Valve's £85 Steam Controller sells out almost immediately, before popping up on resale sites like eBay for well over £100
The story
Valve's newly-released Steam Controller has proven popular, selling out almost as soon as it was made available. And, of course surprising no one, that means the controllers are now popping up on resale sites like eBay. Read more
From the source
Valve's controller is an alternative to other gamepads, and has been designed to work across the Steam ecosystem. Sales for the controller went live last night, and in only 30 minutes, Valve's first batch of stock was completely sold out .
Seeing the news this morning, I went onto eBay, to see if the Steam Controller was available to purchase there as an alternative, even though I already knew what I was going to be met with. Yes, there are plenty of resale listings, and of course scalpers gonna scale, meaning there is a not insignificant mark up on price.
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