Rumour has it that the Valve Index will probably be again in inventory on Monday, March ninth, and Valve count on their VR headsets to promote proper again out the identical day. They offered out months in the past and manufacturing has been disrupted by the Covid-19 virus, see, and now demand is further excessive due to the upcoming launch of Half-Life: Alyx. I’m stunned to be taught demand is so excessive that some folks plan to stuff their Steam Wallets upfront with sufficient retailer credit score to purchase one outright (that’s £919, cashcounters), to scale back the chance of checkout hiccups making them miss their probability. Wild. Wild occasions.
The rumourmongers of the unofficial and unaffiliated Steam Database claimed final evening to have the thin on the restock:
Valve have mentioned no such factor publicly and the supply of the supposed leak is unknown, however the chance is sufficient to get Index-wanters twitching.
So nice are considerations that Index will promote out immediately (with fears of scalpers using excessive) that I’ve seen of us on Reddit’s Valve Index board (e.g. in this thread) gab about stocking their Steam Wallet with sufficient credit score to purchase an Index equipment outright. The reasoning is that when you’ve got the credit score proper there on Steam, you face no further checkout steps the place playing cards or PayPal may doubtlessly run into technical issues. When demand is so excessive, who is aware of how lengthy you may have? So some plan to organize by stuffing £919 of actual cash into their Steam Wallet.
I don’t know if it’s a wise plan or not. The writer of one Reddit thread is so alarmed by the pattern and the dangers they see on this plan that they implore folks to not. Others disagree with their factors. I have to say the very considered it provides me the worry. £919 in Steam credit score!
My Steam Wallet mainly holds Monopoly cash. I’ve 46p left of my fund for the occasional Dota hat or Counter-Strike gun. Mind you, I’d be delighted to listen to of anybody incomes £919 in credit score by promoting wizard hats, gun skins, buying and selling playing cards, and different collectable detritus on the Steam Community Market. People who bought Steam gift cards discounted, yeah, you get a small spherical of applause too. But I did nonetheless simply involuntarily mutter “Oh no” whereas imagining seeing “£919” within the top-right nook of my Steam window.
Half-Life: Alyx is because of launch on March 23rd. Until then, you may watch Valve’s new Alyx gameplay videos – and do pay shut consideration to its excellent shotgun reload animation. If you’re already blessed with cybergoggles, know that Valve will launch two Alyx-y SteamVR Home areas at this time for Index homeowners. And hey, possibly you’ll wish to play Half-Life in VR with mods like our Graham at present is. Or simply play a number of the best VR games.
£919 can be so many wizard hats.
