Valve's Steam Machine has been delayed, and the RAM crisis will impact pricing

blell wrote: post #3

vga42 wrote: post #2

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Maybe you should think about why a company like Valve could have never been founded in the EU instead.

What about it is incompatible with the EU?

Re: Valve's Steam Machine has been delayed, and the RAM crisis will impact pricing

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Post by jackvalentine » Thu, Feb 05, 2026, 9:45 AM UTC

blell wrote: post #3

vga42 wrote: post #2

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Maybe you should think about why a company like Valve could have never been founded in the EU instead.

CD Project Red and GOG, founded and headquartered in Poland?

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Post by totetsu » Thu, Feb 05, 2026, 9:45 AM UTC

vga42 wrote: post #2

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Gabe has New Zealand residency, maybe he could move Valve there ;)

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Post by SSchick » Thu, Feb 05, 2026, 9:46 AM UTC

blell wrote: post #3

vga42 wrote: post #2

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Maybe you should think about why a company like Valve could have never been founded in the EU instead.

Are we defending billionaires again?

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Post by ThePinion » Thu, Feb 05, 2026, 9:46 AM UTC

vga42 wrote: post #2

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I sure do love these irrelevant and heavily opinionated political social justice woes with all the usual buzzwords all over Hacker News these days.

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Post by preisschild » Thu, Feb 05, 2026, 9:48 AM UTC

SSchick wrote: post #7

blell wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe you should think about why a company like Valve could have never been founded in the EU instead.

Are we defending billionaires again?

Gabe Newell? Yeah. He deserves it frankly.

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Post by eloisant » Thu, Feb 05, 2026, 9:53 AM UTC

preisschild wrote: post #9

SSchick wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are we defending billionaires again?

Gabe Newell? Yeah. He deserves it frankly.

He's a great guy, but nobody deserves to be a billionaire. He would do great even if he was "just" a multi-millionaire.