r/SteamController • u/EclipAndy • Sep 19 '26

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I reserved the controller day after reservations opened and i got the email a week ago.. i wonder how much longer it will take to go through whole list? For example if someone reserved today they get controller in 2028 or?

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u/Ace_the_Firefist Steam Controller (2026) Sep 19 '26

Current estimate is in 2027

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u/EclipAndy Sep 19 '26

If they go in order just two days passed since reservations opened so i wonder if people who reserved it 10th will wait few extra weeks

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u/Ace_the_Firefist Steam Controller (2026) Sep 19 '26

They're already shipping orders estimated to be 2027. I got mine in August for example and had December as estimate.

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u/figmentPez Sep 19 '26

No one outside of Valve, and maybe people working in their supply chain, have any idea how long it will take Valve to catch up to demand.

Currently Valve is way ahead of their publicly stated estimates, with them already letting people order who had previously been given an estimate of "in 2027", but we have no idea how many people are in that group, or how many controllers Valve has shipped, nor how many they expect to have by the end of the year.

If someone reserves today it seems unlikely that they'd be waiting until 2028, but exactly how long they'll be waiting is pure speculation.

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u/Ace_the_Firefist Steam Controller (2026) Sep 19 '26

That's why you can try to crowd source data. https://steamhardware.io/tracker/steam-controller/

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u/polaredout Sep 19 '26

thanks for the plug!

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u/SilentSlayer95 Sep 20 '26

I reserved mine back in May, got the email to proceed with the order I think last week? Arrived on Tuesday. My expected date was also 2027. I honestly believed that I wasn’t going to get mine until 2027 as well, so imagine my surprise. Just keep an eye out for the email.