alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 個月前Steam Deck sells out in North America within 24 hours of price hikearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up1212arrow-down15cross-posted to: steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
arrow-up1207arrow-down1external-linkSteam Deck sells out in North America within 24 hours of price hikearstechnica.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 個月前message-square44linkfedilinkcross-posted to: steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
minus-squareAirfried@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·3 個月前Starting to think people are treating these more like Pokemon cards rather than a computer. Gotta scalp 'em all.
minus-squareMuffi@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down5·3 個月前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.
minus-squareRooster326@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·3 個月前Why not just buy drugs?
minus-squarevagrancyand@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 個月前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.
minus-squareSaltySalamander@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down6·3 個月前This is some of the dumbest shit I’ve ever read on here.
minus-squareGamma@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·3 個月前People 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-down8·3 個月前Haha, sounds like you might be overestimating your own intelligence (classic Lemmy syndrome, don’t worry about it)
minus-squareKrauerking@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 個月前A 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)
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The irony
A person raised their price on their Facebook marketplace listing because they saw the price went up.
Yeah… Its Pokémon cards.