Valve has finally opened Steam Machine reservations, and like clockwork, scalpers have already taken to eBay to sell the new tech for more than double its retail price.
They could preload the purchasers account then to resell it they have to open the product and remove the account and then it’s an open box product and can’t be sold as new or they don’t open it and scalpers accounts exposed.
They could preload the purchasers account then to resell it they have to open the product and remove the account and then it’s an open box product and can’t be sold as new or they don’t open it and scalpers accounts exposed.
Yeah but how hard is it to spin up a burner steam account?
Valve requires a purchase to reserve. So each burner costs them money. It’d be more work for valve though.