Valve is fighting Steam Controller scalpers with a new reservations system

Valve's caller Steam Controller sold retired rapidly erstwhile it went connected merchantability connected Monday, and the institution is going to unfastened a "reservations queue" connected Friday astatine 1PM ET for anyone who missed that archetypal run.

When the controller initially went connected sale, galore imaginable buyers experienced difficulties checking out earlier the controller went retired of stock, and immoderate sellers connected eBay posted listings for the controllers that were considerably much expensive than Valve's $99 asking price. "While we were blessed to spot specified a precocious level of interest, the acquisition for a batch of you trying to bargain it was incredibly frustrating," Valve says. It's making changes to "improv …

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