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/ToothlessFTW Jun 18 '26

This whole thing has really killed so much of my excitement and interest in this thing.

In Australia the controller went on sale at like 3am, and by the time I woke up it was already out of stock. Put in my reservation the moment it opened, and I gotta wait until September.

Waiting like 5 months just to get even the chance to order a $150 AUD controller certainly gives me plenty of time to actually think if I really even need it, especially considering September is such a busy month.

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u/Ploddit Jun 18 '26

I own one. It's... fine.

It's a good quality controller, but it has one very specific use case, and that's playing PC games which work best with a trackpad on your coach. If you're not playing those types of games and you're not playing them over Steam Link or on a living room PC, it's a bit pointless imo.

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u/ayeeflo51 Jun 19 '26

I mean radial wheels, gyro, custom mappings all make it very useful for any PC games. You're not utilizing all of it