Comment on My quest to get a steam controller has failed
ech@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
They did a hardware launch perfectly for the Deck - Account of minimum age needed, and a queue to buy as devices became available. Why the hell did they go with the old, shit version that only serves scalpers that use bots to scoop up every item?
Poopfeast420@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Practically there wasn’t really a difference with the Steam Deck. You still had everyone rushing at the same time to get the deposit in. People got errors during the check out, just like this time and scalpers popped up immediately as well.
ech@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
And? With the queue, people were able to continue submitting orders as things calmed down. There will always be a rush to be first. The queue handles it better by not outright denying those who didn’t make it in right away. This also reduces the FOMO that funds scalpers’ abuse of the system.
As for account age, it doesn’t really matter when it is set at - any limitation reduces the number of bots able to spam real users out of a purchase. Admittedly, that only really helps if there’s also a limit on number of units bought, which I don’t think was implemented this time, either, for whatever reason.
captcha@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 3 weeks ago
I really expected them to make some better system than ‘just hit buy until you’re lucky’
Nibodhika@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
There was no queue for the Deck, I mean, there was, but that came after. Everyone was stuck in the same screen as Monday hitting refresh until we were able to get through. I started trying to buy mine on the dot and only managed to get it over 15 minutes afterwards. I didn’t get into the first batch because of that.
ech@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
The was absolutely a queue.
Source: I was in it.