Valve focusing on scalpers would be a mistake, their goal should be to ramp up supply to meet the demand, not to waste energy going after a small percentage of purchasers doing what they want with their private property.

No matter what measures could be put in place, criminals always find ways around the rules, there's no point in punishing customers who want to eventually own 4+ controllers because someone __COULD__ lawfully resell their private property after they purchase it.

The RF dongle can support 4 controllers, and controllers have always been designed for Living Room TVs with the idea of having 2-4+ players. Limiting purchasing to 1 makes no sense, let the market dicate how many sales they want.

I know it's frustrating, but we also should know that by selling out, Valves hardware is now even more prestegious which will drive sales more, because psychologically people always want what they CAN'T have.

Memory is fuzzy, but this feels like the Steam Deck launch all over again.

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I saw someone claim on X that Valve has 20,000 Steam Machines, considering they sold Millions of Steam Decks, that's going to sell out so fast, it'll be the Steam Controller all over again.

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I own 9 XBONE controllers, 4 DS4s, 3 Steam v1 Controllers, and maybe 3 dozen 8bitdo mod and retro controllers.

I anticipate Steam Controller to replace all of them simple because it will Work out Of Box, Steam Input is so damn good, and it has everything my Steam Deck has.

Valve if you're listening, in addition to the Black, please release a White Steam Controller, a Half-Life Orange Controller and some other Special Edition Colors -- I plan to buy multiple and need for IRL players to be able to visually differentiate between their controller, and mine.

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No tears will be shed for Tencent Timmy.

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From what I heard, this is "compelled speech" which is illegal under the 1st ammendement of the constitution.

I could see it going up to the supreme court.

This is undoubtedly legal lawfare, they were going to impose these Totalitarian restrictions before 2030 anyways, it's just that now it serves a purpose to distract the public from "The Files", and "What's going on in the world" like Donkey Kong throwing barrels at Mario.

or, Zergling Rush strategy.

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Also, I wanted to add, I think now more than ever with Microsoft Github projects being axed regularly, that we should push Source Distros where users maintain a offline 1:1 copy all source code for the software installed on their computers.

Popular Distros should add this functionality, and users should Popularize distros which have local user-compiling. This will add additional legal protections in some places with "compelled speech" laws.

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Besides that, we're going to need to have access to some kind of hardware revolution similar to the NES 8086 and X86-64 where users can laser etch / print Circuit Boards and Assemble Modular silicon & common chips, even if it has a performance cost.

In W^2 2 the inexpensive modular equipment is what wins over fancy expensive stuff. A hardware revolution is going to come about one way or another as a result of this nonsense, either from the West or the East. Whichever one remains open will come out on top as developers choose the winner.

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The only other third element I could forsee would be the creation of a Git+Torrent where source code for software is distributed via P2P instead of centralized.

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This next few years are going to be very interesting to see. If the right plays are made Linux could stand to gain significant ground above and beyond the already billions of devices.

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This issue is about Internet Censorship.

The mechanisms are being laid down to track and eliminate anyone who criticises a unpopular nation state. And to eliminate people's ability to share "upsetting footage" of things happening in the world.

This is also a war on the younger generation to raise them "jacked-in" to sharing everythign with "The Cloud" stored at your local AI Data Center and to fix Microsoft, pentagon contractor, loosing their grip on customers as their popularity has declined in the last decade.

Notice how various states across the globe are moving on this in lockstep.

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Great news, it will be interesting to see how the community does creating 4k and higher resolution models for this classic.

I'm assuming the mods will go here? https://gamebanana.com/games/22970 [External Link]

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The only reason I started buy games on GOG years ago was because they offered customers something nobody else did -- DRM Free, Downloadable, Offline Installers.

I want to see a proper Linux Client or a API upgrade for 3rd Party Game Library Organizers.

They really should team up with WINE and build "GOG Bottles" to aid in their game preservation program.

There is also space for a 2nd Gaben in the gaming industry, but only from a private company who has no other masters other than their customers.

I wish them well, but they really need to take a page from Valve and read what people say online to keep an hand on the pulse of their customers.

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I think I paid $320 a while ago, was a great modding unit. The LCD version will always have a spot in my ❤️

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IF YOU ARE NOT THE CUSTOMER YOU ARE THE PRODUCT.

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