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Product Launch Allocation

The mechanisms vendors use to distribute supply-constrained hardware at launch, such as reservation queues, randomised draws, waitlists and per-household purchase limits.

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Valve puts the first Steam Frames behind a lottery open only to past Steam buyers

Valve's new headset starts at $1,059 for 256GB and ships without a charger. The first batch is rationed by a randomised draw that only Steam accounts with a previous purchase can enter.

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Builder 33%
Operator
Operator 46%
Investor
Investor 21%

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Evidence82
Adoption
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Hype gap+14
Incentives61
Confidence74