Preorders for the $999 Valve Index full bundle have now fully sold out. The preorder button has been replaced with a Reserve button, with the full bundle reading “Ships by Sep 30, 2019” in the USA.
The other packages are more available, with the headset and controllers still listed as shipping by July 31. Controllers or base stations alone ship by June 28.
We don’t know how many units Valve is producing, or what the company’s sales expectations were. But being sold out after less than a day does indicate the launch wasn’t a failure.
To be clear, “reserving” an Index does not lock you into buying one, you’re simply cementing your spot in line. A reservation just means that the company will email you when your Index is available for purchase and shipping. You won’t have to hand over any payment details until you decide to act on the offer, though it’s possible that Valve will hand your spot over to someone else if you take too long to buy.
