I signed up for the wait list for the Steam controller when it was released, but hadn’t heard anything since. When getting on the list for the Frame last night, I thought to check on the controller, and it just gave me a link to get on the list again.
‘That’s odd’ I thought, so I went back through my email and lo and behold, there was an email on the 7th of July that I’d missed. Bugger.
I got on to support to ask if I could get my request reinstated it or whether I’d have to start over. They got back to me saying that as a courtesy, they’d re-initiate my request, but I’d have to wait until the next release. ‘Fair enough’, I though, and resigned myself to waiting.
Cue to a couple of hours later, and I get the email to confirm my purchase. Sold! Should be here in a week or two.
Well done, Steam support.
UPDATE: It arrives on Monday.
That’s quite fortunate! I hope you enjoy your controller; I’m really liking mine.
Protip: you can make custom radial menus for the track pads that you can assign to different button presses, and set different icons for each. It really helps in games like Final Fantasy 14 and Elite Dangerous which have a ton of different inputs that you can’t normally assign on a controller.
Cool. Good to know. It’d be nice to be able to play Elite: Dangerous in VR with a controller a bit more easily.