Steam Machine: Fans praise new reservation system – but one group is left out

[Redaktion]

Valve's new reservation system is designed to make the Steam Machine launch more orderly and fair. The approach has gone down well with the community – but the account requirements completely exclude one group of potential buyers.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Steam-Machine-Fans-praise-new-reservation-system-but-one-group-is-left-out.1327120.0.html

[heffeque]

Why is that an issue?
New customers can wait until availability is less constrained. A lot of veteran customers will have to wait too, so... Shrug.

Alternatively, they can buy or build a similar HW small-PC and use SteamOS.
I see no issue.