In most cases, yes. But you have to remember, this is Valve and not some ordinary company. They have extremely deep wallets and a lot of responsibility and expectations on their shoulders. If they charged what it cost for hardware and what it cost them to do r&d, it would likely not be in consumers favor.
In most cases, yes. But you have to remember, this is Valve and not some ordinary company. They have extremely deep wallets and a lot of responsibility and expectations on their shoulders. If they charged what it cost for hardware and what it cost them to do r&d, it would likely not be in consumers favor.
They’re buying the parts directly from the manufacturers though, so cutting out the retailer middle-man could offset the R&D costs.