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Steam Controller sells out within 30 minutes in some regions as scalpers start listing them for up to three times the price (www.videogameschronicle.com)

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[–] waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 31 points 6 months ago (2 children)

An article about a reddit post blaming scalpers...

Demand was high, so it sold out. There are definitely scalpers but the percentage of real buyers is probably way higher.

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[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 23 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Without hard numbers it's all speculation either way.

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[–] waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

True but if you look on eBay there aren't nearly enough postings as to suggest scalpers grabbed all of them.

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