Got on right at 1 and was hammering the pay button to no avail. They're now showing out of stock :(
this post was submitted on 04 May 2026
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Here's my confession: I will rarely use it and never sell it. It's my second true collector's item, much like the original. I'm perfectly happy with mouse and keyboard, I just want to own one for the sake of it.
Getting the launch version is the cherry on top.
The OG controller and Steam Deck are both sort of this way for me. Despite rarely using them, I never intend to sell them. My desktop just spoils me too much.
I expect having the new controller will actually encourage me to use the Deck more often though. Right now, starting a new game on the Deck feels like committing to the lesser experience due to not wanting to jump between control schemes. Having control parity fixes that.
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I checked the page 2 mins earlier and was already purchasable. I managed to get it at 02, I got it probably with the first batch. Yay!
Nope, just went out of stock :(
Now paypal seems to have troubles
Edit: With credit card it worked. Also it seems 6-10 business days in EU
I had to spam the button for some minutes before it finally went through. Keep trying!
I expected to be trying for a while, but I got mine on my first try, just before the scheduled time (30 minutes ago). Pretty lucky.
I hit continue about 200 times and it went through
I did it! Spamming "Continue" actually worked! Now let's see when it gets delivered.
I got one at 10:05, but I really had to mash through it. It was in my cart at 9:59, but I kept getting initialization errors at the payment stage.
I should mention that I added $100 to my Steam Wallet a few days ago to make the process easier. It still sucked.
As rough as this is it wasn't nearly as bad as my experience ordering the Steam Deck.....
Glad they sold out so fast. Now I can't impulse buy one and can wait for the reviews.
My order went through easily enough.