Punkster88
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I guess I'll be getting a PS6 instead. Hopefully by then the woke assholes at Sony will be gone if not then I'll wait for the PS7.
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Sony Warns Tight PlayStation 5 Supply to Extend Into Next Year
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Con_Z_ǝdʇ
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I was able to pre-order 3 PS5's out of luck.I feel like I gotta get some good karma soon. I managed to secure two for launch. One as a back up if something went wrong. As soon as it was confirmed both were arriving I sold one to the plasterer who has looked after my house since I bought it. His sons bday is near Xmas and I offered it to them for retail price so they could surprise him. What a xmas/bday present for the young man!
...one day I will be rewarded in good karmic energy
I offered two of them to my friends but no one was interested.
All 3 arrived on release day and the boys were already scratching at the front door like stray cats.
I sold them through to them without additional cost.
WalterSobchak
Member
Pretty crazy . Back in November I figured spring or summer it would be at least sort of easy to buy one , as in it might be in stock a few hours before gone . But that clearly is not going to be the case. Never seen a console so hard to obtain for so long but here we are.
I guess I'll get one eventually. Really do not like the size of the thing though. Tempted to wait for a slimmer unit , but new God of War will likely prove too much to resist.
I guess I'll get one eventually. Really do not like the size of the thing though. Tempted to wait for a slimmer unit , but new God of War will likely prove too much to resist.
manfestival
Member
My PS+ Ps5 library is gonna be reaaaaaaally nice by the time I get a ps5
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
The worst part Is Sony will have no option but to delay releases on ps5 until the customer base grows. This messaging feels like they know they won't be able to keep up with numbers beating out ps4 sales for much longer. I hope games don't get delayed.
They confirmed that the minimum target is beating PS4 numbers in any case.
What they're talking about is that demand is so huge that they would need to increase production significantly over PS4 levels to allow people to find it in stores easily and that isn't happening soon because of shortages.
You shouldn't be concerned about games either since an installed base that is growing faster than the PS4 one (which was Sony's fastest selling console ever until PS5) doesn't need any artificial delays.
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Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
PS5 is growing as fast as if not faster than PS5 and it is drama about availability? This is word of mouth that helps PS5 btw, it makes it seem such a success that matching or beating PS4 install base growth is far from matching the actual huge demand
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EverydayBeast
ChatGPT 0.1
The difference between the Wii supply and the ps5 supply is the ps5 keeps PS4 in mind you never felt the Wii was like a GameCube. Wii was the last console that was hard to find now that award goes to PS5 that now has people keeping their eyes on it.
Tiamat2san
Member
Sander Cohen
Member
I remember people saying things should normalize by spring. Boy oh boy…
Kerotan
Member
True but I don't think it will be cheaper.
poodaddy
Member
It's so shitty bro....if you want, I can take your Series X off your hands, just to get that useless thing away from ya, ya know? Just trying to help....Great.
I have a XSX but no new games to play and there are new games to play on PS5 but no consoles to buy.
Fess
Member
Oh it’s not useless at all, it’s great for multiplats, 120/60 fps boost BC awesomeness and Retroarch emulation.
But it just feels like I’m stuck in between two awesome scenarios now that PS5 has started getting great new nextgen 1st party games.
Fare thee well
Neophyte
I'd try to get a PS5, but it reeks of that artificial scarcity. It might seem great for keeping a console in the media, but terrible for the consumers.
I'll be throwing my money behind companies that actually have their shit together for supply and demand. It's not hard to thwart scalpers and it's not hard to support customer demand. It has never been this bad and imo, there is no excuse.
I'll be throwing my money behind companies that actually have their shit together for supply and demand. It's not hard to thwart scalpers and it's not hard to support customer demand. It has never been this bad and imo, there is no excuse.
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Skifi28
Member
Good luck on that other planet, I hope it's better than here.
Returnal- Aprilwell, Demon`s Souls and Returnal...is there anything else that`s worth playing and actually needs a PS5?
If there is still a shortage when Horizon and GoW are both released, then I will start to get annoyed.
Everything else is best on pc anyways
Resident Evil- May
RatchetnClank- June
Kena Bridge of Spirits- August
Deathloop: September
Horizon 2: November?
God Of War 2: Q2 2022?
GT7: 2022
A great line-up.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
One could say that they are matching or outpacing PS4 sales (so they are not doing too bad all things considered and they are reacting aggressively as they do not want to let demand go unfulfilled), others could point to a global components shortage (especially wrt semiconductors… do you read the news?), but you are going for the artificial scarcity?
Fess
Member
They’re breaking sales records so it’s not artificial scarcity. But where are they selling it? That’s what I want to know. A coworker has one that got sent to him from Sony when he signed up for a new Sony phone, that’s the only proof I have that the thing even exist. Everybody else I know are essentially still waiting for the thing to launch, I’m not sure it has ever been placed on a shelf in my country and the biggest stores don’t even take orders or have any estimated delivery dates. But Sony is still boasting about sales records so it’s obviously selling somewhere, just don’t know where.
To be honest half of games you listed are for PC. And they will perform best on it (incl. VRR, possibly DLSS/RTX, higher fps).
But yes if you like games it's best to have both PC and PS5 and for me personally even XSX just because for some games its more convenient with quick resume.
Guardian's Light
Member
I was looking for a ps5 to buy as a part of my new entertainment set, I bought TV and a perfect piece of furniture, but universe keeps me away from ps5
Sony Warns Tight PlayStation 5 Supply to Extend Into Next Year
Sony Group Corp. warned a group of analysts the PlayStation 5 will remain in short supply through 2022, suggesting the company will be constrained in its ability to boost sales targets for its latest games console.www.bloomberg.com
I think I'll wait for a new version, a this point, I just hope Will be slightly smaller
kyussman
Member
Yea,unfortunatley for me I made a real effort to clear mine last year....now I've nothing much to play on my PS4(thank god for Mass Effect remaster),and no hope of getting a PS5...I fucked up,lol.
prinz_valium
Member
Nice. So I can continue to scalp PS5s until next year
Kerotan
Member
But then GTA 6 and some other big titles will launch and it will still be sold out.
MadchesterManc
Member
Finally managed to get one after a few weeks of daily checking, tho it ended up being a bundle and from a retailer I've never dealt with before
Those stock trackers say the likes of Argos, Game and Amazon are due big stock over the next week or so, so there's hope this month if you in the UK at least.
Those stock trackers say the likes of Argos, Game and Amazon are due big stock over the next week or so, so there's hope this month if you in the UK at least.
BadBurger
Many “Whelps”! Handle It!
For one batch Sony sold the PS5 exclusively through their own online store to PSN subscribers, one per household. You had to have a saved address and verified payment method.
Sony should go back to that, exclusively, for several months IMO. Because these retailers don't give a shit about bots or script kiddie tools used to hop the line and I don't blame them - it's not like they'd have anything to gain by employing anti bot measures or the like. But Sony could get it into their longtime customers' hands if they really wanted to.
Just glad I got mine in December. One of my best friends just got one last month and that seemed like a miracle.
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Derktron
Banned
People like you are pure scums of the earth. Pure scums.
Papacheeks
Banned
Great.
I have a XSX but no new games to play and there are new games to play on PS5 but no consoles to buy.
Looks like................
Take it up with playstation and their constant record breaking money making reporting.
Rhazer Fusion
Member
Huh? Unless I misunderstood something, excluding RE8 which one of those games is confirmed for PC?
Captain Toad
Banned
Don't overlook Astro. And, of course, Ratchet and Clank in a few weeks.
Captain Toad
Banned
Lol almost none of those are announced for PC.
Bo_Hazem
Banned
Actually that's what Sony ME has done, pay full price upfront and sign your name and cellphone. No scalping BS, although there are few scalpers but extremely low due to signing the names and numbers. That made it too easy to secure one at launch. New batches come as well and the same practice is done, so any serious gamer wants a PS5 can get it relatively easy Vs fighting bots online.
Kena, Deathloop, RE8
skit_data
Member
Same here, I preordered when price was announced and said to my buddies ”Hey...you...might wanna preorder” and now they are talking about ”fucking scalpers!”.
I got mine at launch, they can suit themselves. I warned them. I’ll probably be the crazy guy in the bunker shooting people trespassing when shit hits the fan as well.
iHaunter
Member
Strongest first-year launch line-up of any console ever if you include Demon's Souls and Miles Morales too... Nutty!