@bryce@mastodon.brycedixon.dev
Post #2213778
2026-05-05 11:17 UTC
Timeline:
2 AM: Steam Controller goes sales open. Komodo (distributor for Asia) website crashes.
2:30 AM: Komodo makes a statement that "we are sorry for the inconvenience that was caused" in the past tense as though the inconvenience is over.
5 AM: website still down. No news. I give up and go to sleep.
12 PM: I wake up. Komodo reports the Steam Controller is sold out. Scalpers are already listing on reselling sites for a markup.
How does this *still* consistently happen?
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@VileLasagna@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-05-05 11:44
@bryce@mastodon.brycedixon.dev I'm going to blame a large part on people still buying from the scalpers letting them turn a profit. If people could wait like 2 weeks twice that entire part of the problem would solve itself. Heck, they'd even get a bunch of stuff on discount as the scalpers tried desperately to limit losses