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ono@lemmy.ca to Gaming@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 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@lemmy.ca to Gaming@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 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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    Yep, the extra sad thing is that there are actually sold listings too: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=steam+deck+OLED&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1

    Some people just can’t be helped, I guess.

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      it could be drugs or money laundering rather than people actually paying that price for a real deck.

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        I could be wrong, but I would bet that launderers are probably not targeting this niche device. I’d guess that the people buying them are more likely from a country that they don’t sell in. Like Australia for example.

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          That’s not how laundering works, but it probably isn’t laundering. The product is the excuse, the price difference is where the laundering happens.

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            Yeah, I get how laundering works. I just don’t know why they’d pick this specific item.

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              They wouldn’t, except for laundering on a scale too small to be worth going after.

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        Does that make it better?

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          did i imply it does?

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