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Re:Valve new-employee handbook (2012) [pdf] by lightbyte on Friday September 07, 2018 @03:11PM (#17936884)
>Huge flop. These are being practically given away now as Valve looks to get rid of their excess inventory. This being hardware, it had to be an expensive venture that failed to penetrate the living room.

Was the steam link really a huge flop? That's sad, I absolutely love mine. It's probably one of the best purchases I've ever made cost-to-value wise.

Re:Valve new-employee handbook (2012) [pdf] by r_smart on Friday September 07, 2018 @04:42PM (#17937470)
I love mine too, and use it all the time, but I got it from a friend who bought a game that bundled the steam link for like $1 or something. No way they're doing anything other than trying to offload :(
Re:Valve new-employee handbook (2012) [pdf] by detaro on Friday September 07, 2018 @03:29PM (#17936989)
In the recent sales they sold the Link for $5, so unless there's something that justifies putting them out as a loss leader fire sale seems to be it.