8 Reasons The Steam Machine Will Destroy The Xbox One And PS4
6. MUCH Lower Prices For Exactly The Same Games
If you buy a PS4 or Xbox One, you're essentially tied in to either console's ecosystem. Publishers need to pay licensing fees to Microsoft and Sony to release games on their consoles, and in the growing digital downloads market, both consoles are in complete control thanks to the Xbox Marketplace and PlayStation Store. The PC games market is far more competitive. Sure, Valve's Steam Machines are designed in a way that encourages you to buy games directly through Steam (which is expensive compared to other digital retailers), but you can easily go to any of hundreds of digital outlets on the internet and buy your games through them instead. This makes it easy to shop around for the best prices. This, combined with the fact that publishers don't need to pay a premium to release games on PC, means that you can find games for much lower prices on launch, and those games will also drop in price much faster after launch. Wait a few months, and you'll be paying half the price or less for a PC game as you would for its console counterpart.
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