Sony Admits Not Everyone Will Be Able to Get PS5 At Launch

Yeah I kind of assumed this already. I've made peace that I couldnt get one despite the heads up from geoff keighley on multiple accounts.

"In fact, it took the next-gen system just 12 hours to match 12 weeks of PlayStation 4 pre-orders in the United States".

This is ridiculous. All that blue-balling Sony did actually paid off.

In other news, water = wet

Well they can only manufacture so many consoles. I’d happily wait if it means they don’t resort to slave labour.

I hope I can get ps5 officially before the end of the year but beside singapore, we in sea country still didn't know when the console will be launched in here 😕

My brother was hoping to get a PS5 around launch but I told him that the demand is so high for the console that he'll be waiting a teeny while.

@nessisonett a lot of the production is handled in China. No matter what, some type of slave labour will go into your console. No way around that fact unfortunately.

Is it a greater possibility of getting your preordered PS5 if you got one direct from sony? Like the invites that were sent out last month and if you were to accept the invite are you guaranteed a unit? Knowing you secured the PS5 via sony?

I was lucky enough to snag a pre-order on Day 1. I keep checking its status out of fear of my order being cancelled, LOL.

@oldschool1987 Eh, companies managed to transition away from the Triangular Trade. We still have the same sugar companies we had in the 1700s so I’m sure tech companies could survive without that kind of labour if they really tried.

@nessisonett yeah, course they could end slave labour if they tried, I agree. But they ain't trying lol. So the PS5 we're getting will inevitably have some slave labour involved in its manufacturing.

@KeldorTheCursed I know exactly what you mean.

Hey folks, some digital stores in Brazil such as Americanas.com still have PS5 pre-orders available, in case you're ok with importing it.

12 hours? More like 5 minutes. I found it impossible to get one and I've succeeded at this sort of thing several times over the years.

@graysoncharles That's odd, it seems available for me. Maybe it's reserved by region or something... =/

Another possibility that I'm aware of is MagazineLuiza.com.br, not sure if the same regional rule apply.

I wasn’t planning to get one on launch. I was always gonna wait, I’ll probably get a PS5 sometime next year.

Glad I am buying one in 2022 where there is less demand for it..
I hope

I still worry that Wal-Mart is going to cancel my pre-order out of the blue. Just two more weeks...

Mines on pre-order with Demons Souls, Godfall AND............. Sackboy. I refuse to buy Spider Man MM till a price drop.
I am not suprised the console will be impossible to buy in stores at launch, I remember when the 360 launched.......... took nearly 4-5 months to get them physically in stock at the store I worked at?
(AND that was 1 of each? 1 premium and 1 core version)
There will be a lot of heart broken kiddies this Christmas

I'll be happily playing the upcoming titles on PS4 while I wait. No rush Sony!

@Ha1frican Water is wet not equal to wet

@nessisonett

I think it's pretty well known at this point some of the biggest business on the planet use force labour, in fact 83 that includes Nintendo, Sony & Microsoft a long with a lot of other like Apple, Nike etc.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/uighur-muslims-china-forced-labour-work-xinjiang-apple-nike-bmw-sony-gap-a9371711.html

@ShogunRok I mean, they opened for pre-orders more than 12 earlier last time, so when you have all that pent up pre-order energy so close to launch, I don’t think it’s a big achievement. It’s more of a mess honestly.

It took me at least 4 months after launch to get ps4, and it seems they are filling out way more ps5's than ps4 by an good margin.. IMO its annoying to complain about not getting Ps5 on launch day.. If you get the chance to actually buy it before Xmas, consider you're self lucky.. I'm waiting til at least next spring, before I get my ps5.. I'm very excited to see the reports after it's released, to see how good this machine really is

@Revengercm Switch demand didn't let up after two years lol so you'll never know

Saw this coming from months ago when fake news and FUD were talking about a small number of consoles available. Next gen is going to be huge as it as never been for PlayStation...
It's not about limited manufacturing ; it's about huge demand.

Good to see that the excitement and demand is there, but yeah it’s not all that surprising. Covid is bound to have increased demand as well. Bizarrely enough I wasn’t planning to preorder originally but just kinda got lucky with GAME when they put a few cancelled bundles back online.

@KeldorTheCursed me as well 😂

They were always going to beat that window as they didn't have 12 weeks once pre-orders opened before the console is out. Obviously they had more pre-orders slots ready as the PS4 was sold out with pre-orders too. 12 hours is impressive. Would have been more impressive if everywhere released pre-orders at the same time. He could have sold an even more impressive statistic then.

So if you do not have one preordered you’re screwed? I know people expecting to walk into a store on release day and pick one up, I can’t see that happening until January at the earliest.

@Turismofan88 Hopefully 2022 is not jacked with exclusives like 2021 and it is easy to get one

no sheet sherlock! isn't it obvious that the console won't be available for a while?

idk anyways, have enough games to play till they are readily available.

I guess nice for Sony but personally I would've liked it if sales weren't this high and Sony had to step up their game a bit with their value proposition. The console itself is good value for money sure, but the price increase for games is sketchy and value of Plus has been diminshing over the years while gamepass is only getting better.

A while back there was some discussion on this site whether Sony would change the subsciption models where Plus would include PS Now, and perhaps there was some cheaper alternative for online only. None of that came true unfortunately. In the meantime Sony is still killing servers for games less than 2 years old and shelving out monthly games like NFS that never sold well, were critically burned to the ground and are laden with MTX.

I'll see how it all plays out the next year or so. I have a Pro with an internal SSD so I can hold out for at least a year. The systemselling game hasnt arrived yet in my opinion. On PS4 it was Battlefield that pulled me over the line with 64 player servers rather than 24. That was a big generational leap (even though I played BF2 with 64 players on my laptop years before..). If Cyberpunk was an exlusive that could've been a system seller for me, but it isn't.

I already cancelled my day one morning preorder. Doesnt make sense for me to wait half year until ps5 is available as is info from my retailer . Sony is totally unprepared. But I understand they needed to start this holiday. It doesnt make sense to start in the Spring. So for now staying with ps4 pro and maybe I will invest into some new gpu for my pc. Rtx3080 or rx6800xt . For you who managed somehow to secure ps5 congrats and wish you many great hours of playing.

Kind of standard console launch right? Even the Wii U sold out at launch.

I do see more people ready to get a next-gen console at launch this time though. A lot of friends will happily wait 2-3 years to get a new console. I remember Christmas 2016 being the first time 'normal' people were talking about PS4, but this time so many of them are going straight in from the start.

Because you screwed it up with your botched pre order system

Most likely we here in Ukraine will not face any PS5's stock unavailability because there are very few people who can actually afford such a pricey toy.
I can afford one, but I am nowhere in a hurry. Will most likely buy the console after the Holiday season ends.

Sony’s pre-order process was a mess but both platforms were a mess. But it’s a next gen console I think even if Sony was more clearer on the set date they’d go live it wouldn’t have made much of a difference. Xbox had the same issue even giving a set time and date.

It’s not always good to get a first batch of new tech straight away as sometimes you can get unlucky with a bad batch! Plus we can play these games on current gen systems! Yes you aren’t going to get the full controller and console features correct but it’s something that we will just have to bite and wait.

Sony has held the hands up and said they could have done better but this is a very very hot product of 2020. We will just have to be patient.

Im hoping to get one early next year. Hopefully production is still going as fast as possible from launch right through to the new year and beyond. February and March seem like a good time to jump on board to me.

@TeapotBuddha Yeah, so far, so good on my end...

It's so close, yet it seems so far away. Can't wait for launch day. My extra controller and charging station were shipped yesterday via FedEx

I'm extremely disappointed, but also not surprised. The real question is when we'll be able to get one after launch. I'm hoping by Spring.

Either way, I'm done buying PS4 games beyond titles that aren't releasing on the PS5. I'll just wait and pause gaming if that's what it comes to.

Even though I got my pre-order and paid for it, I'm still expecting to not actually get one on release... It'd be nice and under normal circumstances expected... but I'm still prepared for the box to not show up.

I feel for all the one's that didn't get a preorder. I was one of the lucky few who did get a preorder,and its already paid off. Sorry😪

12 hours? Who the heck was finding them 12 hours later? Minutes would be an exaggeration, it's more like 12 seconds!

But of course, PS4 preorders launched quietly at the end of the night in the second week in June when only ultra geeks were paying attention to E3. I'm not sure why they're saying "12 weeks" for PS4 though. It certainly was better than the 12 minute window, but most preorders that were available E3 day were gone by noon the day after.

But they did say they had more PS5's available than PS4s, so naturally they're going to sell more preorders if more preorders exist! I'm sure demand is higher, but it's kind of an empty statement when they could have sold more PS4 preorders if more were available, as well.

Depending on your dedication, you could still get one on launch day if you show up early. When the Switch came out, I just went to Target the minute it opened and got one. Not all retailer stock is reserved for pre orders, they specifically keep a number of units just for walk ins.

@Snake87 @Enuo @KeldorTheCursed I think thats the situation that makes things worse this generation. Having a pre-order but not knowing if it will honored at all is terrible. I think its worse for anyone that managed to squeeze in a pre-order by constantly refreshing and trying to check-out; because you might have slipped through a crack in the ordering system, and don't actually have one allotted to you when stock arrives.

All of these stores should do a double check of their pre-orders based on their expected stock and send out confirmations.

@NEStalgia 12 hours (for the overall time span) makes sense actually, because not all stores launched them at the same time, some site were broken and launched them many hours later (like Amazon) and others launched them the next day (like Sams Club).

I Pre-order my PS5 with the expectionation of having to wait on mine.

It's also close to Tasha Cauldron of Everything so will most likely be reading that to pass the time.

@thedevilsjester yea it was absolutely crazy trying to pre order one and I had the refresh problem with Game when at the checkout as well and I just couldn't be asked to go through the frustration of
it all late at night. Thankfully I managed to snag one through Very the following morning and it seems to be arriving on time. But like you, I was checking each day and worrying about whether the pre order would be honoured etc. First time getting a console at launch as well, although it was a bloody hectic lol! Hopefully no further bumps in the road to launch!

I want to thank everyone that managed to secure a launch ps5. Test it out well and report all the bugs so I have a perfect experience when I get mine in March. Thanks again.

@banacheck I don't think he had any intention if standing by his "principles" regarding giving business to companies that use slave labour. I just think he wanted to virtue signal again.

@Tmw1984 you’ll be checking YouTube constantly for Digital Foundry coverage while the gamers game

@2cents of course I'll be watching YouTube videos. But Ive bought ps1 ps2 ps3 ps4 day one and have learned my lesson. The experience is best after a few months of bug fixes. Hope you have fun though "gamer"

@Pillybaul If you got a Sony preorder and ordered one, you are solid. Come on Nov 12th already!

I'm surprised and kind of disappointed by people priorities. We are in a global pandemic, on the verge of a terrifying and very nasty global economic recession and people still break sales records for a video game consoles. How the hell people can find that kind of dough without cutting on essential things like food and clothings for their kids? Is FOMO really that strong now in people's mind?

According to an october 2020 Axios article:

"A person who is looking for a full-time job that pays a living wage — but who can't find one — is unemployed. If you accept that definition, the true unemployment rate in the U.S. is a stunning 26.1%, according to an important new dataset shared exclusively with "Axios on HBO."

@dexter419 i got my extra dual sense preorder controller on Wednesday!! It feels so good in my hands!!

I for one, think that people should boycott the individual sellers who are using bots to grab up several of these and then resell them for thousands of dollars. Now, I'm not saying to not purchase one for thousands, pay tens of thousands f that's what you want to do... but I do think that whenever we see sellers that have these pre-release and early launch items, and they somehow have 5,6 or even 10 of them for sale, then it becomes obvious that they are using bots and the entire community should boycott those people... Leave them stuck with a half dozens units that they can't sell. That will discourage people from using bots.

@dexter419 i got it but games are wrecking havoc on my system... almost breaking it. Spider-Man miles morales and sackboy adventure...