Valve has significantly increased the price of the Steam Deck. Now the CEO of Epic Games is teasing Gabe Newell. After all, his superyachts are also affected.
Valve recently drastically raised the prices for the Steam Deck: This involves increases of several hundred euros. Many players were completely surprised by the new prices.
Now Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games, has spoken out. He made a sarcastic remark that fans are being too hard on Gabe Newell, the head of Valve. After all, the supply chains for his superyachts are also affected.
Sweeney teases Newell’s open preference for superyachts
This is what Sweeney said: On X.com, Tim Sweeney writes:
Everyone is being way too harsh here. The costs of components, ultimately funded by Steam customers’ spending, have risen significantly, and economic developments have led to substantial disruptions in the supply chain for megayacht components.
With this, Sweeney refers to Newell’s passion for large, expensive yachts. Newell stated in an interview back then that he now lives and works at sea. In the past, he also acquired a really expensive superyacht:
For 430 million euros, he bought the “Leviathan”, a huge superyacht with a submarine garage, hospital, and 15 gaming PCs. And this is exactly what Sweeney is teasing now.
However, the community counters that Epic CEO Sweeney is not much better: After all, his company recently raised the prices for V-Bucks, only to lay off a thousand employees afterwards. This has not been well received by many fans.
Gabe Newell remains a curious guy who will likely continue to surprise the gaming world with interesting investments in the future. He also comments on technological innovations, even giving the youth tips: Gabe Newell believes: AI makes inexperienced people better programmers than 10 years of experience could
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