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[bundylove]

Well I know u couldn’t at Best Buy’s website said preorders begin on 10/10 when checked and direct website says

“Get early pre-order access
September 26th - October 10th”

PS5 Pro pre-orders — here's which retailers still have stock today

The PS5 Pro is now available at Amazon, Best Buy and more

www.tomsguide.com

List all sites but direct as 10/10 as well

 

[Warnen]

Nice not out of stock as I said.

 

[dmaul1114]

My disc drive and vertical stand got delivered a bit ago. Now to wait until November 7th for the Pro to arrive.

 

[twilo99]

Nice not out of stock as I said.

Where all the scalpers at?

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Must do well everywhere else

I don't think Amazon.ca had enough Pro consoles for the Leafs lol

Still available for preorder in the US on PS Direct

 

[diffusionx]

People are so conditioned to think if a product doesn’t sell out day one it’s not selling good which makes no sense.

Obviously Sony wants to make as much money as possible and they can’t do that if they don’t have enough consoles available to sell.

The only reason most things sell out day one is because of low stock or manufactured fomo tactics, like what they are doing with the 30th anniversary edition ps5 pro.

Sony spent years working through PS5 supply issues, it would be crazy if the Pro had supply issues, especially considering the PS4 Pro did not.

The fact is that anyone who wants a console should be able to get one. Somehow Apple is able to ship tens of millions of preordered iPhones within a couple weeks of launch, all in different colors and configs, that should be the standard.

 

[Inviusx]

Pre-order locked in for the 7th. $1200AUD at EB Games, $699 with a PS5 trade in + 4 games. Done deal. See you all then!

 

[fudgybrownie]

Like I have said before, Sony signaled to retailers stock would not be a problem, for the US anyhow

This is zero indication if this product is successful or not

I can walk into any store in Southern Indiana and see tons of PS5 sitting on shelves and no Xbox Series X

I guess by your logic the Series X is being a huge success

At my local Walmart they are using the area with Xbox signage to store more PS5s.

 

[RyanEvans21]

Where all the scalpers at?

They bought Anniversary Edition.

 

[demigod]

Nothing sold out prior to covid. The ps4 was available for days and weeks. It dipped in and out of stock short term.

If I can be assed later I might dig out some posts but I got a birthday today so I'm gonna be out.

Let's see how the pro plays out. I'm not convinced it's going to do well this time. Not as well as the ps4 pro and that's not great.

Are people really trying to change the narrative to they only sat in queues for hours to get 30th anniversary editions and that they knew they could just log in at any time to buy a pro? I'm not falling for that at all.

Where da receipts at?

 

[saintjules]

 

[bundylove]

Off topic but just came back watching The wild robot. Fantastic movie and do recommend to everyone.

 

[Elbereth]

Off topic but just came back watching The wild robot. Fantastic movie and do recommend to everyone.

Watched it with the little ones last night. Totally agree.

 

[hemo memo]

I have an RTX 4070. Should I buy the PS5 Pro?

Gemini

If you already have an RTX 4070, buying a PS5 Pro might not be the best investment. Here's why:
* Comparable Performance: Early benchmarks and analyses suggest the PS5 Pro's GPU performance is roughly on par with an RTX 4070. While the PS5 Pro might offer some optimizations for specific games, you won't experience a significant leap in visual quality or performance.
* Limited Exclusives: While there are some fantastic PlayStation exclusives, many major titles are also released on PC. If you primarily play multi-platform games, you might not fully utilize the PS5 Pro.
* PC Advantages: Your PC offers flexibility, upgradeability, and a wider selection of games compared to a console. You can tailor your PC experience to your preferences and access various online communities and modding scenes.

Huh

 

[panda-zebra]

Where all the scalpers at?

Getting Rettbone'd if they even consider it.

 

[hemo memo]

It's #20 in here. The Redragon K617 gaming keyboard at #18.. that's telling.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Like I have said before, Sony signaled to retailers stock would not be a problem, for the US anyhow

This is zero indication if this product is successful or not

I can walk into any store in Southern Indiana and see tons of PS5 sitting on shelves and no Xbox Series X

I guess by your logic the Series X is being a huge success

Hehe, not saying that at all.

I am saying that s lot of people on here thought it would sell out. Why would people be stuck in queues and posting pure panic posts that they can't buy etc. Deep down we all know that was fomo thinking it would sell out. The reality is it's not going to be hard to get hold of.

We need to wait and see how well it actually sells and the worse it sells the less of a chance that developers will put effort into ports. It's going to be series s and x all over again but with a much smaller market share on the pro model. I could see plenty of scenarios where developers don't push the box.

Sony first party games will be amazing, that's why I'm going to pick up LE edition or if I see a deal where it drops in price.

I think a lot of us thought it would sell out in the pre order window but it's clearly not happening.

Edit. By LE I mean a death standing 2 version or ghost of yotei etc.

 

[Kerotan]

In Ireland you can still pre order the pro. The only 30th themed item still available is the portal.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Hehe, not saying that at all.

I am saying that s lot of people on here thought it would sell out. Why would people be stuck in queues and posting pure panic posts that they can't buy etc. Deep down we all know that was fomo thinking it would sell out. The reality is it's not going to be hard to get hold of.

We need to wait and see how well it actually sells and the worse it sells the less of a chance that developers will put effort into ports. It's going to be series s and x all over again but with a much smaller market share on the pro model. I could see plenty of scenarios where developers don't push the box.

Sony first party games will be amazing, that's why I'm going to pick up LE edition or if I see a deal where it drops in price.

I think a lot of us thought it would sell out in the pre order window but it's clearly not happening.

Edit. By LE I mean a death standing 2 version or ghost of yotei etc.

I think the queue system proves it sort of works because we have a few people here that got LE Pros that are actual gamers

This queue system kicks everyone at launch time and basically it’s a lottery who gets in quick enough thus why you should log in from different devices

Yes there was a lot of fomo

My only point is unless we know how many was available we can’t decide if selling out was a success

They made 20 million and so far 5 million are left that is a failure?

Or they made 3 million and those all sold out is that a success?

 

[saintjules]

I think the queue system proves it sort of works because we have a few people here that got LE Pros that are actual gamers

This queue system kicks everyone at launch time and basically it’s a lottery who gets in quick enough thus why you should log in from different devices

Yes there was a lot of fomo

My only point is unless we know how many was available we can’t decide if selling out was a success

They made 20 million and so far 5 million are left that is a failure?

Or they made 3 million and those all sold out is that a success?

Did pre-order numbers come out or were those examples?

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Did pre-order numbers come out or were those examples?

Examples

 

[DeVeAn]

Using the excuse that my wife got a new phone and I got a ps5 pro instead lol.

 

[Kerotan]

Using the excuse that my wife got a new phone and I got a ps5 pro instead lol.

Underrated comment. I recently let the woman spend 5k doing up our garden so I'm year's to come I can justify spending 3 or 4k on my dream TV a 65" 8k QD OLED or whatever is top tier in 7 or 8 years.

 

[saintjules]

 

[saintjules]

Hehe, not saying that at all.

I am saying that s lot of people on here thought it would sell out. Why would people be stuck in queues and posting pure panic posts that they can't buy etc. Deep down we all know that was fomo thinking it would sell out. The reality is it's not going to be hard to get hold of.

We need to wait and see how well it actually sells and the worse it sells the less of a chance that developers will put effort into ports. It's going to be series s and x all over again but with a much smaller market share on the pro model. I could see plenty of scenarios where developers don't push the box.

Sony first party games will be amazing, that's why I'm going to pick up LE edition or if I see a deal where it drops in price.

I think a lot of us thought it would sell out in the pre order window but it's clearly not happening.

Edit. By LE I mean a death standing 2 version or ghost of yotei etc.

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

Well, applied for the Anniversary Edition in Japan, they actually did what I suggested in another thread (to a degree) requiring a PSN created before Feb 2024 with 30 hours "clocked" to deter scalpers:

All done by lottery and the winners won't even be announced until Nov 7th, the wait begins lol.

Edit: misread the dates, account could have been created up until Sep 18th 2024 but the 30 hours still makes sense, I imagine many scalpers made accounts and never used them.

 

[Woggleman]

My stand just came in the mail.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Hehe, not saying that at all.

I am saying that s lot of people on here thought it would sell out. Why would people be stuck in queues and posting pure panic posts that they can't buy etc. Deep down we all know that was fomo thinking it would sell out. The reality is it's not going to be hard to get hold of.

We need to wait and see how well it actually sells and the worse it sells the less of a chance that developers will put effort into ports. It's going to be series s and x all over again but with a much smaller market share on the pro model. I could see plenty of scenarios where developers don't push the box.

Sony first party games will be amazing, that's why I'm going to pick up LE edition or if I see a deal where it drops in price.

I think a lot of us thought it would sell out in the pre order window but it's clearly not happening.

Edit. By LE I mean a death standing 2 version or ghost of yotei etc.

Again - we have no idea what the supply situation is. It could have been awful and sold out. Nobody that was queing up was making any sort of assumption based on TOTAL sales. They were doing so to prevent a scenario that it would have sold out. Selling out tells you nothing by itself. We have no idea what supply is.

What difference is it going to make if it does end up bombing? Like 5% of total PS5 sales? Not a damn difference vs. 10-15% of sales.

Cerny made this console easy to develop for - that's the whole point of PSSR. All these ports in FF7R, Spider-man, etc. are not taking advantage of anything other than the PSSR. Which is basically almost as easy as clicking a button. Claiming it won't get support is absurd.

 

[emivita]

Well, applied for the Anniversary Edition in Japan, they actually did what I suggested in another thread (to a degree) requiring a PSN created before Feb 2024 with 30 hours "clocked" to deter scalpers:

All done by lottery and the winners won't even be announced until Nov 7th, the wait begins lol.

Why didn't they do this in EU and US? FFS, I really wanted the 30th anniversary Pro, no way I'm buying the standard PS5 Pro at full MSRP, I'll be waiting for the inevitable Black Friday sale.

 

[Toots]

Just tried my luck and got one
Only need to buy a disk drive before november comes and im good

 

[dEvAnGeL]

Cancelled my preorder. Will try and get one on BestBuy. Seeing stock still available at PSD, most likely means retail stores will have enough inventory to walk in and pick one up on release date. I did keep the 30th anniversary dualsense preorder.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Pretty surprised it's still available online at the Sony store

Hopefully it's a sign that I won't have any issues when I trade in the OG next week. Havent set foot inside a GameStop in eons

 

[NeonGhost]

Cancelled my preorder. Will try and get one on BestBuy. Seeing stock still available at PSD, most likely means retail stores will have enough inventory to walk in and pick one up on release date. I did keep the 30th anniversary dualsense preorder.

Why didn’t you just wait till you know you got one from Best Buy ?

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Cancelled my preorder. Will try and get one on BestBuy. Seeing stock still available at PSD, most likely means retail stores will have enough inventory to walk in and pick one up on release date. I did keep the 30th anniversary dualsense preorder.

I will cancel mine at PSD as well once I secure a couple at Gamestop so I can trade in my launch day PS5

 

[dEvAnGeL]

Why didn’t you just wait till you know you got one from Best Buy ?

I preordered mostly due to FOMO. I am the target audience. However, almost every game being updated on release window i already have on PC (4090). So if I don’t get one immediately i will be okay. I want it for the upcoming Sony first party games since they don’t release their games on PC same day.

 

[LordCBH]

Well, applied for the Anniversary Edition in Japan, they actually did what I suggested in another thread (to a degree) requiring a PSN created before Feb 2024 with 30 hours "clocked" to deter scalpers:

All done by lottery and the winners won't even be announced until Nov 7th, the wait begins lol.

Edit: misread the dates, account could have been created up until Sep 18th 2024 but the 30 hours still makes sense, I imagine many scalpers made accounts and never used them.

The fact that they refused to do this in other markets is just infuriating.

 

[Rob_27]

30th Anniversay controller available to preorder in Argos UK.
Scratch that it's gone.

 

[Radical_3d]

They have delisted my 30th from eBay. I guess now I have no choice but to keep it. Tragic.

 

[saintjules]

 

[Celcius]

They have delisted my 30th from eBay. I guess now I have no choice but to keep it. Tragic.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Damn I can't watch 50 minutes of why IGN is let down

Not sure what people expected of a numbered console which is the very definition of limited

They have delisted my 30th from eBay. I guess now I have no choice but to keep it. Tragic.

Not a great place to come looking for sympathy if I am being honest

 

[Crispy Gamer]

After he shat on it he still tried to get one?! I'm so glad a ton of these media personalities didn't get the 30th anni they're just a bunch of engagement grifters.

 

[reinking]

They have delisted my 30th from eBay. I guess now I have no choice but to keep it. Tragic.

I have not used ebay in years so I am not an expert on their current policy but I believe you can list it again once you have it in hand.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

They have delisted my 30th from eBay. I guess now I have no choice but to keep it. Tragic.

You've got to be trolling bro, right ?

 

[Radical_3d]

Not a great place to come looking for sympathy if I am being honest

I wasn’t looking for symphaties,, if I’m being honest myself too ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I have not used ebay in years so I am not an expert on their current policy but I believe you can list it again once you have it in hand.

Shhhhh… only dreams now…

You've got to be trolling bro, right ?

We do a lil’ bit…

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Cancelled my preorder. Will try and get one on BestBuy. Seeing stock still available at PSD, most likely means retail stores will have enough inventory to walk in and pick one up on release date. I did keep the 30th anniversary dualsense preorder.

I've been thinking about cancelling it as well.

1. I've been rethinking the way I play games lately and really would like to simplify things (I'm a minimalist in everything other aspect of my life besides gaming) which means shifting a little more to the PC end of things due to various circumstances.
2. I'm going to be trading in my PS5 if I buy one and based off of how long it lasted I'm thinking I can probably get it from Gamestop close to release and just spend less out of pocket.

 

[Rob_27]

I grabbed a 30th controller earlier. I think that's all I'm going to get unless there is a restock at some stage. Why say currently unavailable and not sold out.

 

[NeonGhost]

I’m wondering if I should change my pre order to Amazon to get 5% back does anyone have a history with pre ordering from them

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

I was pleasantly surprised how much I was able to get for my XSX at GameStop. Was able to get it for effectively $335. Had some good experiences playing Xbox titles I missed out on, but now that MS is going third party for many of their titles I’d rather buy them on the Pro where they’ll play better. I never really liked the GamePass model model much so I won’t miss it

I’ll trade in my PS5 in November for the Pro but I’ll probably get less since it’s a digital edition.

Still, Ybarra was right about the trade in deals lessening the blow for the cost of the Pro

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Do you own a PC? I sold my series x and haven't missed it at all. My intention was to share games between PC and living room but I just never turned the box on. It's literally what I have done with every Xbox since the 360. I buy it because I like tech but sell it 6 months on as I never use it.

Just to add I love my PS5 and have ordered a pro it just seems to be the Xbox brand I have issues with and I have no idea why. I keep trying and just waste my money. This time around I was sure I would use the series x as on paper it's great hardware but alas it wasn't to be. Hopefully have learnt my lesson now.

No PC but this is pretty much me

I’ve owned every Xbox but never really seemed to get anywhere near enough attention to warrant (other than OG Xbox and 360)

Glad they are changing their strategy though so their games are more accessible to other platform users