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I hate scalpers, and Valve’s Steam Machine queue is exactly what we need

Digital Trends·Vikhyaat Vivek·21 days ago
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I hate scalpers. I especially hate scalpers when they swarm gaming hardware that already has limited availability. They buy it before regular customers and gamers can get a fair shot, and then relist it at cartoonish prices for the people who actually wanted to use it. We’ve seen this issue time and time again, but Valve’s latest move might be the best anti-scalper weapon I’ve seen in a while. Steam’s database now suggests Valve may already have a reservation queue system prepared for the upcoming Steam Machine . The discovery reportedly comes from a recent Steam update spotted by user Pepeizq , where references to multiple Steam Machine packages appeared inside the same reservation system code used for the Steam Controller. How the Steam Controller inspired this move New Steam Controller Valve The new Steam Controller launched on May 4 , and demand immediately overwhelmed supply.…

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