This was not a triumph.
I'm making a note here, huge mistake.
It's hard to overstate my disappointment.
The dbrand Portal themed Steam Machine case has vanished
Submitted 14 hours ago by GamingBot@lemmy.zip [bot] to gaming@lemmy.zip
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/the-dbrand-portal-themed-steam-machine-case-has-vanished/
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massive_bereavement@fedia.io 7 hours ago 
HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth 8 hours ago Good opportunity to remind people Gamer's Nexus printed their own Steam Machine front covers, if you're somehow considering buying an SM at that price point...
paraphrand@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Lame.
Someone like dbrand should be well versed in IP rights. Making deals should be a core competency.
This should make anyone question their quality and legitimacy.
sanpo@sopuli.xyz 11 hours ago
They know what they’re doing, they just don’t give a shit.
They prefer to pull this crap and then complain about persecution from big bad corpos, it’s not the first time it happened.
artyom@piefed.social 14 hours ago
the most likely case (I’m speculating here) is that Valve didn’t give them permission but you would think for such a thing dbrand would have gotten it cleared first.
You mean like the dark plates were cleared? Dbrand seems to ask for forgiveness rather than permission.
deliriousdreams@fedia.io 4 hours ago
There are now several cross posts here on Lemmy with their reasoning in their own words. It didn't vanish, they got pee pee slapped and told no because they didn't ask permission. People who pr-ordered are being notified and will be refunded without 24 hours according to their post on reddit.