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About 3 weeks ago (well past the original reservation period) I decided I might as well put myself on the reservation list for the steam machine (512Gb + controller) and yesterday, I already received my notification that I am able to purchase the damn thing. I expected to wait way longer, at least until next year.
Are turnarounds this short to be expected?

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[–] morgan_423@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I think that a combination of several things (like less than ideal performance per dollar value for the SM, and the cost of PC components continuing to rapidly climb while SM remains on a who-knows-how-long wait list) pushed quite a few people to other alternatives.

I don't think all of the regional queues are as low as about a month like OP, but they're probably all a little shorter than expected.