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ono ( ono@lemmy.ca )  to GamingEnglish · 3 years ago

Valve detail their plans to combat Steam Deck OLED scalpers

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Valve detail their plans to combat Steam Deck OLED scalpers

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ono ( ono@lemmy.ca )  to GamingEnglish · 3 years ago
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With the release of the Steam Deck OLED and the Steam Deck OLED Limited Edition tomorrow, Valve has given out a little bit more info on how they plan to combat scalpers.
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    You don’t need to reinvent the wheel. Simply add waiting lists and a max limit of one order per person. Sucks for large families but only until the initial hype is gone.

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      scalpers often recruit straw purchases in those situations. they have ways man, I’m all for Valve finding innovation in fucking those fuckwits up

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      Hmm kinda like what they did before. It worked. I knew I was going to get one and the community built a spreadsheet tracking estimates dates.

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