{ "videoId": "zPmvpD8KP2o", "title": "Valve Just Stopped Scalping For The Next Drop", "publish": {"highlights":[{"id":"h1778228501944","text":"Beginning tomorrow, May 8th, at 10:00 a.m. Pacific, Valve is officially opening a reservation queue.","startEntryIndex":22,"startCharOffset":12,"endEntryIndex":24,"endCharOffset":40,"startTime":51.2,"endTime":60.48},{"id":"h1778228513220","text":"You reserve a spot and your place in line is saved. As Valve gets more stock, they will send out order emails in the exact order that those reservations were made.","startEntryIndex":28,"startCharOffset":9,"endEntryIndex":32,"endCharOffset":24,"startTime":65.28,"endTime":79.2},{"id":"h1778228529017","text":"Reservations are strictly limited to one Steam Controller per user.","startEntryIndex":38,"startCharOffset":11,"endEntryIndex":40,"endCharOffset":6,"startTime":88.32,"endTime":96.64},{"id":"h1778228542243","text":"They also stated that for the time being, customers who have already purchased a Steam controller are not yet eligible to reserve another Steam controller.","startEntryIndex":40,"startCharOffset":7,"endEntryIndex":44,"endCharOffset":12,"startTime":92.479,"endTime":106.079},{"id":"h1778228564792","text":"First, your account must be in good standing. This usually means no active bans or suspicious activity. But the second requirement, you must have made a purchase on Steam prior to April 27th, 2026. April 27th was a week before the Steam controller even launched. So, by setting that cutoff date in the past, Valve has effectively neutralized any alt accounts that were created by resellers in the last 10 days. By requiring this pre-existing purchase history, Belleve is making sure that these controllers only go to established Steam users who have been a part of the platform before the hype even started.","startEntryIndex":51,"startCharOffset":1,"endEntryIndex":66,"endCharOffset":39,"startTime":117.04,"endTime":156.31900000000002},{"id":"h1778228572863","text":"once you receive an order email, you have exactly 3 days or 72 hours to complete your purchase.","startEntryIndex":71,"startCharOffset":24,"endEntryIndex":73,"endCharOffset":39,"startTime":162.959,"endTime":172.239}],"annotations":[]}}