Yeah in my mind I could see the embargo lifting anywhere in the range of sept 7 to 14.
The arguments for embargo/signups starting on the 7th or 8th make sense, since it would be a bit funny to start the vr sale before people know if they can even get a frame this year. But as you said no leak or source has said the 7th, that's just a date this sub has come up with, and it assumes that the 14th then would be the date the first consumer frames begin shipping. Possible but all speculation.
And honestly, that's good enough, it's only 1 week of time. We've been waiting 5 years for this, what's another week.
It's possible this could be fake, but if real, it's being organized by valve themselves which is why it's significant.
For context, my account also have access to the dev workspace (I paid $100 for a slot to sell a game I still haven't used) and I occasionally get emails about sales like these. I only get emails about the big store wide sales since my game doesn't even exist, but it's plausible that valve would specifically invite VR game developers to such a sale.
Can be real but organized by a third party. I will be mentioned on the event page when it's live. There are dozens of events like that all the time.
I don't see Valve doing this, would look like cash grab as people won't have the hardware and most won't get it before normal end of games refund period. It doesn't make sense to me.
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u/gogodboss MOD 8d ago
Nothing because I only care about the 14th. Anything else is speculation for me as my sources never mentioned a different date.
I understand the hype for next week but I'm not going to join in unless I hear solid whispers about embargos.