion Piece time!

Valve should make a Steam PC that's subsidized like the Steam Deck

*snip*

I have to disagree with you here. Valve needs to make money from hardware because they don't know how the user will use the end device. A lot of people will try to install Windows and after that come GOG and EGS, for example, which means that Valve could end losing money so that others reap the profits.

But that's just the business side of it, there's also the logistics. What kind of PC can they build that can survive the shipments without any kind of problems? The most obvious answer is one with laptop-like hardware and cooling. And if they go that route, it will be very hard to make something that upgradeable besides the storage components.

By then, with fixed hardware and limited cooling, you're getting closer to a console than a PC, and console makers can get better discounts on parts and game exclusives than Valve, putting it at a disatvantage.

Yes, it will sell quite a few units, but I'm not sure if it would be profitable, worth the effort or have any meaningful impact.

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It's a shame what one dud game like Lair can do. It literally killed the studio.