alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 9 days agoSteam Deck sells out in North America within 24 hours of price hikearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up1211arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1206arrow-down1external-linkSteam Deck sells out in North America within 24 hours of price hikearstechnica.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square44linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareMuffi@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down5·8 days agoI 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-squarevagrancyand@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 days agoThe 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-down5·8 days agoThis is some of the dumbest shit I’ve ever read on here.
minus-squareGamma@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 days agoPeople 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-down7·8 days agoHaha, sounds like you might be overestimating your own intelligence (classic Lemmy syndrome, don’t worry about it)
minus-squareapotheotic (she/her)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 days agoThe irony
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)
😎
The irony