If you had trouble securing a PlayStation 5 pre-order last year in Europe or the US, just be thankful you haven't had to put up with the stock levels India has been subject to. The console was made available for pre-purchase this morning ahead of a release on 2nd February 2021, and every official outlet appears to have sold through its allotment in mere minutes. As reported by IGN India, the PS5 was sold out on Amazon within seconds while other retailers took just five to ten minutes to assign all their systems to customers.
Sources close to the site have stated that roughly 4,000 to 5,000 PS5 consoles were made available for the region's launch next month, but Sony has now assured those who missed out there will be another round of pre-orders. In a statement to IGN India, a Sony spokesperson said: "PS5 has met with unprecedented enthusiasm by PlayStation fans in India, resulting in a stockout during the pre-order period. Keeping the current situation in mind, we kindly urge all customers to keep their health and safety first and refrain from visiting any retail store to pre-order a PS5. Please stay in touch with retailers for the next pre-order phase."
For more general information on PS5 Stock, head on through the link. Had you been trying to secure a pre-order in India? Share your experience in the comments below.
[source in.ign.com]
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This just keeps getting worse for each gen. I remember the mayhem surrounding ps2 back in the day, and the ps3 and ps4... Im in Norway and have realized that I probably won't be able to get a new flashy ps5 until late autumn, if I'm lucky ...
At least it's a true preorder, not an online raffle like my country lol. Sony need to make more ps5 available, I hope the stock situations get better in the coming months.
how many went to scalpers?
Sony arent going to reach the target they wanted of units sold,
must be a major problem with getting those ps5 out, the other gens might of had problems with stock but not to this degree. with things how they are can see it being autumn before the console is readily available.
5000 doesn't seem a lot for a country the size of India
We really are in a crazy world at the minute.
In the UK at major retailers. There is no stock of.
Series x and s
PS5 both editions
Nintendo switch both editions
Some Nintendo lite available for now.
I have never known such a shortage of game consoles all round.
in my country is really hard to find a dualshock 4..crazy times..
@wiiware obviously they would want to. The demand is just so insane at the moment and because of the state of the world logistics have become an even bigger challenge than normal.
Hardly surprising, there were only 8 consoles allocated to India.
@Dezzy70 there's plenty of Series S in stock.
@Hyperluminal, @Dezzy70 There always seems to be Series S in stock. I'm trying to get a Series X but can never find one while been able to buy S at many times since release. Just isn't as sought after as the other machines. Annoying as they may have been able to double X orders otherwise
Series X seem to be back in stock over here (Poland)
Am relieved that I didn't wait for PS5 to come out here in India and bought the earlier-gen PS4 Pro in Dec '20 to resume gaming. Plenty of fantastic titles for me to sink my teeth into for at least another year or so, and then, if I am still into it, go for an upgrade!
@StonyKL considering PS5 has outsold XBOX series X/S by nearly 2 to 1 id have to say that either MS wanted to give the appearance of having a product thats as popular as PS5 by ensuring they sold out of the consoles due to purposely low stock or they simply overestimated the popularity of Series S and made too many of them and not enough X.
Are we ever going to get more stock in other places to around the World??? It seems after the 2nd pre-orders last year nothing since??? Come on SONY!!! MAKE MORE!!! (unless I missed another round of pre-orders)
I have yet to see a PS5 in a store since launch.
Madness
@StonyKL
They should have made more series x as in the UK they sell out quick and with the lack of PS5 and Nintendo Switch availability in the UK they could have taken some advantage.
In my opinion they should have made a disc less series x the same as the disc less PS5.
Time will tell.
Seeing this whole madness right now I'm happy that I bought a Switch day one and that I was able to order a PS5 at release.
Good luck to everyone! It's a fine piece of hardware!
@Dezzy70 yeah, there's stock at currys (UK store - there was when I looked and it was a day after stock came in) with a discount as well as an additional discount code on top. I almost bought one just because of the low price, even though I know I don't want the S. Crazy to think they are struggling to sell a next gen console even with discount! Why bother making any more of them with such a shortage on the X?!?
Let me guess, the number of eBay sellers in India also spiked right around the same few minutes, right?
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