Valve has been so behind on Steam Controller orders that some won’t ship until 2027

Valve has some good news and bad news about Steam controllers. The good news: If you’ve made a reservation for a Steam console, the company will now show you one of three estimates for when you’ll actually be able to order your gamepad: by September 2026, by December 2026, or sometime in 2027. The bad news: Any reservations made today “indicate a 2027 ship date.” Valve says.

“We have no plans to stop making the Steam Controller,” according to Valve. “But when we look at current demand compared to the number we know we can achieve by the end of the year, we want to manage expectations as much as possible in terms of when people can expect to receive their orders.”

valve very good The new Steam controller went on sale in early May, and the initial rush resulted in some people experiencing frustrating issues when trying to check out before the controllers eventually ran out of stock. A few days later, the company announced that it would do so Implement a waiting list for reservations For interested buyers so they can join the waiting list. If you’re on a waiting list, when you’re notified that a Steam console is ready for purchase, you have 72 hours to actually place your order.

“When we launched the Steam Controller last month, we quickly saw that initial demand exceeded our expectations,” Valve says. “Switching to a reservation queue has (hopefully) reduced the hassle customers have, and it has also been helpful for us as we plan ahead and try to get as many customers in as quickly as we can.”

All three of Valve’s big hardware products have been delayed from their planned early 2026 launch Due to the components crisisValve has not yet announced when the Steam Machine PC or Steam Frame VR headset will go on sale. However, just yesterday, Valve It has been officially launched Big SteamOS 3.8 update with Steam Machine support. It also imports a lot of devices to the United States late.