Played all day with the Steam Controller. I can say it's the best controller I've ever used.

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Quoting: Cyba.Cowboy

Quoting: scaineReserve button appeared at EXACTLY 6pm and I hit it, and was instantly told I was reserved. Simples.

Why Valve Software didn't do this from Day One is beyond me... Hopefully they don't do the same thing with the Steam Machine / Steam Frame (stupid name!).

They didn't do this at first because the demand caught them by surprise. They really weren't expecting it to sell as well as it did.

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Considering how poorly the original Steam Controller was received, I don't blame Valve for underestimating demand. The difference now is that the success of the Steam Deck has made people more accepting of what is still a radical departure from traditional controller design.

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Quoting: ocean_breezeIt's crazy to me that this wasn't how the game was structured on launch.

I would rather a developer try something new and fail than play it safe and just make the same game over and over. That said, I strongly disagree with those who think that Civ VII failed.

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I really like this game, but I've been waiting for a few updates before jumping back in. This looks like a good one.

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Quoting: JesTech

Quoting: Mountain ManPeople on Reddit lamenting that there's not even the option to give Valve your money upfront, and then they ship as units become available, which would be the sensible way to do it. Instead, it looks like Valve is going to put batches up for sale, and then it's going to be another mad scramble between customers and scalpers until they sell out again.

Valve could literally have let everyone sign up to get them a week early, and then sent out invites to buy randomly to the pool of applicants with a time limit of a day or something.

They could have also tied serials of these controllers to steam families for the first year too, so that scalping resulted in a brick if sold.

There's loads of options to stamp out the rampant scalping, but I think companies know it's in their best interest to have their stuff be scarce for the first year if they want to make money, and this controller is priced to make money unlike some past hardware releases.

Just a simple preorder system with a limit of two per account and units shipped in the order purchases were made is all they would have needed to do. Valve could defeat scalpers the same way they defeated piracy, by making it easy for legitimate customers to buy products.

As for tracked serial numbers and remote bricking of hardware, not just no, but hell no! That is an unacceptable solution.

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People on Reddit lamenting that there's not even the option to give Valve your money upfront, and then they ship as units become available, which would be the sensible way to do it. Instead, it looks like Valve is going to put batches up for sale, and then it's going to be another mad scramble between customers and scalpers until they sell out again.

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No more selecting "I'll figure it out" and then waiting for my distro to post a new package. Yay!

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Saw lots of horror stories from people who were unable to buy a Steam Controller. Thankfully, I was able to buy one within just a few minutes of it being put up for sale. It seems Valve may have underestimated the demand.

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Quoting: mseashorJust let us pay money and enter a queue to send it whenever it's ready. I'm so tired of having to mash buttons and deal with systems going down, monitoring alerts, etc. Just take my money, Valve!

I'm honestly surprised there isn't something like that. Only way I can figure it is that Valve greatly underestimated the demand, which is understandable when you remember that demand for the original Steam Controller was so low, they ended up having to all but give it away.

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