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russell_john Just another reason not to buy this Billionaire's overpriced underpowered hunk of junk. My computer from 2019 had more power …… Reply
thrus To be fair why would you team up with a company when they just used your property illegally? That doesn't seem like a business partner that is going to behave in a way that you can trust ton honor any agreement you come to, especially when they know what they did and don't care seeing as they have done it multiple times in the past. Reply
derekullo thrus said: To be fair why would you team up with a company when they just used your property illegally? That doesn't seem like a business partner that is going to behave in a way that you can trust ton honor any agreement you come to, especially when they know what they did and don't care seeing as they have done it multiple times in the past. They did it to make a news story. Did you know of Dbrand yesterday? … me neither. And now we are talking about them. Reply
usertests russell_john said: Just another reason not to buy this Billionaire's overpriced underpowered hunk of junk. My computer from 2019 had more power …… Dbrand admitted they used Valve's IP without permission/license. derekullo said: They did it to make a news story. Did you know of Dbrand yesterday? … me neither. And now we are talking about them. I vaguely recalled the Darkplates situation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dbrand#PlayStation_5_faceplates Reply
JamesJones44 russell_john said: Just another reason not to buy this Billionaire's overpriced underpowered hunk of junk. My computer from 2019 had more power …… I've been critical of the Steam Machine, but it has long been established that you need permission to use someone else's IP… Reply
jerkofme russell_john said: Just another reason not to buy this Billionaire's overpriced underpowered hunk of junk. My computer from 2019 had more power …… It may have. Care to share the specs of your 2019 PC? I wonder if we rebuilt it with today's market prices. If it would be cheaper than the steam machine. I'm very highly doubt it. The steam machine is overpriced for its capabilities based on 2015-2020 prices. The ram alone in the steam machine costs three hundred dollars. The video card is another five. There's eight hundred dollars, and we haven't even touched the motherboard Power supply cpu, data storage, or case. I was very surprised the base model didnt start at 1500. But overall, i'm really not surprised when anyone buys something overpriced. Macbooks are still selling… Reply
TheOtherOne jerkofme said: But overall, i'm really not surprised when anyone buys something overpriced. Macbooks are still selling… And so are iPhones! But that's iCult for you, they will buy anything from Apple, regardless of the Specs and producing cost. ❤ Reply
krisavi derekullo said: They did it to make a news story. Did you know of Dbrand yesterday? … me neither. And now we are talking about them. I have known about them for years, just because they are unknown to you doesn't mean no one knows them. They made the skin without IP and Valve has the right to shut them down. I think if they would want to recuperate some cost, they could offer valve to buy the molds and hope that valve will release the skin that people want. There was demand and I am sure Valve also understands that people might end up being upset at them for not making a deal to make it legal. Valve does cooperation with other companies like iFixIt to provide support for parts. Reply
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