eBay resellers are turning a tidy profit on Steam Controllers
It only took 30 minutes for Valve’s first stock of new Steam Controllers to sell out. Some of us at PC Gamer managed to order them, while others were turned away by Steam errors and will have to wait for a restock.
For impatient people with money to burn, confirmed orders of the controllers immediately hit eBay, where they’re successfully selling for as much as $300. That’s a 200% markup on the $99 retail price. (One person is asking for $735,889.32, but unsurprisingly, no one is biting.)
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So it’s a good controller, but the hunger for it may partially be down to anticipation for Valve’s other new hardware, particularly its new Steam Machine, which has been delayed due to speculative AI investing driving up RAM prices.
I’ve asked Valve for more info on when we can expect Steam Controllers to be back in stock, and will update this post when we learn more.
