Valve recently introduced a reservation queue system for the Steam Controller to tackle scalpers and resellers. Now, it seems like the Steam Machine could launch with a similar system.
Valve had limits in place for controller orders, like requiring an existing Steam account witb a purchase history. They just didn’t set up a queue.
And if you look, there doesn’t seem to be a huge number of scalpers. My guess it’s just a handful of people who got lucky, and decided they’d rather get $200-400 and wait longer for a controller for themselves
Valve had limits in place for controller orders, like requiring an existing Steam account witb a purchase history. They just didn’t set up a queue.
And if you look, there doesn’t seem to be a huge number of scalpers. My guess it’s just a handful of people who got lucky, and decided they’d rather get $200-400 and wait longer for a controller for themselves