Comment on Steam Machine pricing announced (from $1049-$1428 USD), reservation lists open

• cenariodantesco@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Ah sorry if I mislead you, it’s a raffle because you sign up for a reservation list but it’s not guarantee you’ll be selected, on the 25th their system will random pick some and send the email, with the 72 hour deadline to buy

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  • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Yeah, I should have spent a little time figuring that out. Now I just need to hope I don’t win: I don’t want it as much as they’re charging

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    • cenariodantesco@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      If you’re selected just let the 72 hours period expire, it will move on to someone else

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• Smaile@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Wait so the raffle would have been the better option??

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  • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    They are really cool machines and my teens would love them, so yes, if it were an actual raffle that would be fantastic.

    However a couple years ago I spent a ridiculous amount of money helping them build their own gaming PCs, and get rid of their consoles. We don’t need to spend another $1,500. And I rarely have time to game

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    • Smaile@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Oh I see, you mean an actual raffle and not just a pert chasing que, that would be fun but idk feel like that could be manipulated by scalpers somehow. It would be fun tho.

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      • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        For sure, that’s why I went directly there without finding out, amazed it could still be open

        But I imagine deterring scalpers is a big problem art of the reason to raffle for a spot in line. Scalpers are actually a big part of the reason we switched away from consoles to begin with. When the Xbox series X was released, two Christmases in a row, I was unable to get them because limited stock and too many scalpers. Fuck that.

        No scalpers buying up all the gaming rig components …… then we got ai

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