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Without scalpers then a shortage means the switches are actually in the hands of gamers who got them for a reasonable price, without some shithead sticking them
by aanm1988 10y ago
Without scalpers then a shortage means the switches are actually in the hands of gamers who got them for a reasonable price, without some shithead sticking themselves in the middle.
Currently it's a bunch of people who want to play, but aren't willing to be gouged by a bunch of fucking assholes.
- 6502nerdface 10y ago> Without scalpers then a shortage means the switches are actually in the hands of gamers who got them for a reasonable price[...] A reasonable dollar price, but an unreasonable requirement of speed and/or luck.
- aanm1988 10y agoBut with scalpers you make the initial rush a much harder battle (you compete with scalpers now too) so more customers are losers at that stage, and then losers again if they have to be gouged by scalpers.