I'm more worried about the Frame. I assume the same will apply there. I was really looking forward to it but I don't think I'll be able to afford it now
yurishimo 7 minutes ago [-]
It says everything is delayed in the article.
StopDisinfo910 47 minutes ago [-]
What's interesting to me is here is that we basically are in terra incognita with this RAM market.
We are at a point where the market is so concentrated that nobody wants to invest in production capacity anymore as everyone wants margins to stay high. So when companies pivot to new niche like data centers, you see penuries on the consumer markets with nothing happening to solve the issue. The boom and bust cycle seems over at least as long as demands stay stable. Baring a crash of the IA economy, I don't see any short term change coming from the key manufacturers.
Yet, what I find fascinating is that the whole oligopoly has pivoted so hard, they couldn't quickly pivot back to protect these markets if challenged. There is a unique opportunity for new comers if they can get the manufacturing capacities. Some Chinese manufacturers who used to make low grade chips could be tempted. They might be impaired by the new geopolitical situation however and the tarifs.
Fire-Dragon-DoL 47 minutes ago [-]
Damn i was really hoping to get one :(
vga42 1 hours ago [-]
They should probably delay it further until the current fascistic US government has gone away. I'm certainly not going to buy anything from a US company right now.
They could also move their head office to EU, preferably.
totetsu 57 minutes ago [-]
Gabe has New Zealand residency, maybe he could move Valve there ;)
dkdbejwi383 13 minutes ago [-]
Looking forward to the Steam Chully Bun
closewith 40 minutes ago [-]
Why are you using a US VC's forum, so?
JasonADrury 9 minutes ago [-]
Why shouldn't he? I don't see how someone posting comments like that would benefit YC.
blell 60 minutes ago [-]
Maybe you should think about why a company like Valve could have never been founded in the EU instead.
jackvalentine 57 minutes ago [-]
CD Project Red and GOG, founded and headquartered in Poland?
eloisant 40 minutes ago [-]
I guess the point is that they got this level of success (which GOG didn't reach) because they're based in US.
And I tend to agree with that, there are some reason, including the fact that it's a huge country with a wealthy population that use loans and credit cards to buy even more that they can afford. That creates a strong domestic market that you can leverage before having to look at international sales.
Nothing to do with the US government policies of course...
yetihehe 3 minutes ago [-]
Epic was founded in US and didn't reach such success too. I think this is not because of US based, more like because of Gabe Newell.
enricozb 57 minutes ago [-]
What about it is incompatible with the EU?
wolvoleo 3 minutes ago [-]
I think this American exceptionalism is getting old. The country is a lot more capitalist and that stimulates certain industries, especially venture capitalism which is basically gambling with investor money.
But a lot of the companies that came out of this like Google, Meta, Microsoft are also a big net negative in the world and causing societal decay with their attention-driving algorithms and hard business practices used to establish their monopolies.
It's not surprising the more ethical business models come from the EU like GOG without its DRM.
Europe has its issues but look at the state America is in right now. A lot of all that hate is fuelled by people who have been drawing the short end of the capitalism stick for decades. And are now mobilised by the people making things worse for them.
SSchick 56 minutes ago [-]
Are we defending billionaires again?
preisschild 54 minutes ago [-]
Gabe Newell? Yeah. He deserves it frankly.
eloisant 50 minutes ago [-]
He's a great guy, but nobody deserves to be a billionaire. He would do great even if he was "just" a multi-millionaire.
preisschild 46 minutes ago [-]
I'd honestly much rather have him select where that money goes towards than many governments
eloisant 37 minutes ago [-]
In democracies money going to governments isn't sucked to some kind of vacuum. It's reinvested in infrastructure, social programs, investment programs, etc.
The US would be better off if it had more money to invest in healthcare and education, and Gabe would still be fine living in a house worth a few millions instead of on a half billion yacht.
preisschild 33 minutes ago [-]
I live in a democracy (central Europe) and too much is spent on subsidizing farmers and useless social programs.
TheDong 29 minutes ago [-]
This comes right after the news that Gabe purchased another Yacht (like his 6th or 7th?), so at least some fraction of the money is going towards normal billionaire stuff, which certainly doesn't help the homeless, or the even more oppressed Gamers.
ThePinion 56 minutes ago [-]
I sure do love these irrelevant and heavily opinionated political social justice woes with all the usual buzzwords all over Hacker News these days.
phatfish 4 minutes ago [-]
Truth hurts?
vga42 23 minutes ago [-]
"Fascist" is not a buzzword. It's your political reality. Are you culpable of letting that reality be?
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We are at a point where the market is so concentrated that nobody wants to invest in production capacity anymore as everyone wants margins to stay high. So when companies pivot to new niche like data centers, you see penuries on the consumer markets with nothing happening to solve the issue. The boom and bust cycle seems over at least as long as demands stay stable. Baring a crash of the IA economy, I don't see any short term change coming from the key manufacturers.
Yet, what I find fascinating is that the whole oligopoly has pivoted so hard, they couldn't quickly pivot back to protect these markets if challenged. There is a unique opportunity for new comers if they can get the manufacturing capacities. Some Chinese manufacturers who used to make low grade chips could be tempted. They might be impaired by the new geopolitical situation however and the tarifs.
They could also move their head office to EU, preferably.
And I tend to agree with that, there are some reason, including the fact that it's a huge country with a wealthy population that use loans and credit cards to buy even more that they can afford. That creates a strong domestic market that you can leverage before having to look at international sales.
Nothing to do with the US government policies of course...
But a lot of the companies that came out of this like Google, Meta, Microsoft are also a big net negative in the world and causing societal decay with their attention-driving algorithms and hard business practices used to establish their monopolies.
It's not surprising the more ethical business models come from the EU like GOG without its DRM.
Europe has its issues but look at the state America is in right now. A lot of all that hate is fuelled by people who have been drawing the short end of the capitalism stick for decades. And are now mobilised by the people making things worse for them.
The US would be better off if it had more money to invest in healthcare and education, and Gabe would still be fine living in a house worth a few millions instead of on a half billion yacht.