Comment on Steam Machine pricing announced (from $1049-$1428 USD), reservation lists open
Smaile@lemmy.ca 1 day agoOh 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.
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