SkeletonQuays
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Best Buy better not pull this shit! I just preordered Demon's Souls and Spiderman from them.
Best Buy better not pull this shit! I just preordered Demon's Souls and Spiderman from them.
I have 380+ games spread between epic, steam, ea that i bought at one point in time are sitting in my libraries so if amazon was to cancel it would be perfectly fine. Plus I also bought 2 from walmart . I skipped this generation up until like 6, months ago and only got into it because I got a ps4 for free. I only bought the ps5's because I made some extra cash on stocks and I figured why not. I was planning on giving my bro 1 and my nephew.I believe most of us will receive it Day 1. Amazon is hedging their bets.
If I don't, no big deal. I have years of backlog across PC/Switch/PS4/XB1X. There isn't even a launch game I'm excited about. I won't be paying $70 for Miles Morales. That'll be $30 within 6 months when Spider-Man 2 is released.
Dont understand how a site like amazon cant add a quantity to their database and only allow as many preorders as allocation. Sounds crazy right.
I have 380+ games spread between epic, steam, ea that i bought at one point in time are sitting in my libraries so if amazon was to cancel it would be perfectly fine. Plus I also bought 2 from walmart . I skipped this generation up until like 6, months ago and only got into it because I got a ps4 for free. I only bought the ps5's because I made some extra cash on stocks and I figured why not. I was planning on giving my bro 1 and my nephew.I believe most of us will receive it Day 1. Amazon is hedging their bets.
If I don't, no big deal. I have years of backlog across PC/Switch/PS4/XB1X. There isn't even a launch game I'm excited about. I won't be paying $70 for Miles Morales. That'll be $30 within 6 months when Spider-Man 2 is released.
DUUUUDE samesies.I spent close to six hours getting my ordered entered on BestBuy so my faith in them is non-existent.
My just says order receivedMine's expected to arrive Nov 26th, but knowing Amazon Brazil's efficiency, I'm pretty sure I'll get it on the 19th.
Scalpers definitely bought a huge amount of consoles. Check ebay and you will see them selling for $800-1300I'm hoping this is just pre-caution. Surely they should have had a system in place? Is it going to be like the RTX 3080 where there's no limit to how many you can purchase and they can all bought up by bots?
I think when you've got mass quantities being sold in the matter of seconds, that's when its an issue. Because at 16:01:01 you have 5000 and at 16:01:05 you just let 15000 preorders in, your system gets bogged down. Especially on an internet platform instead of in-person.Dont understand how a site like amazon cant add a quantity to their database and only allow as many preorders as allocation. Sounds crazy right.
Just think about how many people will cancel their pre order, or will not have the funds when Amazon has to charge them. Sit tight and most of the orders will be fulfilled
Sony sent me a pre-order invite, so cancelled my Amazon order and went with PlayStation Direct. Not taking any chances.
Maybe the rumor of sony having to cut chips was true and their allotment of consoles is significantly smaller than it should be
Scalpers definitely bought a huge amount of consoles. Check ebay and you will see them selling for $800-1300
Well, that 11m is by March 2021.That rumor also stated that they would release 11 million consoles by March 2021. Which means they should have plenty of stock for this year. Which leads to this being a problem caused by extremely high demand.
But then again Sony released that Sony so who really knows what's true?
Well, that 11m is by March 2021.
I'd think the launch date will be above the PS4 launch which was just under 1.2m. So conservatively I'd say 2m at launch. The reason being is that Sony/MS like last launch start stockpiling units for the holiday period. It's not a good look for Christmas season to come around and you've been sending all stock immediately to retailers and letting it sell out. For example, GameStop and BestBuy had 1m units each sent to them two weeks before Christmas. That level of stockpile at launch production levels means you're talking 30-45 days worth of stockpiling instead of releasing to retailers.
So I'd guess 2-2.5m at launch night, 0.5-1m in the following two weeks and then no units until two weeks before Christmas. Before the final rush of units go out weekly starting Jan 1. Also, tax season in the US is a real financial window that manufacturers aim for in terms of increased stock for in-demand products so that "by March 2021" date will see a stockpile being released near mid-Feb.
Really doesn't sound like this situation is being caused by poor yields. It's most likely due to the demand more than anything.
This sounds more like a month or 2 later, when they manufacture more of them.I don't think it's a big deal getting it 1-5 days later.
Don’t really understand why you say that? It’s much more likely that Amazon had an allocation that was subsequently reduced for some reason, than they forgot how to do retail and significantly oversold beyond what they were told they were getting...
Of course we don’t actually know anything, but I know which seems more likely to me?
Sony did say they didn't make changes to the production. So why would the allocation have been changed?
I mean, I’m not in manufacturing, but if they are losing 50% as rumoured (or more) due to bad yields and having to throw them away I imagine that wouldn’t make liars out of them if they said they didn’t change the order number?
Physical stores.... go there, get to know the people who work behind the counter. Nothing beats it.
I had my PS5 guaranteed since July 2019, not a joke. I know a lot of stores have gone online only for this stuff but I still feel the old way is best and stopped scalping on such a large scale with bots etc.
Anyway, hopefully Sony step up and get production above current targets.
Didn't say poor yields. It's simply stock of finished consoles. Even now, they are working very hard to have 2-2.5m (in my guess) ready by launch. This is a massive undertaking regularly. Covid only further complicates supply chain.Really doesn't sound like this situation is being caused by poor yields. It's most likely due to the demand more than anything.
Amazon always do this. You'd have to be a clown to pre-order a PS5 with them and expect them to deliver it day one. They rarely deliver games on time. They're unreliable. If you want a reliable service for consoles, use a company whose bread and butter is actually video games i.e. gamestop, GAME, Shopto, thegamecollection, etc.
This isn't true at all. I preorder 20+ games a a year from Amazon and I've only had 2 games not come on release in the last few years.Amazon always do this. You'd have to be a clown to pre-order a PS5 with them and expect them to deliver it day one. They rarely deliver games on time. They're unreliable. If you want a reliable service for consoles, use a company whose bread and butter is actually video games i.e. gamestop, GAME, Shopto, thegamecollection, etc.