Am I the only one who doesn't really want one? I mean, I'd try it, sure, but like.. eh?
And I do like some controller games, I have a handful of 8bitdo controllers.
this post was submitted on 04 May 2026
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I play docked occasionally, but there are a lot of games I don't feel like I can play docked without backbuttons/trackpads/gyro/etc. I'm assuming a lot of the people who really wanted to buy one of these were in the same camp as me, where they constantly felt inconvenienced by the lack of deck controls when using regular controllers.
That's fair
Does it pair directly to the steam deck? Without the puck?
Only via bluetooth, which has significantly more lag
Bummer. But full features otherwise?
Depending on how much lag, I could deal with that
Damn, I've seen a few of threads about this and it's making me feel a little guilty that I managed to order one without really trying hard for it.
I didn't even get an email to tell me it was available, they were gone that quick.
I'll pick one up in the next batch.
Buying shit in 2026 fucking sucks. Out in 30 minutes? I am so pissed.
What a time to be alive. Console? Sure. New phone? Sometimes. A CONTROLLER? Wild.
Honestly new it was gonna be a little hot but not 30 minutes in and we're done hot. Like wtf. I thought most would.still prefer Xbox controllers or something.
My hope is that the payment processor died because of demand, so they marked it as out of stock to try to work through the queue
Edit: this seems to be the case. See my other reply
I wasn’t able to place the order using PayPal, got an instant error (from Steam) every time. Then I tried with card and it went through without an issue.
Somebody on reddit posted a screenshot saying their reservation servers are overloaded. Since they're the ones handling the queue of incoming orders and tracking that orders don't exceed stock (atomic database stuff, etc) that's absolutely going to get in the way of submitting orders.
Can't get to the order confirmation page if the server designated to gatekeep orders won't respond
Sounds like my earlier theory was right, they’re using the “out of stock” as a way to limit orders. I finally got my order to go through at about 11:10 PDT.
Same, eventually got one. Though now it seems the OOS is here to stay. RIP. Truly feel for everyone who wanted one and didnt get one. I myself have a 90% obliterated Xbox controller I have been performing necromancy on to last until now.
This is just the nature of buying things that are in high demand. It's been this way my whole life. People used to literally camp out in front of best buy.
Yeah but its different when scalpers can buy 100 with the click of a button.
It's incredible how they had almost 0 scalper protections in place here. Like I think the Deck required a 30 day old account at launch?
Sounds more like gone in a minute
Nah, hugged nearly to death in a minute, but my order went through at xx:31. But I think I was pretty near the end before they went OOS.
Edit: in the US, sounds like the EU might have lasted a bit longer?
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Scalpers know the brands. They might have missed the OG steam deck, but I promise the oled and now this are max scalp.
Besides, it's just a controller in a sea of amazing not-MS not-Sony controllers. The only real exclusive here is the dual trackpads.
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I’ll wait for the OLED version to drop to buy one /s
For real tho clear smoke plastic body with the orange accents would be pretty sick.
got one into my cart but cant pay because its back out of stock
edit: fuck you of the year:
It went on sale at 1:00 in my time zone. I had it in my cart at 1:00 and was trying to checkout before it ever hit 1:01, but all I got were errors when trying to continue to payment. Then out of stock. What a bunch of fucking bullshit. Like seriously, what the fuck else was I even supposed to do?
Same here. I was through the sequence and trying to buy by no later than maybe 1:00:10, and tried three different payment methods, all to no avail. I don't think we had a chance on this go-round.
I am disproportionately angry about this for some reason. This has happened with several concerts I wanted to see, too. "Oh, you want tickets to an even marginally popular artist? Fuck you." Then factor in how fucking expensive computer parts have become since all the AI shit a while back. I'm just so goddamn tired.
At least my beloved Pebble watch was resurrected.
Did you get the “There seems to have been an error initializing or updating your transaction.” Error? Just spam continue on that screen. Don’t bother changing payment methods, it’s their processor that’s dying.
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The apparent issue is the payment processor (visa/etc) getting overloaded. To avoid it in the future it sounds like you can preload your steam account with the funds (~$108usd where I live due to 8% tax), which will let you bypass the worst of the checkout errors.
FWIW, I was getting the same checkout error as everyone else for half an hour while trying to buy with steam wallet credit.
Yep, Steam Wallet here too. I definitely hit Continue at least 100 times before it processed.
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I’ve had it on my wishlist for a long time. Did not get an email saying they’re even available.
Ditto.
Same here
Shoot I must've barely got it then. Personally I was selfishly DOS-attacking the continue button until the payment finally went through. I was clicking from about :05 to :25, probably several hundred times.
I knew this was going to happen so I went in early.
Payment Method: Visa ending with XX
Purchased: May 4 @ 7:58pm
hoping to get a lot of use from the trackpads
I won't have enough money to order one for another 2 or 3 weeks at least, potentially 2 months from now. Any idea if they'll have them at that point, or is this a limited time thing? I'm not the most up to date with these things, but I have decided I want one for when I dock the deck
They're releasing it as part of a whole lineup that isn't fully out yet, so you've got plenty of time
They’ll be a thing for awhile.
I just snag one.
Man I had a hard time battling with myself. On one side, I really want one and was waiting years for this even before the Steam Deck was on the market. On the other hand, my limit was 90 Euros (taxes included). And worse than that, it only functions with Steam. Yes, duh you say, its in the name, the Steam Controller. My hope was I could use it as a replacement for my controller acting as a regular gamepad without all the bells and whistles, playing emulators without Steam too. Looks like my that is not gonna happen anytime soon.
Are you alright with Steam running in the background? As far as I know, that's all that's really needed to get the full functionality outside of Steam for most uses. It'll just be using whatever you have set up as your desktop profile. For other things, programs like SISR already exist too.
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I'm hoping they do like the Steam Deck and let us get a spot in line. It took a few months for me to be able to buy a Deck.
Impatiently waiting because I was sick and asleep 🙋 I managed to get it into my cart and see the error message about a hundred times before they went out of stock
My Xbox controller is unusable over Bluetooth and the ps5 controller’s triangle button doesn’t work so I was really looking forward to it
Got mine 3 minutes before the hour. I was smashing that F5 button like I was Brock Lesnar in a squash match. My friend also got one same time, although he had the error screen a few times before it went through.
Good luck on the next releases of the machine and frame, gents 🫡
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Well, anyone who managed to get one, lemme know how the d-pad is on it. Is it better than the OG Steam Deck D-pad or the OLED D-pad? I changed my OLED d-pad to mechanical buttons, and it's felt much more accurate for 2d platformers and fighters.
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