The new Steam Controller from Valve is out now - some early thoughts https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/the-new-steam-controller-from-valve-is-out-now-some-early-thoughts/
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Looks like some impressive demand.
The UK already went from 3-5 days to 6-10 days on delivery.
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US is now out of stock. -
@gamingonlinux Steam having payment processing issues. Did they learn nothing from the disaster that was the Steam Deck launch day?
@gamingonlinux OUT OF STOCK ALREADY
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Checking out now notes "Delivery delays are expected due to high order volume"
@gamingonlinux made the rookie mistake of not adding money to my steam wallet in anticipation of the store getting absolutely thrashed, guess I’ll be waiting a while for my order
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Checking out now notes "Delivery delays are expected due to high order volume"
@gamingonlinux Can't place an order right now. I reckon this is a tremendous success.
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US is now out of stock.@benkramer I just missed it
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Checking out now notes "Delivery delays are expected due to high order volume"
@gamingonlinux should've made them quieter
ba dum tsss
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@benkramer I just missed it
@shapr
I spent 34 minutes trying to check out. They were really not prepared for the demand. -
@gamingonlinux Steam having payment processing issues. Did they learn nothing from the disaster that was the Steam Deck launch day?
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Probably thought the controller wouldn't have as high a demand because it's a controller. Boy were they wrong.
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Probably thought the controller wouldn't have as high a demand because it's a controller. Boy were they wrong.
@flaky @gamingonlinux The same happened for the Steam Deck. It happened again for the Steam Deck OLED. It happened again now with the Steam Controller. It will happen again with the Steam Machine and Steam Frame. It seems like they haven't bothered to do anything about it. They always underestimate demand and their servers always crap out under the load.
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Checking out now notes "Delivery delays are expected due to high order volume"
@gamingonlinux I was going to put an order in around 2pm Eastern (about an hour after going on sale) but it's just displaying "sold out" with no waiting list option or anything.
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The new Steam Controller from Valve is out now - some early thoughts https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/the-new-steam-controller-from-valve-is-out-now-some-early-thoughts/
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and now ebay is full of controllers for 2-3x their price. Damn scalpers. -
Checking out now notes "Delivery delays are expected due to high order volume"
@gamingonlinux time to wait. Besides, hopefully more firmware updates will come by the time its available for more people. I will personally wait for a sale on it, so maybe a year or so. Or who knows maybe this year's winter sale
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@gamingonlinux made the rookie mistake of not adding money to my steam wallet in anticipation of the store getting absolutely thrashed, guess I’ll be waiting a while for my order
@fieldswork @gamingonlinux same here. I went to ebay after and sure enough 10+ listings already for $200 and up
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Checking out now notes "Delivery delays are expected due to high order volume"
@gamingonlinux Out of stock in France
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The new Steam Controller from Valve is out now - some early thoughts https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/the-new-steam-controller-from-valve-is-out-now-some-early-thoughts/
@gamingonlinux I missed it
kept clicking continue but it wouldn’t go through
