Assuming they're actually moving a lot of units.

Or maybe you'll get the link tomorrow and it will ship alarmingly fast like mine! ¯\(ツ)/¯

You can now see the estimated delivery date on the Steam Controller page!

I made my reservation request on May 8th at 11am, and I got my purchase invitation on June 15th at 9pm. Hope that helps.

I made the reservation right as they opened on May 8th. I got my invite link on June 11th, and it arrived at my door on Monday, June 15th.

I’m in the US. Reservations opened at 12pm May 8th, I queued up by 12:01, got my link to purchase last Thursday with the controller arriving a few days ago. Based on that and considering there were likely a lot of reservations placed over those two days, my gut says that you might be waiting a while, unfortunately.

I put my order in about 30 minutes after the reservation queue went live and I also show a September estimated date. I'm interested, when did you get your reservation in?

If it helps. That is the "earliest estimate"

Pretty sure, every controller they have is going to go out with the Frame or the Machine from now til then. Need to justify the (almost guaranteed) $1000+ MSRP.

Made my reservation just a bit after 1am on the 9th... :'(

Think of it like this,this estimates everyone buying it. It can only get better from this. I got dec. 26

I have no doubt it is with the way the prices have been with memory and gas for a while now at this point. Not necessarily Valve’s fault, but it’s gonna suck ass regardless.

They just take old Switch articles and swap out the names.

It's The Verge, what were you expecting?

"Your present is still being manufactured, please hold"

"Oh honey, I'll cherish this "Estimated Time of Shipping : Next May" email close to my heart whenever I need to feel appreciated for being a mother."

I hope she eventually enjoys it. I just wanted to make a joke of a shitty situation you ended up in.

Seems valve really cocked up the launch if the first orders are going to take more than 6 months to fill.

People that require a controller for their living room pc are the target market. Or those that want to prioritize inputs over anything else.

Otherwise, there are many cheaper alternatives. There are also many more premium controller out their.

Scarcity may have saved you from holding a awkward symmetrical sticks controller with two giant trackpads that need SteamInput to be useful.

It's a really good controller, if you want trackpads/backbuttons/gyro/etc it's hard to beat. That said, it is just a controller. If you don't need those features you can definitely find other options.

If you just want a new controller, look into the Gamesir brand. TMR sticks and hall effect triggers.

You can look into the 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless. It is what I use, comes with a charging dock, TMR sticks, and I’m sure some other things you might like.

I liked it so much I got two more for my friends who really liked how the sticks felt. It was $60 when I got them all. :-)

There’s 3 possible categories, and you got the earliest. The other two are “December” and “2027”.

I believe it is anytime from now until September, with September being the latest possible date you will get it.

I reserved one for a friend right when the reservations opened and it already arrived

I reserved maybe an hour after they opened up and I got mine the other day.

It very much depends on where in the world you are. I reserved mine at 1am on the 9th, not long after they opened the reservations (because of the time difference, I'm in Sweden), and it says my estimate is in december this year... :(

Can the Vader 5 Pro just use Steam Input? I thought there was an "Allow Third Party Apps to take over" setting.

I was looking at one of those but not having Steam Input would be a deal breaker. I am so tired of expensive hardware having shite software. It isn't a hard problem to solve - they just don't want to

It’s an amazing pc controller. The motion contols, touch pads, joysticks, and haptics are all amazing.

The only downside it the steam requirement.

I don’t have one but my friend does and he says the touchpads make it the only option he’s willing to put up with for pc gaming any more.

Depends on what you play. IIRC like the original steam controller, it's better at playing non controller games than any other controller is. If you are just using it for games with full controller support anyway then I doubt there is as much of a difference.

I got 2 Xbox series controllers. The joy sticks are way better on the steam controller. And there's more buttons. I think I still prefer the Xbox controls layout but I get why valve did it the way they did because of the touch pads, and its such a minor complaint and I'd rather have the extra control options the steam controller offers.

The current Deck pricing is probably out of their hands, memory prices are crazy. It's not just Valve, the Lenovo legion go handhelds went up by about $400 for the 16GB models and $600-700 for the 32GB models. The Asus ROG/Xbox handhelds haven't increased in price yet, but I suspect that probably means they either overestimated demand or were able to negotiate a fixed price contract before prices got crazy. Either way they'll probably shoot up soon as well.

The controller has less reason to be expensive, although it does have several premium features beyond your normal controller. They priced it between something like an standard xbox controller ($65) and an xbox elite controller ($150-200), so in that context it doesn't seem that bad.