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

• 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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