Overview
- Valve’s new PC gamepad, which opened sales Monday at 1 p.m. ET, sold out in roughly 30 minutes after jumping onto Steam’s best-seller list.
- Shoppers reported Steam messages about a high volume of purchase requests and errors at the payment screen, with the product flickering in and out of stock.
- Resellers quickly listed confirmed orders on eBay for $200 to $300 or more, while outlets urged buyers to wait since Valve has not shared a restock timeline.
- The controller features magnetic thumbsticks using tunnel magnetoresistance sensors for durability, dual trackpads, Grip Sense touch-activated gyro, HD haptics, rear grip buttons, over 35 hours of battery life, and a 292 g weight.
- Initial availability covers the US, UK, EU, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, with no launch in India, as Valve ships this controller first while delaying its Steam Machine and Steam Frame due to RAM and storage shortages.