How to Pre-Order PS5's 30th Anniversary Collection

The only link we'll need is eBay. 🤑

Why are they not doing side panels for existing owners? Why bother designing the console where they can be swapped out but only sell these as a limited edition console?

@carlos82 But you can't get the gray middle section that way. Is that not worth $200 to you?

Do we know the TIMES those products go live to pre-order? Nobody, not even Sony, is being clear about it.
Thank you!

@carlos82 Greed.

Do Sony really not provide times?
Should I stay up past midnight for the change of the date? Wake up early? Wait until some arbitrary time of the day?

I honestly don't like these designs. I get it — I like PSone-esque designs as much as the next guy. But the PS5 looks modern and sleek as is; the grey doesn't work with it. Same goes for the Dualsense, although the novelty works a lot better for an input device rather than a stationary console.

What the hell, I'm going to try for a ps pro.

How to pre-order: ... don't

I really want a dual sense controller. Hope I can get one.

Yep same day as the PS5 Pro.
Sony nob heads.
Make even harder or worse.

@NEStalgia 🤔🤔🤔, no it isn't 😆

@spcspc not yet. probably will be announced during the state of play tomorrow

12394 would have been a better number for the PS5 Pro consoles bundles.

Sony is delusional. No one is buying this. Lol.

@Sequel One of us. One of us. Gooble gobble, gooble gobble. One of us. One of us.

Any idea of what time they going live on Thursday.
I’m sure in the past I remember something like 8am or 9am around there.

Good luck to everyone trying to get one! I hope you are able to succeed!

@GamingFan4Lyf And if they can't succeed, I have my acrylic paints and disc drive at the ready!

I'll try for the regular Pro. Kind of scared at how much the 30th Anniversary bundle costs considering it comes with two controllers.

If it’s only PS Direct on Thursday how do the scalper bots get around that as you have to sign in and have an account etc?
Perhaps I’m being daft.
Do they create lots of accounts and addresses etc.

Why go through all that effort when you can pay scalpers to buy it for you, and for the bargain price of 10k

Jokes aside, im not getting one day 1, am gonna wait a bit for a sale or something. Maybe next year.

Good luck to those who plan to buy day one, hope Sony got it figured out so you wont have any problems obtaining one.

My bots and scripts are ready to go. VPN access and fake PSN accounts have been created. I can afford only half of the mentioned 12 300 units so wish me luck

What TIME though? I'm eastern standard and have yet to hear when the links go live?

@Czar_Khastik good luck I hope you get at least 6000 of them. I’m down for 1 myself.

@Romans12 you're joking right? It'll be sold out within 2 minutes. If even that long

@spcspc I work nightshift in the US. If these go live at 9am I am boned, totally passed out by then.

@Elitepatriot I hear ya!
I am on PST and I have a 9 to 5 type of job. I have my eye on the Dual Sense controller for sure...but damn, that PS5 Pro looks enticing!

Pointless article. Itll only be available a ps direct and dont even waste your time unless you want to relive pandemic hell of clicking f4 refresh all day just to see that scalper bots took everything and the remote chance you get lucky, millions of ppl are also trying to put it in their carts. Ill just get the normal ps5 pro from gamestop

@BeerMonster They literally told you "Pre-orders for all items in the PlayStation 30th Anniversary Collection will open on 26th September, 2024, the same day that pre-orders open for the standard edition PS5 Pro.
Orders will be exclusive to PS Direct"

@OldGamer999 I mean there's only 12000 of them. There's more legitimate individual scalpers than that! I'm sure they can all have a PSN account. Unless they're PC gamers

Beyond that, scalpers work in groups to secure all inventory. The bot nets work for their collective benefit, and they have the address for delivery split up among them. That's also how organized theft rings work when buying inventory including things like this on stolen credit cards. The merch is delivered to various locations and resold organizationally.

Plus PSN accounts just need an address and email. The bots can open a few tens if thousands of them in a few minutes. And the probably still have them from PS5 launch anyway.

Someone has not been doing their due diligence for the Tojo Clan I see....

Are we ever gonna get a PS5 super ultra slim that costs less than the original? I know we got a slim already, but that costs more than the original.

@CutchuSlow And you should be grateful to be paying more to support the hedge funds that own shares so creatives can keep getting fired after making the best video games like Concord!

I suspect at this point a price drop would be after the ps6 is out or just before. And the drop will be back to the launch price. Why cut prices if people are refusing to buy the competitors better cheaper product? It's like Chanel No. 5. It's like $100 a bottle and smells like a brothel, but people buy it...

@Romans12 I reckon the pro anniversary will sell out within seconds...

I'm seriously tempted with the Pro 30th bundle, unless it's much over a bag. I'm not arsed about the DualSense Edge or charging dock, although I'm sure all will be packaged in such a way as to be obvious if missing.
I'm 99% sure those who are after a Pro to use have a PS5 already or have been dragging the life out of their PS4 (Pro, as one of my friends has been doing) in anticipation of it so why don't Sony start with registering your interest via a console, sending an email with a priority link to buy?
Not sure if that makes sense (only been awake an hour) but preregistered interest in a preorder from confirmed preexisting members of the community would surely go someway to keeping the scalpers at bay?
It is inevitable that some people will buy to flip, some might even genuinely want one then change their mind and resort to resale, but I can see ebay being crammed with 30th anniversary items and PS5 Pro's at >double MSRP. And people will buy them.

It'll sell out in an instant.

Is any feedback allowed on here?

I hope the bots beat me to it so my silly impulse can be foiled

We are looking at about 1,090 per Country!

It's gonna be stupidly expensive two days away from pre-orders and still no price

@SystemAddict How I feel about it.

I just don't know what Sony were thinking, launching pre-orders for both the regular and 30th edition on the same day!

Totally bonkers, servers are going to crash and burn! No amount of "turning it off and on again" is going to work!

They've really not thought this one through properly, if at all!

If i remember the Spider-Man 2 PlayStation 5 I’m sure half of it was unavailable at the point of going live and my browser refreshing the page I suspect the same will happen again

00:03 26th and nothing on the website

@Luna-Harmony pre-orders go live from 10am

Ok thanks 10am crush it is.
One is on eBay already in the UK how on earth can they list one unless they work for playstation.

No way to beat the scalper bots. I'm good.

I’ll look to add the regular DualSense to my collection. Got the GoW Ragnarok, Spider-Man 2 and Astro Bot ones. These ones will probably be even more desired though.

Fingers crossed. My PS Direct experiences have been mostly good so far.

@NEStalgia just need an address

So say if you wanted 5 anniversary bundles you would need to wait at five different addresses for delivery? even in a group how would that work with delivery address and then there is payment and who profits what?

Step 1, lose all sense

@torquex family, friends, associates in the scalping game not scalping the same item, business addresses, etc.

In the theft version of the game they send to the legit address of the stolen cc holder and then have the carrier change the delivery address if it's not, like Sony, signature required. Or actually wait or have an associate wait at the right address to swipe it.

It's amazing what criminals and sleazy people. Sell a $1k pro bundle for $1600 give the delivery crony 100 to do nothing....

Does anyone know the ahipping dates? I fancy a controller but im skint until pay day 🤣. I remember Sony taking my payment for VR2 upon dispatch and not upon pre order. If thats the case with the controller i will nab one but maybe theyre ready to ship now 🤷

@Czar_Khastik good luck bro!

50 of those Sony PlayStation 30th Anniversary PS5 PRO Bundle already reserved for Singaporeans there’s a contest in their country it started today and will end in 16th of October. At least 50 Singaporeans will be chosen to buy 1.

Lol, I've been up several times over night to check. Trying for a 30th anniversary pro pack, but realise I've little to no chance
Hopefully I can at least get a standard pro..

@Luna-Harmony
They are just banking on the fact they will get one to sell, if they don't they'll simply remove the listing.

@Titntin you can try it on your local time 10am it started 10am in Singapore time today though for Singaporeans they need to join that contest at least 50 citizens will be chosen to buy one. Source store.sony.com.sg

@MisterXpoSay No its opened now and I'm in line to get a place in the queue. I've been waiting all morning and now I've missed it. Damn

@Titntin has it been on sale yet in the UK? I can't seem to find a clear answer. I just want the dualsense. I'm in the queue on PS Direct and I see the Dualsense is unavailable on Amazon which seemingly suggests its sold out.

Once again Sony fails to notify customers in adequate time of pre-order times. Just like the PS5 release in 2020.

@QwarktasticLombax
It's not available on amazon because it hasn't been released yet, pre order for everything from 10am.

@Titntin Are you in a queue or a waiting room, does your screen have a timer or does it say the queue is paused?

@Intr1n5ic
Queue is paused for me personally. I was in there at 6am and the queue wasn't there at all, all of a sudden the page popped up and it was paused, unsure how people got there before me but there you go.

@QwarktasticLombax I'm stuck in a 'Queue it' application - says it will let me in once there's room.
Same message since 8:05. There's a progress bar at the top that hasn't moved in 40 minutes.
@JustX Same mate. Got up at 6am.
@Intr1n5ic Its says queue is paused - maybe 5% of bar is yellow

Hoping the actual queue will start at 9am?

@Titntin
Exactly the same here.

It is a huge step of progress for Sony to do some kind of lottery, maybe for the 40th anniversary, they can just let everyone interested sign up and then send a link to the winners of the lottery.

IT IS NOT ROCKET SIENCE SONY!!!!!!!!!11!! HATERAGE ^^

@Titntin
Same here.
Should have done the Pro and anniversary stuff on different days.
I would say it’s the anniversary stuff most are after like a controller.

Makes me laugh that the website update states... "We're currently experiencing a large volume of customers to our site, blah blah blah" - really? You don't say? Wonder why that would be? Grrrrrrr

@JustX Yeah same. I'm trying to find out if there's a difference to what people are seeing. Mine says - You have been temporarily placed in a waiting room.

@Titntin Okay, I see that as well. I have a feeling I was too late.

@Intr1n5ic
Yep same here as yourself. What I don't understand is that I didn't even click on anything related to the pre order, I was sat on the page and it automatically refreshed and popped me into the waiting room.
As always it's a bit of a mess. The only ray of hope we have is that people already with a spot in the queue baulk at the price when they get there and leave, but, most of the queue is probably bots anyway.

feeling very deflated right now after refreshing all morning.

Don't feel bad folks, I naively stayed up at midnight thinking I'd be in with a shot! Ah, silly me. In a temporary waiting room 9 hours later, what could go wrong?

@Pranwell @JustX I just saw on reddit that it's listing price was €1100 in Germany, so likely £1000 for us. I guess we'll see what happens at 10.

Best of luck to everyone trying 🤞

@Orange_Juice i did exactly the same!

@NEOTDS Ah, don't feel deflated mate - if you are just after non anniversary stuff they will have high stocks and you should get to order it this morning.
Getting an anniversary one was always going to be really difficult and even though I wanted one, I'd have probably had a kitten when I saw the price - £1200? Maybe. As long as I can order a pro, I'm happy enough. Even if I cant get one from Sony, its available from amazon in a couple of weeks, so we will get what we want.
I would have preferred it if you could pre register your interest and have a more organised approach to this kind of process, but it happens every time, and with other popular items too, so I'm gonna take a deep breath, wait my turn and see what I can do.

Good luck to you all - unless your buying an anniversary pack ps5pro, in which case I hope you are behind me when we eventually get in the queue!

@Orange_Juice
Out of interest what time did you end up in the temporary waiting room?

Stuck in a "temporary" waiting room in a queue that's been paused for an hour. I ain't getting a Pro.

@JustX I gave up refreshing the PS Direct site around 2am, and when I woke up and checked again at 8:20am the waiting room screen was there to greet me.

i was refreshing up until just after 8am then when to get ready for work and at 8.24 i was in the waiting room

@jrt87 well people can join the scramble for a brief chance at one on Amazon, but as I've said before, you will be lucky to get one before the Switch 2 is released.

@Titntin thanks for the kind words. we're in the same boat wanting the anniversary bundle so good luck too!

The big lols here is for the general punter who just wants to buy a charging station or face plate (...uhh, I have to queue for this sh*t?? 😕)

Lottery my behind, the timer jumps up and down, I was at 8 minutes, 26,32,13, now 56.

I don't want (or more accurately don't need) the Pro, I just want to see if I can nab a Portal, but if not I'll settle for modding my existing one. Wish they could filter it by what you want to order, so the queues can be more specific to the popularity of the item.

Anniversary edition is sold out in germany.

the will be a large number of people who just want a portal or dual sense. they really should've spread them all out better

Everything is sold out here in Belgium. It went quick.

I needed to log in, then it was sold out. xD

I'd echo the sentiments of some others in the comments - we're all here for the Pro as we're mad PlayStation enthusiasts, and Sony will be conjuring up FOMO and hype with today's limited stock queue system. If you don't manage to get a Pro today, do not fret! There will be more stock in the coming weeks and months, and you will be able to get one. Do not feed the scalpers and opportunists by buying one on the after market!

Some people here did not had to wait at all, they posted pictures before 10 am and had one within 2 minutes after 10.

@springer17

Don't be too hard on them, there's no way they could've predicted this mass stampede, so it has caught them a little off guard 😡

to be fair, the reception to the pricing of the pro has been negative and polls show majority or people are not buying it so it is kinda shocking that people are flooding to get one now

@NEOTDS
To resell at extortionate prices on the bay.

Cool, Ebay has some available. Starting at 2400 €.

@NEOTDS

It was always going to happen. No matter what controversy is going on, when the time comes peoples FOMO hits hard, and they just buy

What a disaster.
Released to many things on the same day.
Perhaps AI is charge of the whole process.
Now human is surely this thick.

@Shwing real talk

Anyway... I spy with my little eye....

Sold out and the it crashed thanks Sony for the mess again.

Preorders started here but there is no PS5 Pro bundle, only the PS5 Slim, both Dualsenses and the Portal

@roe Sony's bank balance is the short answer.

I am currently in a paused queue on the UK Direct store. I just want the dual sense lol

@NEOTDS Don't ever believe that the net gives you a real picture.
The bulk of consumers are not on any of these sites and don't care for the manufactured gripes we see daily.
The same happened with the portal - it was attacked and laughed at by the same people, and went on to be one of the best sellers of the year (and a dam fine piece of kit too).
There are lots of people want this machine despite the bleating of those who are always trying to manufacture a disaster - you need to filter them out.

@Shwing I know, how could the creators of item scarcity & panic-buying know people would be panic-buying because of the scarcity of the items?

@Czar_Khastik What region are you in mate?

@ZeD same and same

@Titntin I was one of those folks who dismissed the Portal. I now own one and think its incredible.
I am interested in what the Pro Bundle Price would be. A sum of everything or a sum with a discount?

@Titntin I'm in EU, more precisely in Croatia. There is no PS Direct store here, just some official Sony partner retailer and they've put those 4 items I mentioned at 10:00 (45 minutes ago) up for sale. After refreshing like a maniac there is no sign of a PS5 Pro bundle

@ZeD 1.099 euro in Belgium.

@ZeD Germany was €1099, so it should be £999.99 for us.

Says the queue is paused for me; doesn't bode well.

@Intr1n5ic You know what.... that is tempting

Everything is sold out, except for the Portal.

At 10.36 in germany, the normal Pro was sold out as well.

Got a 30th dual sense controller from PS direct Italy happy with that!

In theory it was a good idea with the lottery, however in reality Sony failed us again. Shocker? Not really

@BloodyBlact Congrats 👍

@BloodyBlact Congrats!

@Czar_Khastik
I'm sorry mate, that sucks. It will be with retailers in 2 weeks, so hopefully you will get your opportunity soon dude.
@ZeD
Yeah, we also use the portal and it's a great bit of kit. I'm glad we got it!

Trust Sony to completely mess this up, why on Earth would you put the PS5 Pro preorders and the 30th anniversary stuff at the same time and on just one site?

Are they taking instant payment for controllers and portals or are they taking upon dispatch? I dont even know when they officially launch lol.

I wonder if the drop in the USA will be around the same time this morning

@carlos82 It's typical of any mega-corporation with a desirable product. Just throw them all out there at the same time and watch the carnage. At the end of the day they'll all be snapped up regardless :/

@Titntin Really, 2 weeks from now? Is that some confirmed information or speculation?

@Kidfunkadelic83 I would be curious about this as well. I kinda want to order if I can and see if I have regrets later and decide to cancel. Don't really want to be locked in lol

5 mins and queue is still paused. This should be fun

@Czar_Khastik
If you're interested in purchasing the new console at launch, then PS5 Pro pre-orders will go live on September 26, exclusively on the PlayStation Direct website. The console will be available to pre-order from additional retailers on October 10, before launching in full on November 7.
I just asked google, but I'd read it already so I'm pretty sure its correct.

3mins till 10am - I guess thats when we take our spot in the queue!

I missed the times when on release you could just walk in to the store and buy one. I had the Pro in my cart and payment failed up to three times. (Belgium). BS

As the Rock n Roll racing announcer says: -

" Let the carnage begin!"

10:00 Queue still paused...

@Titntin Thank you very much for the info! And also, good luck to you and to everyone else here

Someone let me out of this damn waiting room. I feel like Beetlejuice.

Just joined out of curiosity, all gone by now I suspect!

Why am I sweating 😂

@SJBUK I think everyone is still in the waiting room lol

So I'm in the queue but just nabbed the controller from Smyths Toys if that helps anyone.

They should've made us log into our PS accounts before hand and given us queue positions based on how loyal we've been.

Been in a waiting room since 8:30... This is really difficult to do while at work. (couldn't pass up that anniversary edition)

@Cloud39472 I am in a meeting at this moment for work lol

@Mattlong78 bugger. sold out now at Smyth's

@Cloud39472 Yup! And this would be the morning that all my colleagues come out of the woodwork with all their random issues and tech problems!

Still in the waiting room and I now need to leave to drive to Liverpool

I get the feeling the queue isn't actually working? Or at least, it's not fully switched on yet. I'm also in a meeting

Update:
Your estimated waiting time is: more than an hour

Looks like I will not be getting anything 😂

Has it just changed? It's saying my estimate wait time is more than an hour? Can't remember it saying that before?

I now have an estimated waiting time... more than 1 hour....

Oh well, it was never going to happen was it?

on sale at amazon now! got a dualsense!

@ZeD yeah so much for "no one is going to buy one". As I predicted, a lot of people have a lot of money and £700 consoles will sell like hot cakes.

my estimated waiting time is 5 minutes... ohh exciting!

47 mins for me

This diabolical process makes the UK NHS casualty waiting room look very good 🤣

10:10 UK time and im still in a waiting room on pause

Preorders now open for normal pro version from Smyths in Ireland. Got one just now.

Down to 37 minutes!

@Titntin Lucky you! Let us know if the buying process is painless.

lol, 'more than an hour' for me

Amazon UK have the dualsense. That’s it for me.

Mine is 42 minutes. Oh well, roll on the 10th 😄

@Pranwell Mine said over an hour lol

@Titntin
I’m on 8 minutes.
Got a bad feeling it’s all gone.

Nabbed myself a dualsense through Amazon at 10:11, took a few refreshes before it showed ‘one purchase option available’

@carlos82 Get some cheap ones in white from AE etc. Purchase some acrylic spray paint as close to #ADADAD as possible (something like Pantone 429 or RAL 000 70 00). Few coats and you're sorted. Can even get a multi coloured PS sticker from the aforementioned Chinese website.

The yellow loading bar is at least giving some indication we're moving.

"more than an hour" - my bad luck at it again. Guess I'll be getting zilch.

I've been in - it wouldn't complete the sale on a 30th edition (£959)
but I've just gotten a standard pro! yey!

@Pranwell no worries glad it helped someone.

@Pranwell Anniversary stuff has far more scalp/investment value I reckon, so a lot of people who don't necessarily want one for personal use, will be looking to buy one.

Suspect that most standard Pro buyers will be those wanting for personal use.

Edit: just saw someone say it is £959?! I don't think many profiteers will bite at that, so hopefully it will just be for enthusiasts who want it for themselves.

I got a queue time of 1 minute on my iphone. I think I managed to snag the 30th anni pro.

Regular Pro sold out in about 5 minutes here in Sweden, Anniversary Bundles / items even faster.

I am scared for the America cycle lol

Time coming down quickly, guess they've all gone and people are logging off.

@Titntin Congrats mate 👍

Back up to an hour, who knows. Better get back to work, good luck folks.

@Intr1n5ic Cheers dude, but I've had no email confirmation and the charge is not showing on Paypal, so I'm not convinced !

@Titntin
Got a white pro.
Did it by credit card and worked ok.

@Titntin are they taking payment straight away? They didn't for the OG.

This is worse than trying to get Oasis tickets 🤣

@OldGamer999 congratulations.....not jealous at all, nope not me🤥

@CrashBandicoat I agree, I really want a Pro but I can't justify outlaying that much money on a console even if I had the money available so anyone paying for scalped prices on the limited edition ones are just nuts

52 minutes for me.... no chance
47..

@Titntin I hope you got one!!

@JB_Whiting despite it saying the order had gone through, I've had no confirmation and can't see on the site as it sends you back into the queue! I thought I had an anniversary one as it allowed me to add it to the cart but then wouldn't allow me to pay. I deleted that and ordered a regular pro, and that did say it had gone through and I'd get Emails etc. Howver, no emails yet and there's nothing showing on paypal...

Well my yellow bar is just above the word "estimated" lol. No chance for me 🤣
Edit. Now 55 mins lol

@Loamy That could be why the charge is not showing
did you get an email confirmation. I haven't, but I assume their IT will be slow today...

@Titntin reminds me of when I got my OG PS5 off Amazon. It crashed, and then when it reloaded I managed to snag one. But it assigned it to an old card that didn't have the funds on it.
Luckily hey give a grace period where you could change payment details.

@Titntin Paypal and emails can take a while if their site(s) are overloaded. Don't the store have an "account" page with recent orders you made or somethng like that to check out if order went through?

I never want to see a loading bar ever again in my life 😂 this is painful!

I feel everything is sold out.... my time has jumped down to 20 min wait
EDIT: 11 mins 😂

@AndyKazama Nice. Hope it was not too much trouble.

@Titntin I'm in loading limbo so I can't help you there

I'm in there now (UK site). The 30th Anniversary bundle says "Currently Unavailable", so I guess the scalpers got them all already.

@Zeke68 Yeah but I'm in the queue to see my orders - gotta wait an hour Lol. Its OK, I have or a I haven't - if I haven't I'll just get one from amazon ....

@Zeke68 @ZeD same no email yet. Unforunately you cannot go back in because you'll rejoin the queue. I did see the confirmation page. so patience is required.

@Elitepatriot I set up passkey so my iphone logged me straight into Playstation, forgot to preload my credit card, fortunately I had a payment saved. waiting for the email

@Titntin Hopefully you'll already got one.

Was down to 20 mins now back up to 35......torture lol

@AndyKazama I hope you got one too!!

@AndyKazama So was it the rumored $999.99 equivalent over in the EU area?

American nightshifter over here, so keeping tabs on all the fun.

@Marquez payment taken instantly?

@Elitepatriot 959 british squid

@Discol76 yeah mine keeps jumping around

I’m UK now I can just bounce in and out of the website.
PS5 Pro can buy easy.
Not much Anniversary stuff left.
Edge controller and portal only.

Got to the front of the queue and as expected Pro bundle gone. Good price though, I was expecting £1200 and it was £959.

Looked at standard pro and decided against it, just didn't fancy it in that moment.

So I'll just stick to what I have for now.

Just so you all know, the PS5 Pro anniversary edition in the UK is...

Currently Unavailable

Don't go waiting for hours in the queue if that's what you wanted

My queue time keeps going up, Playstation has no idea how time works.

Mine went down to 5 minutes and then bounced up to 17 minutes and is just staying there... Ironic considering that's my lucky number 😂

@Ravix I follow threads all over europe atm just for fun. "Currently Unavailable" seem to be the current status overall.

@Titntin the charge will be taken when it's being prepared for dispatch apparently

Bouncing from 4, 3, 2, 4. 😂

Keeps jumping between 8 and 11 mins 😭

Currently getting "oops, something went wrong" when I try to checkout

Managed to get one.

I think I messed up and missed my change to snag an anniversary one. It let me add it and choose payment method, but then wouldnt let me place the order (was greyed out).
I quickly changed to a standard pro and it looked like it was doing the same thing, but then I clicked and confirmed the address, which meant it went through. If I had done that with the pro it would have gone through - drat!
I was in a panic that it wouldn't let me buy it and thought I might miss out on the pro... I guess I saved some money

Just got in. PS5 Pro bundle is all sold out.
Got myself a 30th slim instead, and a Dualsense Edge which is what I wanted more than anything tbh.

I gots me a PS5 Pro! Yaaaasss!

I've never felt the "shut up and take my money" meme more than right now.

@AndyKazama Thanks for that. I will consider the pro 30th. I wont get the regular pro. I will wait for future game announcements otherwise lol. But that anniversary does scratch a SpongeBob, "I DON'T NEEEEEED IT!" itch lol

@Titntin Amazon all gone

Pro 30th Anniversary Edition already going for 5 grand on Ebay.
No surprise there...

I would be curious on how they allocated the 30th anniversary systems per region if there is only 12300 to go around

Pro 30th bundles are out in the UK for anyone after one.

I got my controller though 🙃

@Medic_alert This is my mindset. If I can get the 30th at the us preorder mayhem, cool. If not I will wait for more game announcements. Looks like the EU battle was hard fought lol.

@Elitepatriot 20% US 20% UK 20% Japan, 40% to rest of world my guess

Gutted missed the pro bundle by seconds went out of stock as I was adding it to my cart 😫😭

Sooooooo, a confirmation email would be nice right now haha

It would help if Sony knew how countdowns worked 😂

@Ravix Haha. Yeah mine took about 5 mins to come through

Tells you not to refresh but the people who actually refreshed got put into the queue. Well done sony

@Elitepatriot I hadn't made up my mind at all on it, much more a nice to have than a need to have and I would have jumped on the anniversary edition at that price.

But in the end when I thought about dropping that amount of cash on the standard one, I just couldn't bring myself to do it - which tells me how much I really wanted it.

Anyone else "something went wrong" won't even let me checkout with just the controller

@ZeD Sony don't do time in a linear fashion, it seems.

Trying to buy it but keeps saying "something went wrong"

@Medic_alert Same for me. The Pro is quite pricey, but that bundle was a good deal.
I can wait. My base PS5 still has plenty left to give

@Loamy so true. Mine When from 11, 12, 20, 27, 30... back to 12

From germany, I just ordered a normal PS5Pro, looks like they did a restock.

I missed out thank god 😅 Might get the Portal my console is hidden from sight anyway

Also, can anyone explain why a standard slim is like £480 and the 30th anniversary is £433.99?!

@Titntin For whatever reason that site has never saved my delivery address, I have to manually add it every time.

I grabbed a pro using paypal as well and haven't received any confirmation either so I think we're all in the same boat.

Edit - Never mind, just got a confirmation email from Sony.

I wonder how many CEX bought 😂

@LN78 yep, my thoughts exactly. Have to queue again just to go back to your account, a rather clever feature 😂

It does make me feel sorry for the millions of people thinking "oooh just an hour left to queue now until I can order something"

@AndyKazama Something tells me the japan percentage would be the lowest.

@Ravix it would not hurt for Sony to actually update the info panel on the queue to tell us not to waste our time

@Slideaway1983 replying to myself, but nvm... Google decided to show me phat prices haha.

@Intr1n5ic Congrats mate - I'm in the queue again to check, lol. 'more than an hour'. I have a webinar to attend so I'm gonna get my profesional face on and try and forget it. A little early morning adrenaline was fun though.
Good luck to everyone still trying...

@Titntin Cheers.

I just got an email from Sony confirming so I guess Paypal won't acknowledge until dispatch.

@Intr1n5ic how long did the email take mate?

@ZeD I mean, there might be some stock of something, but I imagine most are queueing for the same few things, so a little info flash for what has gone would help people not waste time, yeah.

@Intr1n5ic @LN78 I think my email must be too old and slow, it's being overtaken by everyone else on here, should have got a nice fresh address just for this 😅

But I have an order number and I'm not afraid to use it, always make a habit of writing it down just in case 😬

Yes! Nabbed a Pro 😌

I can go back to sleep now... Was up until 7 this morning and only got an hour's sleep lol

Good luck to those still waiting 👍

@CrashBandicoat Roughly 10 minutes.

So I snagged the Dualsense, Dualsense Edge and the PS Portal. Lot of money? Sure. Am I happy with the purchase? Extremely.

We can also preorder the PS5 Pro and the PS5 Slim 30th anniversary but apparently the PS5 Pro 30th anniversary won't come here. I won't preorder the Pro yet, nor will I buy the Slim just for the plates. I really hope that Sony will release the unnumbered plates at some point in time because I really don't understand what is the point of a modular system if not providing your userbase with additional plates.

Dear lord, there's a bunch of shameless scumbags already punting the Pro on eBay for thousands. What fool is honestly gonna pay £6000 for a 30th anniversary console?? Madness

@Loamy Congrats mate, get some rest 😄

30th Anniversary Dual Sense Edge £69.99 @ Very oops

Edit - Now OOS, no surprises there.

@Orange_Juice I might paint my old PS5 grey and slap a sticker on it, see if there's any takers for half that price 😂

I got in at 10:15 and the 30th Pro bundle was already "currently unavailable". A shame because, as others have said, I was pleasantly surprised by the price. Nonetheless, feeling fortunate that I grabbed a regular Pro and 30th DualSense. I did receive confirmation emails, too; instantly. I also payed with PayPal and only received a notification for £24.99 which, I presume, is for the vertical stand I also ordered and that isn't a preorder.

@JustX There is no way they will honour that price lol

@Orange_Juice A collector with a lot of disposable income will unfortunately pay those kind of prices.

I've been collecting boxed systems since the Commodore 64 but I'd never pay anywhere near that.

@Intr1n5ic I've jumped in the queue again cos I forgot to get a disc drive as well 😅 Not sure if I'll make it through this countdown befo... zzZzZZZZzZ...

@NEStalgia Everyone has things they want to spend extra on why is that a issue for you?

Took 35 mins for my order confirmation to come through, so definitely a backlog there. I’d printed and screenshotted confirmation.

Shame the 30th Anniversary Pro was pretty much scalped away, but my PS5 is launch model, and will be nice to upgrade and sell on to cover some of the cost of white pro.

@LN78 I'm sure it'll be fine, but wow is it taking a long time for confirmation 😬😬😬

@Intr1n5ic what's an unopened 1995 launch PS1 still fresh in the box worth today?

I doubt a 30th anniversary edition Pro will ever be worth that much, so that would be my cap on what I'd ever pay for one.

@Czar_Khastik I did get the Portal I was working busy and totally forgot to check. I don't understand why they don't sell the controllers in the normal stores. I can understand the consoles but come on why gatekeep something as a controller. And I do also agree just sell the plates for the fans who have less cash to spend. And I want the controllers with colored buttons back.

@revansgc me experience for me, got in early could select the pro special edition, had to log, then site crashed two times, and then it was gone... °_°'
Dualsense and PS5 Slim collector also gone, but dual sense edge and portal collector are still available..
Standard Pro is still available as well

Managed to pick up the Dualsense controller - Which was the goal to be honest. Slim was sold out anyway was in the queue at 10:03 and got in at 11:15. So I'm happy!

Anyone not gotten their Email confirmation yet?
DON'T WORRY!
I've just queued again and got back in. My order is confirmed on the site, but I don't have a confirmation Email yet despite my order being placed at 10.10am..(its 11.30am now)
While I was there, I got a 30th anniversary controller as a kind of consolation prize for screwing up my anniversary console order!

thank you for confirming will check mine now it there @tintin, done some screen grabs

To anyone still waiting: The pro is still readily available 👍

Anniversary portal still available as well.

What a stress, managed to get into the first queue at 8.10am this morning on 3 different browsers, it definitely is a lottery as to position as on 2 of the browers I had a wait time of 5 minutes once the second queue opened and on the third browser a time of over an hour! (I'm in the UK)

I managed to snag the 30th anniversary edition pro bundle and for the price I am absolutely delighted, I will not be selling it on Ebay and plan on using it 😀

Hope everyone else gets the items they want/need

@CrashBandicoat Not that much to be honest. If you have the original launch it can go for quite a bit more than revisions because of its modding capabilities, but I've never been interested in selling personally.

The real money is in rare boxed games for these systems. I've got some neo geo stuff that's easily worth hundreds.

@ZeD
Agreed. It's now a 404 not found haha.

Finally got in. Got me the Shapes of Play Battle Board Game. Over the moon!

Managed to at least get myself a PS5 Pro for launch day. Good Luck everyone else, hope you got what you wanted!

@Loamy @LN78

Yep, I also got back in to see my order there in writing.

@Titntin I probably missed out on the anniversary by a minute too. It wasn't my intention to go for it, but when I saw that price it surprised me and won me round, so I clicked to buy it, but it was gone. As I'm on the site and got a place, I'm going to refresh on the PS5 anniversary pro a few times today, just in case people cancel orders and it reappears, if you've got a tab open, maybe try the same.

And yes, Regular Pro still available for people, the rush was definitely for the anniversary stuff, but if you want one, get it ordered, just in case.

bloody women

@Uppie85 Definitely a lottery! I joined at exactly the same time but had a 20 minute wait in the end. Sounds like I was still lucky, relatively speaking. Thrilled for you that you got a 30th edition; congrats!

Got two Dualsenses, first queue took about 35mins, the second to less than a minute. Apart from the PRO Bundle, everything else was available to add to cart. As per with Sony, it was a smooth process

Why remove my message?

Nevermind, it's back on 🤣

People already have 30th Anniversary Dualsense on eBay for £150+!!! Why?! It's readily available at RRP still! 🤣

Managed to get the PS5 Pro standard about 10 mins ago and just waiting for my confirmation email. The Standard PS5 Pro is selling a little slower than I expected although I can't imagine there will be much stock left beyond this afternoon. The best part is they don't take payment until they ship, so almost anyone can pre order and just save up.

@Zemo55 It's sold out in the UK now.

@LN78 stand, controller, edge as well as the ps5 pro though, you grabbed a bargain, really 😅 I'd have probably sold the edge to make it a bigger win, seeing as they never stock the replacement sticks anyway. Genuinely surprised it was £959 and the regular pro doesn't even have a bloody stand at £699

And using an anniversary addition knowing it won't lose value is kind of neat, whereas the pro is just the pro, forever. People will always envy your anniversary one

Not sure if anyone else had this but I reached my turn in the queue and the page crashed out, thankfully I'm not to fussed.

@Pranwell Same to you, mate. Not gonna lie, that anniversary bundle for £959 would have been sweet, but never mind, looking forward to playing Dragon Age on the pro when it arrives.

@CrashBandicoat given there's only 12000 of them this'll easily be worth a couple thousand

Damn no luck, i wanted 4, 2 for my cats one for me and one for p diddy to keep him company in jail.

Not that I'd be likely to buy one (I don't really need to pay extra for the Edge controller) but looks like the Pro bundle was never meant to be available here in Poland.
They did have the limited slim console, controllers and the portal (mostly sold out now)

As The Ghostbusters Said We Got One !!!

Clearly the anniversary stuff was the big ticket item.

You can log straight in now and order a normal pro.

Managed to get a 30th Anniversary Controller. Would have taken a 30th Pro or Disc but sold out by the time I got my turn. Better than nothing I suppose. Well done to everyone who got something and commiserations to those that didn't. There's got to be a better way of doing these things.

email came FINALLY

Was so lucky to get the 30th Anniversary Bundle. Think we only got 30 in Ireland and somehow I got one.

@QuestionMarc Congratulations!

Attachable disc drives sold out before the pro console.

Still anniversary ps portal stock, but the controllers flew off the shelves before I could even get it in the cart.

Controller was gone by the time I got through the queue. Annoying but nevermind.

@AndyKazama So you got the bundle? Nice!

Since we didn't get any PS5 Pro 30th Anniversary I've sat down to contemplate on this whole situation and went with the PS5 Slim 30th Anniversary edition which we fortunately got for preorder.

My old but like new PS5 will be a Christmas present for my nieces and the PS5 Slim will be my main console. If the plates from the PS5 Slim fit on a PS5 Pro than maybe I'll upgrade sometime in the future and switch the plates.

Again, is it expensive? Yes it is, but I was set on this and I'll also make some children happy so we all win.

@LN78 email is in my spam now, says 10:30am 😅 but it definitely wasn't anywhere when I checked before. Oh well. Order confirmed.

Check your spam folders anyone still wondering and waiting for the email confirmation 👍

@Czar_Khastik i sensed a distinct lack of sarcasm. Not what ive xome to expect from you. Disappointed.
Good deed on gifting you OG PS5 btw 👍

@Czar_Khastik Good call mate. I bet your nieces will be overjoyed!

Well, to get over the grief (joking) of not getting a 30th Edition Pro bundle I went back on after securing a 30th Controller and treated myself to the 30th Edition Portal eeeek lol. Was swithering about a Portal for a while. 30th Edition tipped me over the edge.

@Pranwell Nice one. I'm contemplating the same but don't know if I'll be able to resist. Just added the 30th Portal. That will definitely get used lol.

Scalping in progress...
Expect 200% prices on Ebay soon enough.

@Titntin @Kidfunkadelic83 Sarcasm was unfortunately absent as much as the PS5 Pro but I will continue to bring joy and old jokes on Concord-related articles.

Thanks for the nice words, I also hope you got at least something what you wanted from this anniversary event!

@Kalime78 Yeah, it sucks.

Looks like queing is up in the USA.

Many on eBay now for £5000 haha

@messimagician I found a listing from Jim Ryan himself for "Sony PlayStation 5 PS5 Pro 30th Anniversary Limited Edition Bundle A4" for just £999.99.

And when you scroll down the description it says: "Disclaimer, this is just a A4 sheet of the bundle image."

(The Jim Ryan bit is a joke, but the listing is not)

@Czar_Khastik Hi, is this still available?

@Elitepatriot yee haw. Not sure if I'll sell my current PS5, probably not, since I won't be buying the disc tray for a couple of months.

@Orange_Juice It is, if you're interested I'll try to bargain with the seller to give us 2 A4 papers for the price of 1

All I wanted was the controller.

Sigh

UK PS Direct still have white PS5 Pro left.
No queue at all now.

Maybe that price and small game advantage is not winning people over.

@Czar_Khastik yeah i got a pro, 30th pro, standard 30th, 1 of each controller and a 30th portal. I cancelled all of it tho out of pure rage when i see they had sold out of stands 😂.
Just a 30th standard controller and the 30th portal for me. Wife will pay for the portal for christmas for me.

@OldGamer999 nope sold out now

Managed to bag a controller but it had me sweating when I needed to log into PS Direct about 8 times!

Yup direct put me back in que, already sat through queue once. But guess it don't matter if bundles don't go up for sale for another hour

PS5 Pro currently unavailable in the UK. Took just under 4 hours. Not too shabby

The line is paused

Seeing all the 30th Anniversary PS5 Pro's on Ebay really gets under my skin. Went out of stock literally a few minutes before I got on there. Sonuvabitch.

@MrSands I'll sell you one of the two I got

30th anniversary edge back in stock on uk store not sure for how long

Me and the missus got two standard colourway Pro’s. Really wanted a 30th set with the portal too, but couldn’t beat the others/scalpers.

Really happy with that, hope everyone gets what they want up to and from the official release.

@Elitepatriot Same here, I was in super early and got kicked out.Now the line is paused for me. Guess we will see. Good luck to both of us!

I somehow preorderd the normal PS5Pro which i wanted. I was in the first batch (Belgium), but up to three times the payment didn't went through. Until i linked Paypal to my account and 2 hours after the initial launch!!! i could order a PS5Pro and got a confirmation mail from Sony in my inbox. A couple moments later the site says currently not available... In Belgium (EU i guess) you can only order the Edge controller and Portal for the moment.

@Czar_Khastik Someone actually bought that A4 sheet...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205013565573

My goal is the 30th Pro, but at the very least I'm hoping for a Dualsense and a Portal. That Grey is too good to pass up lol

@Zemo55 Ok. Thanks. Very generous!

Cued at 9.59 ready got i the cue for 10am and waited an hour and all the consoles where sold out i got a Controller though i wish they made cover plates for people that missed out as its such special colours and design.

@Luna-Harmony Atleast you have the controller. Same as me. But yesh, I agree, cover plates would be a thank you to all the fans.

Was there ever a Line paused for those in the eu/uk? The queue got paused and its very strange.

It says on the website until the 10th of October so will they realise a dollop everyday or has every 30th and Normal PS5 gone until they get Pro's restocked ?.

@Foxhound Yap, I went to check on the listing and couldn't believe what I saw. Oh well, I'm on a lookout for a limited A3 piece of paper so if anyone sees it, hit me up

Well. That was worse than expected. The only thing I wanted was a regular 30th DualSense, ah well, in 6 months they'll be on ebay as spares/repairs due to stick drift!
After that utter shambles I shall ensure anything PlayStation I buy in the future is from a (respectable) 3rd party retailer, because Sony can jog-the-feck-on if they think I'm gonna pad their coffers anymore than is absolutely necessary.

And at least at Argos I get nectar points....

@OldGamer999 direct have been sold out for a while mate. Last one went between 13.00 and 13.30.

@LiamOliver 30th anniversary gear and standard pro keeps coming in and out of stock in the uk. Keep checking I managed to bag a 30th anniversary edge about 30mins ago

Free advice: Don't.

I did get the portal and controller. They’re tactile; you can see em… does me

Got the DualSense, so I’m happy.

Could’ve done with some xplore in grey.

WE DID IT LADS, Pro 30th Secured. Whew.

I've been on the PS Direct site in the US for going on 9.5 hours. I was through and my "spot in line was secured" then the site refreshed and kicked me in to the waiting room where is said "the line is paused". 10 minutes after the sale was supposed to happen, my waiting room message changed to "Your estimated wait time is: more than an hour" and hasn't changed for nearly 15 more minutes. This is maddening.

US is bonkers. Over an hour just in the waiting room. Controller already sold out on Amazon.

Edit: able to get a 30th Dualsense Edge, which is what I was (realistically) hoping for, aside from the Pro 30th.

@flummerfelt Bloody well done! Got two Pro’s for me and the missus and was toying with the 30th Bundle before it sold out! Toyed too long, clearly! 😂

Now don’t mention how you made this purchase to anyone on this site or you’ll have a lot of accountants suddenly offering their free services in kind. 😂

Anyway, bloody well enjoy it bud! I’m just happy people who actually want this all are managing it. Not everyone of course, but I’m glad at least some are!

I got through the que and anniversary bundles sold out. Rip. Saved me $1100 lol

@Hordak I'm in the same situation.

The pro bundle was already sold out when my turn in the US queue came up. That was ~ 10:25 AM (ET). I was really hoping to match the color scheme of my PSVR2 which is already PlayStation gray thanks to the layer of dust that has settled on it.

One eBay seller:

"Up for sale: ** PS5 Pro 30th Anniversary Limited Edition consoles**—brand new, unopened, and ready for immediate resale! I will be using advanced bots to secure these rare consoles directly from the release, ensuring guaranteed delivery. These consoles are highly limited and will sell out fast, making them a perfect investment for collectors or resellers looking to flip for a profit. Secure your pre-order spot now and get your hands on one of the most exclusive PS5 editions ever made.”

Selling for $2k a piece…

Got the 30th Anniversary DualSense (what I cared about the most, TBH) and pre-ordered the regular Pro.

Shout out to the people that just want the cable 😂

Great job sony. ***** sold out. Stayed in line for nothing. 12,300 only is the dumbest idea I've ever heard. What a terrible anniversary. Only god damn thing I'm getting now is the controller.

Love how this anniversary edition made the PS5 Pro now look like crap. Spend $770 and still be disappointed.

Got the PS5 Pro & Dual Sense. Pretty pumped. I guess I just like shiny, new things 😂😂😂

Back in stock in UK for standard pro

In Norway the pricetag is 1400 dollars for the 30th anniversary. 1000 dollars for the pro. I can get a proper gaming pc for that amount...

Just got one. Not entirely sure why, already have a PS5. I guess I just want the newest and best tech out there.

As of 9:25 PST Controllers are still available in the US. All I really want is that cord.

Absolutely ridiculous. Waited about half an hour to get one of the controllers, and it literally wouldn't even let me add it to the cart even though it was still available. What a waste of time

Happy to have just pre-ordered the Dual Sense 30th Anniversary controller from the US PlayStation Direct store.

Well, this was a joke on fans!!! Even the dual sense controller is sold out.

Seem to have PS5 Pro white.
Back in stock UK PS Direct.

Jumped on the site earlier, signed in, said hour wait, just left the browser tab up. After an hour it went to the PSN store, clicked and got one, PS5 Pro. Very impressed with the frictionless experience, no tab refreshes, just sit and wait your turn. I like how they require a PSN account to order as well.

Very successful haul, didn't get the Pro bundle like I wanted but still got the regular Pro, Portal and 3 of the controllers! Much smoother process than in the past

Scalpers eating large today and no matter what anyone says they will sell their crap and idiots will buy them. The whole reason the scum exist and in the dawn of AI we still can't stop them.

@johncalmc I ended up doing it by purchasing one through Amazon and one through Smyths, by the time I got to my turn in the queue on the Sony site it never refreshed for me

Well that was easy lol

@Elitepatriot In Norway, yes. The 30th anniversary is 1400$

Sigh. I just don't like the PS5 enough to cave and pay scalper prices for the PS5 Pro 30th, as beautiful as it looks(Minus the missing PS1 teal/sea foam green & sky blue accents)...I'm content just getting the Vanilla Pro since it's going to be placed right behind the right side of my 65" QD-OLED TV Anyways, and out of plain sight.

I don't have any room for it in my TV stand, which already has a Switch, Panasonic 4K Blu-ray Player and some decor/filler. Just had to throw that in there, because everyone cares.

Still, definitely going to score two of those 30th Duel Sense's! Those will be far easier to get, I'm assuming, and won't grenade the wallet. lol

@NeonMullet I believe the dualsenses are already gone!

@Corc11
We'll be paying double the price a pop down in ScalperVille! Ala' eBay.

@johncalmc would allow more than one just not in a single transaction

@NeonMullet yeah, it's unfortunate but that seems to be the ways of the world these days

Sony US page still has Pros for anyone who wants one. I got my Pro ordered.

Managed to get myself a standard Pro this morning, thought I'd check the direct website again when I got home and saw that the 30th edition portals were still available, so bagged one of those aswell.
Both pads are OOS, but standard Pros and 30th ed Portals are in stock (UK at least )

@Corc11 there’s still some from my local Smyths. In fact the only 2 items I really wanted are the only two left, is funny like that but it feels like Sony direct wasn’t the way to go. Instead be in the know with 3rd party retailers prior

@SystemAddict I just took an educated guess from previous, Smyths, Amazon, Game and Very tend to be a good bet

About as fat of a disaster as I expected. I'm sure scalpers are very happy.

I did secure a DualScense Edge controller. My xbox elite controller has seen better days. I will probably use it mostly on my computer lol

Please can Push do an investigation into what is happening with GAME UK? Customers are being fleeced left, right and centre. Money taken, no games or consoles shipped I mean when do trading standards get involved?

@Corc11
The world sucks now. lol Where's my time machine/deLorean so i can blast back to the late 80's/early 90's and give the modern times the big middle finger. We're living in a far less creative corporate boring and lazy world these days. Pales in comparison to the 80's & 90's, how things used to be. Felt like we were living in a world(NA at least) that was full of imagination.

@ShonenJump121
What a bummer.
A regular Duel Sense retailed for $94.99 CAD
And now the scalpers are charging $250 CAD for the 30th Anniversary Duel Sense. Knowing me....I'll probably cave.