Overview
- The reservation queue opens Friday, May 8 at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET with a 72-hour window to buy once an order email arrives.
- Each Steam account can reserve one controller, with previous buyers temporarily ineligible.
- Eligibility requires a Steam account in good standing plus a Steam purchase made before April 27, 2026.
- Valve plans to start fulfilling reservations next week in the U.S. and Canada, then in the U.K., EU, and Australia in the following weeks.
- The first wave sold out in about 30 minutes following checkout errors, spurring eBay listings at up to triple the $99 price.