Valve has no reason to do this with intention. I just think they didn’t a good job preventing or slowing down scalpers. I think they didn’t think it would sell out like this, because they know the price is a bit on higher side. And compared to the Steam Deck, they don’t “need” to sell those controllers immediately.
At the end I believe it was just miscalculation. That’s all to it.
dom@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
They do not want to over produce. Its very likely they just under estimated how many people would want it at this price point.
They’ve been burned sitting on stock that they have to fire sale to get rid of.
4am@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
I got two Steam Links for $10 back in the day
kossa@feddit.org 6 days ago
I was so confused back then 😅. Still rocking that practically free Steam Link. I like it.
ech@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
And they had an excellent system with the Deck that for some damn reason they opted not to emulate. Fucking stupid.