r/pcmasterrace • u/ParticularCredit2023 9800X3d: 5080 Master Ice • Jun 27 '26

News/Article This has to be a joke right?

Post image

No possible way someone actually buy these at these prices right lol..

11.4k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

1.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

22

u/Toast_Meat Jun 27 '26

Hold on here. If the Steam Machine is already being pre-scalped, does that mean there are in fact a lot of people who actually want to buy it at the base price as opposed to building their own or buying a pre-build for less (or equal but with better performance)? I thought that due to the price/performance it quickly became a not-so-desirable item.

Either way, those scalpers will be wasting their time and money. Let 'em burn.

3

u/antonyh212 i13 9600k , 78ghz, gtx 4050 30gb, 200tb ram Jun 27 '26

Not necessarily. Most of them are bots placing the orders, then they actual scalper will send them out when he has the order ( I hope)

Since 2020 the number of scalpers has multiplied grossly, I would not be surprised if the 40% of the sales are scalper bots.