alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 day agoSteam Deck sells out in North America within 24 hours of price hikearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down15
arrow-up1193arrow-down1external-linkSteam Deck sells out in North America within 24 hours of price hikearstechnica.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareMuffi@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down4·17 hours 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-squareSaltySalamander@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down4·9 hours agoThis is some of the dumbest shit I’ve ever read on here.
minus-squareGamma@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-27 hours 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-down4·7 hours agoHaha, sounds like you might be overestimating your own intelligence (classic Lemmy syndrome, don’t worry about it)
minus-squareapotheotic (she/her)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 hours agoThe irony
minus-squareRooster326@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·16 hours agoWhy not just buy drugs?
minus-squarevagrancyand@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 hours 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.
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.
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
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.