Overview
- Valve’s $99 Steam Controller, which went live Monday at 1 p.m. ET, sold out in roughly 30 minutes on Steam.
- Many shoppers ran into checkout errors that cited a high volume of purchase requests as the listing flickered in and out of stock.
- Resellers posted confirmed orders on eBay for $220 to $400, turning a quick sellout into steep markups.
- The gamepad features magnetic TMR thumbsticks, dual haptic trackpads, HD rumble, a 6-axis motion sensor, and a wireless puck that doubles as a magnetic charger.
- Valve has not given a restock date and is selling only through Steam in Deck markets including the US, UK, EU, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, while its Steam Machine and Steam Frame remain delayed by memory and storage shortages.