Valve has finally opened Steam Machine reservations, and like clockwork, scalpers have already taken to eBay to sell the new tech for more than double its retail price.
It would probably kill gifts. I guess you could allow the usual steam gift feature, but that again would allow scalpers. The method they’re using to attempt to limit it to one per household is a good idea, but it’s difficult and still susceptible to people finding ways around it. There is just no easy way to fight them effectively.
The only thing that would truly work is for nobody to buy off them, leaving them sitting on a pile of investment with no returns until they drop to retail prices or send it back to Valve for a refund. But boycotts aren’t exactly easy or reliable. We know how hard it can be to hold off on something you really want.
Another case of a shitty few fucking over everyone else.
It would probably kill gifts. I guess you could allow the usual steam gift feature, but that again would allow scalpers. The method they’re using to attempt to limit it to one per household is a good idea, but it’s difficult and still susceptible to people finding ways around it. There is just no easy way to fight them effectively.
The only thing that would truly work is for nobody to buy off them, leaving them sitting on a pile of investment with no returns until they drop to retail prices or send it back to Valve for a refund. But boycotts aren’t exactly easy or reliable. We know how hard it can be to hold off on something you really want.
Another case of a shitty few fucking over everyone else.