• zewm@lemmy.world
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      8 hours ago

      But all the scalpers did. Nice. I hate the reservation system. Should just have sold it outright like the controller.

      I hope they don’t do this shit for the frame. I rather just buy it outright than be in a stupid ass lottery.

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        7 hours ago

        Without the system you’d have zero chance to buy one, all would be gone the millisecond it’s up. All bought by bots watching the page constantly.

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          6 hours ago

          That’s not true at all. I have purchased every valve hardware product on day 1 without problem.

          I got the original controller and the new one, as well as the index.

          The reservation system sucks. Just give me a buy option. I can beat the bots. I even got a 3090 and 3070 during covid problems.

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            3 hours ago

            The controller didn’t even have a fraction of the hype that the steam machine has. The index at that time was extremely pricey when alternatives existed for a third of the price. The steam machine is hyped up as fuck, comparably cheap for a pre-built, and is one of the first systems coming with steam os out of the box. Your comparison sucks, and you sure as hell cannot beat bots when there is a serious scalping operation going on.