Scalpers are absolute scum.
It might be a nice controller, but how desperate can you be buying it from a scalper knowing it’ll be back in stock soon?
People are abaolutrly weird like that. Back in the day i read online that americans don’t protest, because they can’t afford to not go to work a day. At the same time, a new iphone was released and people camped in front of a apple store.
Different groups of people. Being unable to miss work is a real thing for many Americans.
All the more reason for them to protest.
Four times. I’ve seen a listing marked as sold with a price of $400
You can sock puppet your own eBay listening to create “social proof”
I’m hoping nobody is actually paying $400 for an open box controller with no warranty…
I wouldn’t think it would need to be open box. I’m sure the second they get the item they snap pictures and post it for sale. Are they opening these up to take pictures?
For all intents and purposes it’s an open box.
It could be replaced with a fake, with rocks, whatever. But if you have any issues your bit getting any warranty protection or coverage.
eBay actually has decent customer protection from my experience. I have no idea if that is where most of these end up though.
You know what can’t be scalped? Open source: https://inputlabs.io/
But they are just as sold out
That’s Alpaka 0, Alpaka 1 seems to be in stock.
Edit: also https://inputlabs.io/contribute/open_source
You wouldn’t download a controller…
If I were Valve I’d put out a statement just to fuck with them.
An issue was found in the current product and a new version of the Steam Controller will launch within days. Please be patient as stocks are restored.
Then a new version of it appears which is an identical controller that says FUCK SCALPERS on the underside
News about scalpers is the same as rage bait local news articles. I just don’t care. If it’s a problem write a real piece about it with potential solutions. The companies don’t seem to see a problem so I assume everything is going as planned.
I managed to get one but I also checked resale sites in my area and was happily surprised to see that there’s yet to be a single one up for resale by a scalper.
That being said, I did see someone trying to resale the OG Steam Controller for $250 which is hilarious considering all the other listings for it are between $30-100.
I am patient. I will wait.
I literally do not give a shit about scalping game controllers. Or, as my two friends who were thinking about getting one said when I mentioned it had sold out: “oh well.”
This success is a good news for gaming.
