PonyOfWar
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- Comment on [Frame] Landed on the waitlist, two friends as well (Europe) 1 day ago:
I’ve been spending some time today reporting scalpers on Ebay and other platforms. Hopefully getting some of them to cancel, but I’m afraid they’ll still find a way to sell.
- Comment on [Frame] Landed on the waitlist, two friends as well (Europe) 1 day ago:
Fair enough, looks like they only introduced the april requirement a few days after launching the controller. Misremembered that.
- Comment on [Frame] Landed on the waitlist, two friends as well (Europe) 1 day ago:
Well yeah. I said I hate the lottery and you asked me what I prefer.
- Comment on [Frame] Landed on the waitlist, two friends as well (Europe) 1 day ago:
The purchase history has to be older than the stream controller, so those bots are not eligeable (requirement is April, controller released on may).
Steam controller already had that requirement for an older purchase.
- Comment on [Frame] Landed on the waitlist, two friends as well (Europe) 1 day ago:
I have managed to get every single Valve hardware I wanted to get so far (Deck, Deck OLED, Controller), just by showing up on time and being patient with the servers. Until now. So for me personally, my experience with the old system has been better.
They already had bot prevention measures by requiring a game purchase on Steam etc just like they did for the Frame. If a bot managed to buy a Steam Controller, it could also have entered the lottery. So I’m not sure that there is much of an advantage.
- Comment on [Frame] Landed on the waitlist, two friends as well (Europe) 1 day ago:
Waitlist, both for me and my nephew. I hate the lottery system.
- Comment on [controller] Argh just need to vent 4 days ago:
I’ve seen some similar situations where Steam support made an exception and reactivated the reservation after a support request.
- Comment on You can now sign up for the Steam Frame lottery - 256GB model 1049€, 1TB 1279€ 5 days ago:
It’s just a UI thing on the default UI, but I think it has been there for a couple months at least.
- Comment on You can now sign up for the Steam Frame lottery - 256GB model 1049€, 1TB 1279€ 5 days ago:
Steam Frame has its own custom streaming hardware and drivers. Other types of VR-streaming working for other VR headsets isn’t really relevant. I’m sure they’ll get it to work soon though, maybe even at launch.
- Comment on You can now sign up for the Steam Frame lottery - 256GB model 1049€, 1TB 1279€ 5 days ago:
I think it’s because Lemmy tries to merge the posts. When I look on Sopuli, I can initially only see the duplicate post, but when extending it it shows mine as a “cross post”.
- Comment on You can now sign up for the Steam Frame lottery - 256GB model 1049€, 1TB 1279€ 5 days ago:
Kinda. On the other hand, I have so many USB-C chargers by now that it would have probably stayed inside the box anyway.
- Comment on You can now sign up for the Steam Frame lottery - 256GB model 1049€, 1TB 1279€ 5 days ago:
Streaming from a Linux PC wasn’t working yet when LTT tested it on August 24th.
- Comment on You can now sign up for the Steam Frame lottery - 256GB model 1049€, 1TB 1279€ 5 days ago:
That explains why they have the lottery, but I don’t understand why they don’t have an “any model” list. They did for the Steam Machine.
- Comment on You can now sign up for the Steam Frame lottery - 256GB model 1049€, 1TB 1279€ 5 days ago:
The prices are about what I expected. Could be worse. What annoys me a little bit is that in addition to being another lottery for an opportunity to buy, you can only choose one model ahead of time. I would probably buy the 1TB model if I couldn’t get the smaller one. But I don’t think I’m going to volunteer for the large model and give up my chance to buy the cheaper one…
- You can now sign up for the Steam Frame lottery - 256GB model 1049€, 1TB 1279€store.steampowered.com ↗Submitted 5 days ago to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz | 32 comments
- Comment on LTT side channel Short Circuit has accidentally published their first 30 minutes with Steam Frame early. 6 days ago:
$60 for the ergonomic kit, which is a couple of pieces of fabric, is rough. Doesn’t bode well for the price of the HMD.
I suspect Linux/Machine streaming will be there at launch and might be a reason they’ve been so late with the launch. We’ve seen quite a few Linux fixes in recent SteamVR releases.
- Comment on Valve emailed about a cyberattack against their shipping partner CEVA Logistics in Europe 5 weeks ago:
Got the email too. Oh well, guess my data got leaked again. Seems almost impossible to avoid these days if you ever want to buy something on the internet. At least it didn’t include my passport number this time, like when Interrail was hacked…
I have to say, though, that I don’t really get why Valve’s shipping partner needed to retain my data for months after shipping out my products.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
That sucks. Right at the point where needing spare parts is getting more likely for Steam Deck owners. What’s the point in selling replacement batteries if you only sell them while almost everyone’s batteries are still fine?
Hopefully they’ll be able to stock some good third-party parts.
- Comment on The First PC Shipping With SteamOS Arrives Next Month 2 months ago:
Pretty sure this thing was 11+ years earlier.
- Comment on Steam machine prices are live 2 months ago:
The original Steam Controller and Steam link went on sale for about 5€ each.
- Comment on Steam machine prices are live 2 months ago:
My guess would be like 600 or so for the base model.
- Comment on Steam machine prices are live 2 months ago:
It’s hard to say, but at least before the component shortages, I would have expected the Frame to be more expensive than the Steam Machine. After all, it has 2 included controllers, displays, batteries, tracking cameras etc. But maybe the lower memory and storage (if you go for the 256GB) along with its mobile SoC might help reduce the effects of the component crisis somewhat. I don’t expect it to be below 1k€ though, personally.
- Comment on Steam machine prices are live 2 months ago:
It’s obviously not Valve’s fault but man, that’s expensive. Wasn’t planning on getting one anyway, but it certainly makes me worried about what the Frame may cost.
Anyone here planning on getting one? I do wonder how much of a market there is for it at this price.
- Comment on Steam Controller: Dropped and doubled inputs?! Bad connection?! 4 months ago:
Do you use a configuration that mixes gamepad with mouse or keyboard input, like “Gamepad with Mouse Trackpad” or something like that? Some games can’t handle those configurations, causing some strange behaviours.
- Comment on Steam Controller: Dropped and doubled inputs?! Bad connection?! 4 months ago:
So with a similar distance, my controller fluctuates between “ok” and “weak” reported connection strength. However, I haven’t experienced it ever dropping or doubling an input, so I don’t think that part is normal behaviour. Can even use it from the next room, with a solid wall in-between.
Have you tried different USB ports? My controller initially had some (different) issues when the puck was in the “wrong” USB port.
- Comment on Steam Controller First Impressions and some Issues on Linux 4 months ago:
Yeah, probably something like that. The controller was not on or connected at that point though, so it seems like even the puck itself might advertise itself as a keyboard.
- Submitted 4 months ago to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz | 8 comments
- Comment on Steam Machine update, Valve now says all three new products will ship this year (Updated) 6 months ago:
Do you recall where you saw that? I can’t find the statement. Would be cool if true though. Wasn’t possible for Index Controllers.
- Comment on Steam Machine update, Valve now says all three new products will ship this year (Updated) 6 months ago:
If they work like the Index controllers, no, they won’t connect without Steam VR running. But maybe they’re different.
- Comment on Steam Machine update, Valve now says all three new products will ship this year (Updated) 6 months ago:
I don’t think you can do a whole lot with the Frame controllers without the Frame though.