Important edit: The Steam Controller is not totally out of stock. They are toggling availability to limit orders. If you have not yet gotten one, continue checking the site.
Who all managed to get one?
Who’s with me in the “impatiently has to wait for them to return to stock” camp?
What excites you most about the Steam Controller?
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Shoot I must’ve barely got it then. Personally I was selfishly DOS-attacking the continue button until the payment finally went through. I was clicking from about :05 to :25, probably several hundred times.
I got one. Had to click “Continue” about 100 times to checkout. Took over 30 minutes. And I had the required funds in my Steam Wallet.
Buying shit in 2026 fucking sucks. Out in 30 minutes? I am so pissed.
Sounds more like gone in a minute
I got mine at exactly 30 minutes after so it lasted a lot longer than I thought. Took me like 700 times pressing that damn continue button.
Nah, hugged nearly to death in a minute, but my order went through at xx:31. But I think I was pretty near the end before they went OOS.
Edit: in the US, sounds like the EU might have lasted a bit longer?
This is just the nature of buying things that are in high demand. It’s been this way my whole life. People used to literally camp out in front of best buy.
Yeah but its different when scalpers can buy 100 with the click of a button.
It’s incredible how they had almost 0 scalper protections in place here. Like I think the Deck required a 30 day old account at launch?
Sounds like my earlier theory was right, they’re using the “out of stock” as a way to limit orders. I finally got my order to go through at about 11:10 PDT.
Same, eventually got one. Though now it seems the OOS is here to stay. RIP. Truly feel for everyone who wanted one and didnt get one. I myself have a 90% obliterated Xbox controller I have been performing necromancy on to last until now.
Not like it won’t be available in 6 months - just gotta have patience.
Im fine using my Xbox controllers until hype dies down
I wasn’t waiting another 6 months with my necrotic Xbone controller. I already waited nearly a year for this. Hate to be that guy but this was the time I was waiting for.
My hope is that the payment processor died because of demand, so they marked it as out of stock to try to work through the queue
Edit: this seems to be the case. See my other reply
Somebody on reddit posted a screenshot saying their reservation servers are overloaded. Since they’re the ones handling the queue of incoming orders and tracking that orders don’t exceed stock (atomic database stuff, etc) that’s absolutely going to get in the way of submitting orders.
Can’t get to the order confirmation page if the server designated to gatekeep orders won’t respond
I wasn’t able to place the order using PayPal, got an instant error (from Steam) every time. Then I tried with card and it went through without an issue.
What a time to be alive. Console? Sure. New phone? Sometimes. A CONTROLLER? Wild.
Honestly new it was gonna be a little hot but not 30 minutes in and we’re done hot. Like wtf. I thought most would.still prefer Xbox controllers or something.
Scalpers know the brands. They might have missed the OG steam deck, but I promise the oled and now this are max scalp.
Besides, it’s just a controller in a sea of amazing not-MS not-Sony controllers. The only real exclusive here is the dual trackpads.
The OG Deck preorder was this exact same nightmare. Payment processors crashing out, availability flickering on and off, chaos. They’ve learned nothing.
The only thing here is exactly the thing we’re here for lol.
I’m still able to add to cart on the mobile app
Even if I complete the transaction, a message pops up that says “Your order cannot be completed as the item is out of stock”
Never mind I’m seeing out of stock now
Impatiently waiting because I was sick and asleep 🙋 I managed to get it into my cart and see the error message about a hundred times before they went out of stock
My Xbox controller is unusable over Bluetooth and the ps5 controller’s triangle button doesn’t work so I was really looking forward to it
Damn, I’ve seen a few of threads about this and it’s making me feel a little guilty that I managed to order one without really trying hard for it.
I knew this was going to happen so I went in early.
Payment Method: Visa ending with XX
Purchased: May 4 @ 7:58pmhoping to get a lot of use from the trackpads
Am I the only one who doesn’t really want one? I mean, I’d try it, sure, but like… eh?
And I do like some controller games, I have a handful of 8bitdo controllers.
I play docked occasionally, but there are a lot of games I don’t feel like I can play docked without backbuttons/trackpads/gyro/etc. I’m assuming a lot of the people who really wanted to buy one of these were in the same camp as me, where they constantly felt inconvenienced by the lack of deck controls when using regular controllers.
That’s fair
It went out of stock multiple times but after spamming checkout for 40 minutes it finally went through at 1:09PM CST.
I won’t have enough money to order one for another 2 or 3 weeks at least, potentially 2 months from now. Any idea if they’ll have them at that point, or is this a limited time thing? I’m not the most up to date with these things, but I have decided I want one for when I dock the deck
They’ll be a thing for awhile.
They’re releasing it as part of a whole lineup that isn’t fully out yet, so you’ve got plenty of time
Saw it went live at 0958 PST was able to get in and out with no issues. In about 10 secs
This is the worst day of my life
You must be living pretty good if this day is the worse.
I’ve had it on my wishlist for a long time. Did not get an email saying they’re even available.
Same here
Looks to be still in stock in the EU?
Well yeah, there are only like two gamers in the EU. I’m talking about America, the center of the universe 🦅
(Just kidding, I’m glad yall seem to have more stock/lower demand)
Whelp, hoping to get in on the next batch. Wondering how long it will take to come back in stock.
For those that did snag one, did they share what the shipping timeline looks like?
The store page said 3-5 business days for the early orders and 6-10 for the later orders.
