(Image credit: Future) The Steam Controller has been available to purchase for barely a day and it's already sold out. That's a familiar occurrence around major hardware launches but even Valve is surprised by the sales fervour for the new pad, which mostly sold out in minutes, not hours . In a post on Bluesky, it promises more are on the way and a timeline for availability is coming. Steam Controller ran out faster than we anticipated, and we hate that not everyone who wanted one was able to get it. We’re working on getting more in stock and will have an update on expected timeline soon. — @valvesoftware.com ( @valvesoftware.com.bsky.social ) 2026-05-05T16:51:33.866Z Prior to the launch of the Steam Controller, we spoke to Lawrence Yang and Steve Cardinali , both of whom worked on the controller, about availability. In that chat, the two seemed confident about supply. "We have built up a good supply of this," Cardinali said at the time.…