Valve is already working on restocking the Steam Controller, as stock vanishes “faster than we anticipated”
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After months of waiting, the Steam Controller finally launched on May 4. The controller had generated a lot of hype ever since Valve first announced it, and it looks like the company may have underestimated just how many people wanted one. The controller sold out in less than an hour after launch, leaving many fans unable to place an order.
Thankfully, Valve has now confirmed that it is already working on restocking it. In a recent (and rare) post on X, the company admitted that the Steam Controller disappeared much faster than expected and said it is currently trying to get more units ready. Valve also mentioned that it will share more information about the expected restock timeline soon.
Lots of Steam Controller stock is in the hands of scalpers
The launch itself was also pretty chaotic. As soon as the controller went live on the official Steam store, users started flooding the page to place their orders. Because of the heavy traffic, many people ran into store issues while trying to check out. Some users reported error messages, failed payments, and pages refusing to load properly. Others were stuck refreshing the store page repeatedly, hoping they could grab a controller before stock vanished.
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Unfortunately, it did not take long for scalpers to take advantage of the situation. Shortly after the Steam Controller went out of stock on the official store, listings started appearing on third-party marketplaces like eBay, with many resellers trying to flip the controller for absurd prices.
At the moment, most listings are sitting somewhere between $200 and $300, which is already more than double the official price. However, some scalpers went even further and tried listing the controller for over $500. A few of those listings have reportedly been removed after users started reporting them, but plenty are still live.
For now, the best option is probably to wait for Valve’s official restock instead of giving scalpers hundreds of dollars. Valve has already confirmed that more units are on the way, so paying double or triple the original price simply does not make much sense.
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