Will there be any other opportunities for us working people to preorder a PS5?

[Madden08PCgmr]

Best Buy is live.

Relatively painless.

.. Costco posted their bundle. But it says sold out, and not shipping until Turkey Day.

[RollTideRoll0929]

So I got on the Walmart site about 5 minutes early and continuously hit refresh hoping to luck out and about 2 minutes after noon I got lucky and saw the 'add to cart' button so I clicked it, took me to the shopping cart, went to check out and the site crashed. I hit refresh for about 10 minutes and it finally came back up. Went back to my cart and it removed it from my cart and said "out of stock". What a bunch of B.S. , I literally had it in my cart and was ready to pay!! It shows up as saved for later but I HIGHLY doubt itll add it back to my cart when they release the next wave of PS5s. I'm destined to get screwed out of buying one somehow

[kt-od]

Quote: Originally Posted by RollTideRoll0929

So I got on the Walmart site about 5 minutes early and continuously hit refresh hoping to luck out and about 2 minutes after noon I got lucky and saw the 'add to cart' button so I clicked it, took me to the shopping cart, went to check out and the site crashed. I hit refresh for about 10 minutes and it finally came back up. Went back to my cart and it removed it from my cart and said "out of stock". What a bunch of B.S. , I literally had it in my cart and was ready to pay!! It shows up as saved for later but I HIGHLY doubt itll add it back to my cart when they release the next wave of PS5s. I'm destined to get screwed out of buying one somehow

The exact same thing happened to me. What a mess.

[RollTideRoll0929]

Quote: Originally Posted by kt-od

The exact same thing happened to me. What a mess.

This is probably the most chaotic cluster#@#% of a launch nightmare that I've ever seen, including the PS3. So many people missed out on the first opportunity to preorder because they didn't really let anybody know what day preorders would be going up until it was too late. They did an extremely limited second preorder which sold out in like 3 hours. Playstation 3 was a headache on launch day but at least they had some kind of supply available to buy, just had to get there early. Playstation 4 was no issue at all to preorder, they gave plenty of heads up so most everybody who wanted one was able to purchase. I do realize we are in the middle of a pandemic, completely get that, but it still shouldnt have been this difficult to preorder.

[kt-od]

Quote: Originally Posted by RollTideRoll0929

This is probably the most chaotic cluster#@#% of a launch nightmare that I've ever seen, including the PS3. So many people missed out on the first opportunity to preorder because they didn't really let anybody know what day preorders would be going up until it was too late. They did an extremely limited second preorder which sold out in like 3 hours. Playstation 3 was a headache on launch day but at least they had some kind of supply available to buy, just had to get there early. Playstation 4 was no issue at all to preorder, they gave plenty of heads up so most everybody who wanted one was able to purchase. I do realize we are in the middle of a pandemic, completely get that, but it still shouldnt have been this difficult to preorder.

100% agree. The 3 pm supply at WM was even worse than the noon. The site crashed within seconds.

[Balldude777]

Does anyone know if Amazon is getting any in stock today? Or did I already miss that? I didn't see any info about it.

[Madden08PCgmr]

Quote: Originally Posted by RollTideRoll0929

This is probably the most chaotic cluster#@#% of a launch nightmare that I've ever seen, including the PS3. So many people missed out on the first opportunity to preorder because they didn't really let anybody know what day preorders would be going up until it was too late. They did an extremely limited second preorder which sold out in like 3 hours. Playstation 3 was a headache on launch day but at least they had some kind of supply available to buy, just had to get there early. Playstation 4 was no issue at all to preorder, they gave plenty of heads up so most everybody who wanted one was able to purchase. I do realize we are in the middle of a pandemic, completely get that, but it still shouldnt have been this difficult to preorder.

Why not just do good old fashioned pre-orders?? First come, first served. Pay up front, or with a deposit.

Are retailers that lazy these days? I find that really hard to believe, given what I see as insane demand, and with a massive recession staring everyone in the face.

Just pathetic, really.

[itsmb8]

Quote: Originally Posted by Madden08PCgmr

Why not just do good old fashioned pre-orders?? First come, first served. Pay up front, or with a deposit. Are retailers that lazy these days? I find that really hard to believe, given what I see as insane demand, and with a massive recession staring everyone in the face. Just pathetic, really.

Literally my exact thoughts as well. I'd be totally fine with not getting one until Black Friday or Christmas if I knew id forsure have one. Especially for me.

Back when preorders started, COVID hadn't hit me that hard, and I could afford preorders for both consoles. But now it has, and I traded in my consoles in anticipation, and I dont even know when they'll be back in stock.

This whole fiasco was just so avoidable.