Comment on Steam Controller: Reservations open May 8th

• julianwgs@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Now the scalpers sell the controllers to the rich.

  I actually like the approach, because it makes it insanely expensive to be a scalper. This leads to fewer scalpers, less inflated demand and probably more people getting their controller sooner.

  I really really dislike the business model of scalpers and putting them out of business is good.

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• Lemmchen@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I mean, those are the most valuable customers to Valve, so … yes? Idk. You could go by account age if that makes it fairer somehow.

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  • ericwdhs@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’ve spent thousands of dollars on Steam over 13 years now, and I still think that’d be unfair. It just needs to be a hard threshold that answers this question for Valve, “Do you have genuine skin in the game or not?” I think Valve’s new rules for the reservations answers that well enough. I just wish they had done this from the start.

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