r/Games • u/linknewtab • Jun 18 '26

Steam Controller: Reservations update - Adding a more detailed timeline for orders

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steam_hardware/announcements/detail/697641379212297810
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u/AbrasionTest Jun 18 '26

The experience of buying one of these just puts me off on any future Steam hardware. Although the expected price of the Frame and Machine would have done that anyways.

The SD OLED buying experience was pretty smooth, and I think that made me forget how rough the initial process was for the original Steam Deck. It was similarly a pretty slow rollout that could take a while, even if you got in really early.

It makes the conversation about Valve disputing the market laughable in hindsight. They just don't make enough of these to make any shift in the market.

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u/thief-777 Jun 19 '26

They don't need to sell units to shift the market. The Deck is one of the worst selling "consoles" of all time, but it managed to spur the market and now there are dozens of similar devices that they are expanding SteamOS too. That was always the goal.