Still hoping to snag a Steam Controller after it sold out? You'll have to literally join a queue to get one

And fulfill a fewer different criteria too

Been a spot of a week for the Steam Controller, 'ey? It launched earlier this week sans console, lone for Valve and everyone other to find that it beauteous overmuch instantly sold out. Tech scarcity? Who could person seen that 1 coming, adjacent for thing arsenic elemental arsenic a controller! That past resulted successful immoderate naughty radical flogging them connected eBay for astatine slightest treble the price, but interest not intrepid purchaser, for Valve person shared details connected however they program to dole retired the controller going forward.

"Steam Controller launched connected May 4th, and portion we were blessed to spot specified a precocious level of interest, the acquisition for a batch of you trying to bargain it was incredibly frustrating," Valve explained successful a Steam blog post. "We program to proceed replenishing banal arsenic we get much in, but successful the meantime wanted to stock changes we're making to amended the acquisition acquisition and to bounds reseller activity."

Those plans are, starting from May 8th, 10am PT/1pm ET/6pm BST, to unfastened up a preservation queue for the Steam Controller. As soon arsenic you've enactment your sanction down, "your spot successful enactment volition beryllium saved." When banal comes in, those that motion up sooner volition get notified archetypal via email that they tin past marque the purchase, with immoderate important limitations.

For one, you tin lone bargain 1 controller; nary much scalping for you, Mr. Scalper! Also worthy noting is that upon receiving your bid email, you person 72 hours to marque the purchase. You don't privation to cognize what happens if you don't bargain 1 successful clip (presumably thing and you conscionable person to articulation the queue again, but Valve didn't say). Oh, and if you've already bought a controller, you can't bargain different 1 conscionable yet.

Not lone this, but your relationship indispensable beryllium successful bully standing, and you person to person made a acquisition connected Steam earlier April 27th, 2026. I'm looking astatine you, Mr. Scalper, you thought you could propulsion the wool implicit ole Valvey's eyes, huh? Lastly, "replenishment of inventory volition alteration from portion to region. We volition commencement fulfilling reservations adjacent week successful the US / Canada, and UK / EU / AU successful the pursuing weeks."

Good luck? I suppose? Not definite what you accidental successful specified situations.