Valve has some excellent news and unhealthy information about Steam Controllers. The excellent news: in case you make a reservation for a Steam Controller, the corporate will now present you considered one of three estimates of once you’ll have the ability to really order your gamepad: by September 2026, by December 2026, or someday in 2027. The unhealthy information: any reservations made at present “point out a 2027 date for delivery,” Valve says.
“Now we have no plans to cease making Steam Controller,” in keeping with Valve. “However as we have a look at the present demand in comparison with what number of we all know we are able to make by the tip of the yr, we need to handle expectations as a lot as we are able to on the subject of when of us can anticipate to obtain their order.”
Valve’s very good new Steam Controller went on sale in early Might, and the preliminary rush led some individuals to run into irritating issues with making an attempt to take a look at forward of the controllers ultimately going out of inventory. Just a few days later, the corporate introduced that it will be implementing a reservations queue for consumers so they may get on a waitlist. If you happen to’re on the waitlist, once you get notified {that a} Steam Controller is prepared so that you can purchase, you may have 72 hours to really make the order.
“Once we launched Steam Controller final month, we rapidly noticed that preliminary demand exceeded our expectations,” Valve says. “Switching to a reservation queue has (hopefully) reduce down on the complications on the client facet, and for us it’s additionally been useful as we plan forward and attempt to get as many out as rapidly as we’re ready.”
All three of Valve’s large {hardware} merchandise had been delayed from a deliberate early 2026 launch because of the component crisisValve nonetheless hasn’t introduced when the Steam Machine PC or Steam Body VR headset may go on sale. Nevertheless, simply yesterday, Valve officially launched its large SteamOS 3.8 replace with assist for the Steam Machine. It’s additionally been importing a whole lot of {hardware} into the US as of late.
