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Steam Controller goes out of stock as Valve get a ton of "Game Console" shipments
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I hope it's the frame next. I want one of those bad boys.
this post was submitted on 05 May 2026
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Me too. It's been years now since I sold my Index. Any idea what the state of VR on Linux is? My ecosystem looks very different than it did back then π
I'm doing pc to quest 3 via wivrn and it's pretty decent. Games all run. Sometimes you need to switch between xrizer and opencomposite. Some devs release in a still very unstable state but that's an issue with the game devs. There is no convenient and easy to understand way to remap controls though. Control remapping is the biggest selling point for me after ditching meta.
Thanks! I guess the Steam Frame should have onboard capability too so it doesn't exclusively require a PC like the Index did. I am looking forward to the year I can finally get one π
The Steam Frame must work. The entire point is that it works with the Steam Machine, which is Linux. I don't know about other VR on Linux, but I trust at least the Frame is fine.
Good point. Previously VR games would run on Linux, same as any other games, but VR is super sensitive to frame rate and people using VR on Linux weren't having a great experience.
This was probably 5+ years ago, so I think performance has come a long way. But also the Steam Machine is likely pretty specifically tuned so it might work a lot better than a general desktop distro.
I more meant that The Frame will be tuned to run on Linux in general, but that's also true. SteamOS isn't doing anything particularly special though, so whatever they do to make VR work there will also go to making it work on Linux generally. I'd bet that if the VR experience isn't great for all headset on Linux by the time the Frame releases, it'll at least be fine for the Frame.
I wish they'd just do what frame.work does. Pre-order and kill scalpers by letting everyone order it and just push back delivery. Then everyone gets one and it pretty much kills scalping because people can just wait for it.
They did this with the OG steam deck release
Itβll be the Steam Controller orders. Valve wouldnβt want to personally sit in stock for long as storage isnβt cheap. The timing aligning with yesterdays launch makes sense of it.
Steam Controllers came in months ago in much the same way.
They don't want to sit on storage but they also don't want customers sitting around waiting for the items they purchased, so they make sure they have plenty of stock before taking any orders.
Something I read suggested the controllers has a different order title