Valve did a switcharoo on scalpers - Kotaku In Action 2

Valve did a switcharoo on scalpers (store.steampowered.com)

posted 53 days ago by ThreeLights 53 days ago by ThreeLights +32 / -0

Steam Hardware - Steam Controller: Reservations open May 8th - Steam News

How to reserve yours, and what we're doing to mitigate the challenges from earlier in the week

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– ThreeLights [S] 40 points 53 days ago +40 / -0

Either on purpose or accident, Valve fucked scalpers.

Quick version: Valve released a new controller May 4th but it was gobbled up by scalpers in 30 minutes. Many were put in e-Bay for 300+.

Today, Valve released more and put down better restrictions to get it to actual players. Player have to had bought a game on Steam before April 2026, you can only purchase 1, and you can’t purchase another one if you bought one before.

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– Belenus 20 points 53 days ago +20 / -0

you can only purchase 1

I mean, yeah. Why the fuck would i want to waste monitor space with someone else? Get your own rig, peasant.

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– BeefyBelisarius 13 points 52 days ago +13 / -0

Player two gets the cheap off-brand controller, as is tradition.

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– HallucinatoryBeing 2 points 52 days ago +2 / -0

FUCKING MADCATZ

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