Uff.

To keep it simple, we're showing one of three estimated order windows:  

    By September 2026  

    By December 2026  

    In 2027 (with additional information on specific timing to come)  

I got my invitation to buy two days ago and they shipped today so I'm looking forward it trying it out.

I wonder what criteria they are using for distribution. Mine is set for the By September timeline so I’m happy with that. But from what I’ve seen of comments it doesn’t necessarily seem to be done in order of reservation necessarily.

People are whining and calling this a "disaster" as if Valve should have planned for a global hardware shortage. If anyone wishes they could sell these things as fast as possible, I'm sure it's Valve themselves. Personally, I appreciate the transparency and, while I was disappointed with the poorly thought out first attempt, this process is much better than just waiting for additional launch windows to randomly pop up and hoping to get lucky. The queue system is, imo, the best way to handle high demand items like this. I'm glad they're sticking with it.