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UK PS4 pre-order site launched by Sony

Users in the United Kingdom can start placing pre-orders from selected retailers.

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BadboyCivic3981d ago (Edited 3981d ago )

Great news, I wonder if they will price it better than PS3 launch

I just want to be able to afford one at launch. First wave of PS3 went on eBay for crazy amount of $$$$$

iGAM3R-VIII3981d ago

Sony did say that they learnt from their mistakes from the PS3 launch so I could anticipate a much lower price than the PS3 at launch

HammadTheBeast3981d ago

Well they got rid of the cell, Blu-ray is MUCH cheaper now, and the parts are probably cheaper than they were 7 years ago.

Then again, everything is updated, and it is a beast of a console... around $350-$400 is my guess.

Soldierone3980d ago

Yeah, and there will be idiots sitting in line buying up entire stores stock to put them all straight on Ebay....

I hope GameStop and other major retailers have names listed and addresses in some major database so they can't store hop too. Keep it to one per person, two per household. That way these scammers can't have entire lines of people just to gobble up the inventory....If you want more than that, then wait for second shipment.....

Was so annoying trying to find a system this generation only for employees to go "Yeah some guy came in and bought 20 of them so he could flip em on Ebay....."

ulissesnascim3980d ago

Is it just me or the PS4 price is confirmed at 400 euros?

kreate3980d ago (Edited 3980d ago )

'Yeah some guy came in and bought 20 of them so he could flip em on Ebay.'

this is an extreme case. most major retailers would not allow this. i guess if u have cash on hand u can go and buy 1 at a time.

but that statement sounds more like 1 guy came and bought 20 in 1 transaction.

even if its not launch, most major retailers puts a red flag when someone tries to buy that many of the same electronics on 1 transaction.

retailers dont even like the chinese coming over and buying 20 coach bags in same transaction just to take it back to china and make a knock-off of it and sell it at mass production back to americans and other people for half the retail price.

maybe it depends on the country ur at. but im talking USA.

Tonester9253980d ago

Buy 2 PS4's then sell one for $$$ then buy all the launch games

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Crazyglues3981d ago (Edited 3981d ago )

Why are you able to pre-order in the U.K. what about the U.S..

I want to pre-order....

-I'm ready to order Mine now along with My -Day-One- Games..

BF4
Assassin Creed IV
WatchDogs
KillZone
Second Son
DriveClub

Sony I'm ready, tell Amazon to start taking Pre-orders, I want to lock mine in...

(I can't tell you right now in the U.S. it's going to be a feeding frenzy at launch, best way to avoid that is to lock in your pre-order)

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twinspectre3980d ago

dude why you support games with DRM?? EA ,Activision and UBISOFT supports DRM , i don't support these publishers because of DRM

BDG3980d ago

Amazon UK been taking pre orders for few days now
I ordered mine already :-)

Crazyglues3980d ago (Edited 3980d ago )

@ twinspectre

well we don't know for sure if it will have that on PS4 or not... if it is then I wont' buy those -so until we know for sure they are day one's..

-But E3 should answer these questions for us..
(So we shall see)

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Garbanjo0013980d ago

I'm agains the DRM movement, but I do find it useful in a way. Digitally downloaded games makes the console better meaning I can play oldschool games that I want to play, because PSN is going to reveal long time coming digital formatted video games.

However I am also against it because I like the idea of backwards compatibility. That being said, it doesn't matter about it being DRM, because new consoles and games are coming. I want one at launch, but I doubt I can get it.

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ijust2good3981d ago

Good, they cannot miss out UK launch this fall. Xbox 360 has dominated the UK this gen. They cannot give Xbone any breathing space if they wanna reclaim this ex sony territory.

iGAM3R-VIII3981d ago (Edited 3981d ago )

hate to rain on your troll parade but the PS3 is more dominate in the UK. In fact the UK has been Sony's LARGEST buyer and it always was and will be their territory

Based on VGChartz, Sony sold 30.4 million in Europe and MS sold 24.1

IRetrouk3980d ago

Gamer i think he is talking about just the uk, not europe as a whole.

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iGAM3R-VIII3980d ago

Duh I know he means UK. I couldn't find any chrts about only the UK so I did Europe instead which means that since the PS3 is stronger in Europe, I am assuming it is doing well in the UK.

@ANIALATOR136 "And the fact that 360 is the cheapest and thus easiest to get hold of console"

How?

GribbleGrunger3980d ago

The 360 definitely sold more than the PS3 in the UK, but sold a lot less in Europe as a whole.

UK sales:

360: 9 million
PS3: 6 million

European sales:

360: 24 million
PS3: 31 million

kreate3980d ago

@gribble

can we get a source?
where are these numbers coming from?

im sure the sales of the 360 is higher than ps3 in the UK but the general popularity seem to be shifted a bit where ps3 and the xbox is equally popular nowadays.

anyone in the UK want to make a comment about the popularity of the consoles in the UK?
other than fanboys?

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ajax173980d ago

Those Kaz gifs just get weirder and weirder. I love it!

Anon19743980d ago

What killed me is last week when Blockbuster in the UK claimed record Xbox One pre-orders when they weren't offering any pre-orders of any other console. Kinda like going onto a car lot where they only have one model and having the salesman say "It's our best seller!"

I see they're still not offering the PS4 for pre-sale in the UK which strikes me as odd. I guess Blockbuster isn't one of the "authorized retailers."

It'd be interesting if these other guys game us a glimpse into what the pre-order demand was like comparatively, just out of curiosity. Probably not much chance of that happening though.

GameCents3980d ago

Maybe learn to read and comprehend. They said most pre-ordered in Blockbuster's 24 year history. So it was a tally of all past consoles not just this generation.
This includes Wii, Wii U, PS3, PS2, X360, the lot. So not including PS4 pre-orders isn't being inaccurate in the least.

We all know you wouldn't be pointing this out if it were the other way around. Your fanboy bits are dangling. Cover up.

Anon19743980d ago (Edited 3980d ago )

Not sure why you're panties are in a bunch. I just pointed out the fact that the PS4 wasn't available for pre-order at Blockbuster. Nothing in your little rant does a damn thing to alter that fact. Nice try though.

As for "the most pre-ordered console" in Blockbuster history...fantastic! How long have they been taking pre-orders? What kind of numbers are we talking here? Have they allowed pre-orders online in the past? If so, what consoles have been made available for pre-order previously?

You say all those consoles have been available for pre-order through Blockbuster including the PS2? Interesting considering you can pull up a list of authorized PS3 retailers from around the time of launch and guess what....Blockbuster isn't on it. With launch consoles limited, you think Sony made a lot of consoles available for pre-order to a company that wasn't even authorized to sell it's hardware in the first place? What hardware has Blockbuster UK actually sold via pre-orders? Do you have any proof whatsoever to back up your claims?

Use your head.

GameCents3979d ago (Edited 3979d ago )

No you didn't JUST point out that ps4 wasn't available at Blockbusters. Your whole comment implied that in the whole history of Blockbusters, only Xbox One had ever been up for pre-order.
Here you go.
http://www.avforums.com/for...

Are we done?

nosferatuzodd3980d ago

Hey sony psst over here remember us over here in da usa make a site 4 us too ok

yeahokchief3980d ago

@soldierone one of my roomates in college did that with 3-4 wiis to help pay for his car. I couldnt believe people were willing to pay so much. why wouldnt they just preorder?

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Arai3981d ago

This was recently added and that link only exists for the UK.
I've tried Netherlands, Finland and the US...it doesn't exist.

I wonder what's going on, this is the main page it's found at: http://uk.playstation.com/p...

saint_seya3981d ago

OMG u see that deep down is there as a game, like i had my doubts if was it, though was more a target demo, but if is in there is a real game #HappyGamerHere

Bluepowerzz3981d ago

cant wait im from uk huge sony fan

superterabyte3980d ago

U.k., Sony fan, android fan. We're a rarity son.

bub163980d ago

that we are! shopto 399, not to bad of a price, UK always seems to get ripped off aswell

SniperControl3981d ago

Already pre-ordered from Game back in February!

IRetrouk3980d ago (Edited 3980d ago )

Yep im there with you, that deposit got thrown at the sales assistant quicker than a bullet lol

Edit.
Noticed people that said they preordered in feb from game are getting disagrees, its a fact i preordered mine in feb too, game were on the ball from the get go lol

MRMagoo1233980d ago

same thing happened here in Australia, as soon as they did a ps4 reveal EB games where taking pre orders to guarantee you a ps4 at launch, i think i was first to get one in and im at $560 now.

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

Profchaos7h ago(Edited 7h ago)

I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.

I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons

I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.

exputers3h ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

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Sony Could Increase Your Game's Difficulty If It Sees You Complain About It

Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.

jznrpg15h ago

This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.

Profchaos15h ago

Souls games will be like that players struggling make it harder

PassNextquestion14h ago(Edited 14h ago)

I think if used correctly it could work well

jambola10h ago

cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me

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PlayStation Doesn't Need a Dedicated PC Store Launcher

With all the PlayStation games that are now coming to PC, is it time for Sony to release a dedicated PC launcher?

thorstein4d ago

No, and they already solved any need with the overlay that's coming.

Vits4d ago

Unless they are trying to kill their recently created PC business, I would advise against opening a dedicated PC store. It's an extremely hard endeavor, and people, in general, are very comfortable with Steam. Even Epic, with their billions of dollars invested, is still struggling to find a foothold, and they have Fortnite.

just_looken3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Money is one thing security is another but again millions have 0 knowledge past 2020.

Epic store for years struggled with a shopping cart/account theft/credit card theft

Rockstar launcher/store to this day over 5 years later still has horrific user interface security flaws lost account's and stolen CC

Then you got that activision need phone number oh we lost it launcher

The crown jewel is the ea launcher/store ea app 3 yrs old still has hundreds of threads were people lost games/accounts/game access or just straight up crashes.

Edit" Oh ubi launcher were you buy a game that may or may not be there again or work and the launcher 5yrs old still has no 4K support if you launch it on a 4k screen there is a high chance it will just crash.

ocelot074d ago

Can tell who ever put this together is not all that clued up on pc gaming.

It's just a known fact. The PC gaming community prefer Steam and Steam alone. They don't like different launchers. I personally don't mind them. But majority just stick with steam. Hence why EA and Ubisoft went back to on releasing on steam and why Microsoft release games on steam as people hated buying from the windows store.

The only other launchers that I imagine are doing ok is GOG due to being drm free and epic games due to the free games every week. Sony shouldn't release any sort of pc launcher n

Nitrowolf24d ago (Edited 4d ago )

It literally says in the OP that PC gamers don't like multiple launchers lol. It even mentions Steam being the go to for gamers

Tacoboto3d ago

Title: "PlayStation Doesn't Need a Dedicated PC Store Launcher"

N4G: "Can tell who ever put this together is not all that clued up on pc gaming"

When you don't even read the headline...

ocelot073d ago

I read it and had a brain fart. As read the title then this "With all the PlayStation games that are now coming to PC, is it time for Sony to release a dedicated PC launcher?"

So I hold my hands up on that mistake. Rest of my comment still stands.

Giblet_Head3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Steam and GOG are highly preferred because of the rich feature set. Ubisoft, Rockstar, EA, Epic etc have all set a precedent over the years for customers to instinctively expect individual publisher launchers to be so extremely half-assed that the majority simply don't want to bother dealing with what is almost an inevitable disappointment by comparison to Steam or GOG. Those publishers and their inaction or general disinterest to improve have effectively ruined any future adoption to be taken seriously.

Einhander19724d ago (Edited 4d ago )

This is just another ridiculous double standard article.

It's like how Microsoft can spend 20 years of making nothing but gaas and live service style games to sell microtransactions, dlc and subscriptions and get praise for doing it, but if Sony wants to make a single game like that every website under the sun is writing articles saying how Sony is anti-consumer or whatever.

derek3d ago

Yep, huge double standard look at the tortured reaction to the ps5pro, websites hyperventilating like Sony is forcing people to buy it.

just_looken3d ago

Wait my xbox from 2004 has avengers gaas on it? wow your so smart

m$ Gaas started with the other companies like sony

Gamepass yes they are deep into that but its still a huge money saver sense you do not own your games then get a service like that.

Now there pc xbox launcher that is trash for years now

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