How many of those are scalpers though?
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When they initially went on sale, apparently scalpers flooded the thing. They put a reservation system in place for the Steam Controller to aim to defeat scalping. This new shortage is with that reservation system in place, limit on two Steam Controllers per account and the Steam account needs to be in good standing. Now, I guess it could be possible that scalpers went out and figured out how to defeat that, like having a number of people collude to purchase two each, so one can't say that there's no scalping...
EDIT: It looks like the going rate on eBay for a sealed-box Steam Controller 2.0 is about $300, so I imagine that that's what market rate is at current levels of supply. Some lower prices get down towards $200. Valve's selling them for $99.
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I feel bad for anyone wanting one and not getting it. It feels so painful to read those comments. :-(
The final window on display for the Steam Controller is simply marked “2027” with no specific release period for the device. Valve explains that it has “no plans to stop making” the controller, but the current demand has massively exceeded their internal estimations.
I really wonder if their estimates have taken into account scalpers and how to stop them.
I'm a bit confused, I reserved mine on may 8th, and I didn't even get a notification that the steam controller is on sale again. Did I just somehow miss it or was my reservation too late?
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Kind of shocked, tbh. Their last controllers were pretty awful. I have two. I used them maybe 3 times before settling on PS/XBox controllers. And I'm not even a console gamer. I just bought a few PS and Xbox controllers cuz the Steam controller felt cheap and awkward.
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The initial launch and first batch of Steam Controller was ... wait for it... "uncontrolled" badum tsh.
Please don't be too sad or frustrated. I'm begging you guys to listen to reason.
This is an exact same scenario as the first steam controller. You could tell they completely rushed it to the finishing line, and they barely made enough to meet their pre-purchase obligations.
This round is going to have poor build quality, I can pretty much guarantee it, just wait until they iron out the production process, and they get into their second or third fabrication.
Also don't believe for a second that they're not going to ramp up production, the world doesn't work the way it did in the 90s, production ramps up insanely quick when there's demand.
I'm okay with not getting this version, and I'm also very trusting that when the next couple rounds are available it will be the time to buy.
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I feel like they carefully manufactured a low supply situation to keep price and expectations up.
It's not like a controller uses ddr5 ram or any high demand components. They didn't make more simply because they didn't want to.
That doesn't translate into extra profit at any point. And it would just give competitors a chance to start copying it
Competitors have had over a decade to copy the track pad on controller idea. Also do you think it takes a genius to just cutout the screen on a steam deck? That's their whole design
But they haven't..
This isn't a luxury controller, and its priced lower than the Xbox Elite controllers. Furthermore, they're not taking preorders, so the sales aren't confirmed.
If they were selling them at 2.5x the price, it would make sense to maintain a level of "prestige" and luxury surrounding them.. They're not though, and the high demand already exists.
There are more likely specific chips on them that are constrained for now (because unlike Nintendo, they aren't using cheap garbage that drifts after 6 months and overpricing the controller)
If it was some marketing thing, you'd take refundable pre-orders.
I don't even know what you're arguing for right now.
I am just noting competition has 100% has over a decade to complete. The original steam controller had touchpads, and came out in 2015.
The deck control scheme is praised by many, and has been out for 4 years.
If the competition was interested. They would have bitten by now.
Maybe you should check the context of the full thread....
To me, it seems more like they didn't expect a 100€ controller to sell that well. I certainly wouldn't in this economy tbh.
After the free advertising in form of supply shortage news dies down, how long does it take them to double or tripple production and deliver much sooner?
Including the ordering, manufacturing, delivery, and setup of new fabrication machines for the assembly line, hiring and training the operators, renegotiating the contracts with suppliers and shipping companies... I'd wager it's much longer than saying "make it so". Even if every single part is outsourced to a different manufacturer, doubling the production output is never as simple as laypeople think.