Steam Hardware - Steam Frame updates: Reservation timing, software updates, and more - Steam News
store.steampowered.com
The latest on Steam Frame

The steam hardware feed just published news about the reservation queue:

We launched Steam Frame last month, and with the reservation queues and waitlist in place we wanted to give folks a better idea of when they can expect to see an email with the option to purchase.

…

If you have a reservation You can now check on your expected order window by going directly to the Steam Frame product page while logged in to your Steam account. Once there, you’ll see confirmation that you’ll receive your order email either by December, or in 2027. Those in the 2027 camp will receive further (more detailed) information on their expected order timing by January.

I don’t know if they’re rolling it out differently in different regions, but I cannot see it right now and I am in the reservation queue for Europe/Germany.

😐

Edit: Now it’s telling me that I’m in the 2027 group. Oh well.

  • woelkchen@lemmy.world
    24·
    2 days ago

    Why even bother with the whole waitlist/reservation thing in the first place?

    Disincentivize scalpers.

      • woelkchen@lemmy.world
        15·
        2 days ago

        Shuffling the order queue means that even ordering one with a scripted bot is senseless because it’s not first come, first serve.

        Not happy myself that I’m in the 2027 group but maybe some hero ports SteamOS to the Quest 3, then I could cancel my order and save money. I genuinely want one mainly as an unencumbered VLC player with a giant virtual screen.

    • zewm@lemmy.world
      25·
      2 days ago

      And yet there are still scalpers. All it did was stop legit buyers from having a chance.

      I have been against this stupid ass lottery since day 1.

      I was able to get every single valve hardware on day 1 prior to the lottery. This is first time I didn’t get valve hardware at launch.

        • zewm@lemmy.world
          1·
          15 hours ago

          I have been able to add to cart for every steam hardware right at launch. There is nothing that needs to be done except for removing the unnecessary lottery.

          If people are too slow and can’t handle it, then that’s their problem not mine. The lottery was what held me back from buying a steam frame, not a scalper.

          I also think Valve should have given accounts that already had purchased hardware in the past a priority. Like you have 1000 games and all their hardware versus some account with no games and no hardware purchases.