alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agoSteam Deck sells out in North America within 24 hours of price hikearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1213arrow-down15
arrow-up1208arrow-down1external-linkSteam Deck sells out in North America within 24 hours of price hikearstechnica.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareAirfried@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·2 months agoStarting to think people are treating these more like Pokemon cards rather than a computer. Gotta scalp 'em all.
minus-squareMuffi@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down5·2 months agoI am 100% sure they are being used to launder crypto. You can set up a crypto card as your payment on steam, buy Steam Decks and then sell them easily for your preferred fiat currency.
minus-squareRooster326@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoWhy not just buy drugs?
minus-squarevagrancyand@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThe point of laundering is to make money appear legally obtained at a glance. While most crypto winners are coke fiends, not all are, so if they want money for reasons other than drugs they need that money converted into real money.
minus-squareSaltySalamander@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down6·2 months agoThis is some of the dumbest shit I’ve ever read on here.
minus-squareGamma@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoPeople are really obsessed that something nefarious is going on with steam hardware purchases, but I’ve never seen any evidence. Just wild speculation
minus-squareMuffi@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down8·2 months agoHaha, sounds like you might be overestimating your own intelligence (classic Lemmy syndrome, don’t worry about it)
minus-squareapotheotic (she/her)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoThe irony
minus-squareKrauerking@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoA person raised their price on their Facebook marketplace listing because they saw the price went up. Yeah… Its Pokémon cards.
Starting to think people are treating these more like Pokemon cards rather than a computer. Gotta scalp 'em all.
I am 100% sure they are being used to launder crypto.
You can set up a crypto card as your payment on steam, buy Steam Decks and then sell them easily for your preferred fiat currency.
Why not just buy drugs?
The point of laundering is to make money appear legally obtained at a glance. While most crypto winners are coke fiends, not all are, so if they want money for reasons other than drugs they need that money converted into real money.
This is some of the dumbest shit I’ve ever read on here.
People are really obsessed that something nefarious is going on with steam hardware purchases, but I’ve never seen any evidence. Just wild speculation
Haha, sounds like you might be overestimating your own intelligence (classic Lemmy syndrome, don’t worry about it)
😎
The irony
A person raised their price on their Facebook marketplace listing because they saw the price went up.
Yeah… Its Pokémon cards.