Oh good, I can continue to not play it anyways with its always online bullshit. I want to play my single player game off-fucking-line.

Does it still advertise CLOUD SAVES at every corner in the software, while they actually only mean that achievement progress is cloud saved? That was a real fun way to lose all of my progress 😆

Scalpers should be flayed. Fuck depriving someone else of enjoyment so you can make a quick buck. I hope they end up having to sell them at a loss.

This shit should be illegal

Fomo

I agree, it's just a sign they priced it too low surely? Which is kind of absurd given how high the price is already. Who is paying double the RRP?

Scalping is capitalism, I don't get why people who support capitalism think it is this extra terrible thing, it is precisely what capitalism promises on the tin.

The prices are sam altman's fault but yeah they really should have tested this more before making a claim like that. I'm not too angry because I have no desire for a steam cube but if I did I'd be more than a little miffed.

only 1 USB-C seems a little short sighted, but overall looks pretty solid!

Man, I can't say I'm not a little crushed by the price being so far outside my realistic reach. But I'm damn glad it's finally open for orders for those that can get it. It really has a chance to shift "couch" gaming away from deeply proprietary machinery.

Daft Punk has been dreaming of this day for years!

this looks pretty awesome! thanks for the recommendation. it's great when a demo has some substance in it to really give you a feel for what the game is like

honestly loving the resurgence of demos

I've player over 12 hours of the Shroom and Gloom demo and I can't get enough. It has a beautiful, distinctive art style and really fun deck builder game mechanics. Please check it out of you haven't already!

Right. I’m very glad they put out their expected timeline now.

Mine is for December, ordered on May 9th (I missed the May 4th window by a few minutes). I'm happy they announced it, so I can lower my expectations.

You know, it's hard to tell if you're relating what happened or rage baiting.

It's a troll within a troll. You have successfully made it impossible to be certain of reality within a certain online proximity to you :)

I wonder what criteria they are using for distribution. Mine is set for the By September timeline so I’m happy with that. But from what I’ve seen of comments it doesn’t necessarily seem to be done in order of reservation necessarily.

I’m mostly sad about what this means for the pending Frame launch. This is a bit of a wet blanket on a time that should have been exciting for the VR community.

😯

People are whining and calling this a "disaster" as if Valve should have planned for a global hardware shortage. If anyone wishes they could sell these things as fast as possible, I'm sure it's Valve themselves. Personally, I appreciate the transparency and, while I was disappointed with the poorly thought out first attempt, this process is much better than just waiting for additional launch windows to randomly pop up and hoping to get lucky. The queue system is, imo, the best way to handle high demand items like this. I'm glad they're sticking with it.

Uff.

To keep it simple, we're showing one of three estimated order windows:  

    By September 2026  

    By December 2026  

    In 2027 (with additional information on specific timing to come)  

I got my invitation to buy two days ago and they shipped today so I'm looking forward it trying it out.

You make a fair point

You'd hope they were cardboard by now but there is a genuine loss in that people can no longer purchase from steam with just cash via the gift cards, that won't affect a huge portion of the user base but it will affect some so that kinda sucks. It's a shame that scammers ruin stuff like this.