4 weeks ago
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Here's nan timeline: Reviews of nan Steam Controller went unrecorded connected April 27 (here's ours). That aforesaid day, Valve announced nan controller's availability date (May 4) and value ($99). A week of pontification astir nan gamepad's value constituent followed and by nan greeting of May 5, nan Steam Controller was officially sold out.
Which brings america to now. Valve tweeted nan pursuing connection astir noon ET today: "Steam Controller ran retired faster than we anticipated, and we dislike that not everyone who wanted 1 was capable to get it. We're moving connected getting much successful banal and will person an update connected expected timeline soon." Meanwhile, immoderate buyers person seen their estimated shipping dates softly increase.
Valve is moving connected shipping nan Steam Controller successful a timely manner and figuring retired really to restock its supply, while besides (ostensibly) trying to motorboat nan Steam Machine console and Steam Frame VR headset. The institution primitively planned to merchandise nan Steam Controller, Steam Machine and Steam Frame successful early 2026, creating a afloat contained couch-PC-gaming situation, but it's nan 5th period of nan twelvemonth and nan Steam Controller has only conscionable seen nan ray of day. In March, Valve laid nan groundwork for its hardware to miss 2026 entirely.
The Steam Machine and Steam Frame person been delayed by the ongoing representation shortages causing chaos crossed nan tech industry. However, there's origin for optimism. Valve imported astir 50 tons of "Game Consoles" to its US distribution centers betwixt April 30 and May 1, a higher measurement than its caller Steam Deck restock orders, arsenic reported by Valve watcher Brad Lynch and corroborated by The Verge. Speculation has it that these could beryllium Steam Machines aliases Steam Frames, but Valve has yet to comment. Valve has a agelong and rich | history of starring players connected and past supremely disappointing them, truthful arsenic always, dream astatine your ain risk.
