EB Games Sells out of PS5 Pre-Orders within an hour - Operation PlayStation

DASH and Paul discuss today's madness from the PlayStation 5 Showcase to the controversial opening of PS5 Pre-Order's that surprised many gamers.

[pwnmaster3000]

Not surprise.
1. Is a new console
2. They starved people for information on the new console price and they made the pre order for the next day. A lot of impulse buyers.
Smart move by Sony imo.

[SullysCigar]

Not so sure about the 'impulse buyers', people have been waiting for the preorders to start for months!

[VenomUK]

Amazon UK sold out in less then 20 minutes and they get the lion’s share of stock allocation.

[TallDarknWavy]

I don't know why physical retailers are carrying digital only consoles. Digital consoles spell the death of physical media and the monopolization of publishers to charge whatever they want on a digital store. If they had any brains or balls, they would refuse to sell any digital only consoles to keep used game sales alive. When there is only digital media say goodbye to common game sales, there's a monopoly on pricing and no need to compete with anyone else. Doesn't anyone understand how free markets work?

Physical retailers are just desperate to have anyone come in their store and buy things, they'll sell a digital only console even if long term it spells the death of them. Idiots and cowards, they are.

[Rude-ro]

😂
Nope.
It is just the most wanted gaming product.

[DashGamer]

I'd say it was a surprise to many due to the fact that Sony had promised that we would get an alert ahead of time. But they just decided to turn on pre-orders within minutes. Sure, it follows a similar pattern that the company taken in the past, but they kinda went against their word here.

[Profchaos]

Anyone who was around last console launch will know get on it asap or wait two months

[RpgSama]

Yep, some people were complaining about Sony Misleading people about pre-orders opening today only to wake up today and find out that they were sold out, I tried midnight EST first and then 3 hours later midnight PST, was able to secure mine from best buy, today started at midnight, not at a comfortable 8 am. The demand is just too high.

[Profchaos]

Yeah I ordered mine at 730am AEST the press conference started at 6am here caught most people off guard as yeah that warning was never really given. I thought that in the states they were saying that pre orders were the following day?

[RpgSama]

@Profchaos

Yeah, the following day starts at 12 midnight, that's when all these online stores (Best Buy, Gamestop, Walmart, Amazon, Target) updated their sites and opened pre-orders.

There was just too much demand for anyone to wait a good 8 hours until you woke up the next morning.

[medman]

@rpgsama
Yes. I tried accessing best buy's crippled system earlier in the night, no luck. Error after error. Woke up during the night and gave it another shot at around 2-230 eastern time usa. Still had many problems and had to refresh cart and payment screens several times, but finally it worked out and I got a preorder. We should not have to jump through hoops this way. Sony and the retailers dropped the ball on this. Sony's global head of marketing said in August that gamers would be given ample notice about preorders and would not be blindsided. I would like to call that man incompetent and a liar directly to his face.

[monkey602]

Everywhere that did take orders got fleeced within the hour.

As more businesses open throughout today expect more of the same

[monkey602]

Gamestop here are selling "PS5 queue orders"
So many people think they're getting one with it but the list is endless. They'll just keep letting people buy into the list. Most probably won't see their turn until 2021. They need to market that more clearly. I'd hate to be working there this Christmas 😬

[CorndogBurglar]

Thats how Gamestop has always done console launches. They keep taking orders and once they blow through their initial stock you go on a waiting list. But you are right. They've mostly been transparent about that in the past. But Gamestop is hurting and has been doing very underhanded things with customers for the past few years, so it doesn't surprise me that they would trick people into thinking they are getting a pre-order console.

[Profchaos]

Yeah our stores in Australia has their 2020 stock sold out in the first hour next shipments will be early 2021.
Reminds me of the ps4 which I missed November and I got my console just before Xmas

[SullysCigar]

It's PS5 lol if you snooze, you lose!

[DashGamer]

Huge Agree

[roadkillers]

Fuck em then. The little kids can get it, while the adults get up for work like everyone else. I'll buy when the exclusives cone out

[SullysCigar]

Lol bless... The exclusives like Demons Souls that will be there day one?

Good luck with that, my friend!

[roadkillers]

^ I played and enjoyed the hell outta Demon Souls on PS3. It is a great game and anyone who hasnt experienced it should. The moment you meed the first dragon and the path and run from the fire, amazing. Then you find out there are numerous ways to kill enemies (Like hide in the corner and shoot the dragons tail until it falls off).

Amazing game, but just like any other game, if you played it enough you want something different. Same with Shadow, I played that game so much I didnt beed the remake.

I'll be waiting for the 2021 libeup!

[SullysCigar]

^ I can't fault your logic there!

As it turns out, there are plenty of games in the instant game collection that are on my wish list, so that's an added incentive for me too - especially if they are confirmed enhanced for PS5!

[EmperorDalek]

I understand the frustration. We were told that there would be some warning before pre-orders went live, yet here in New Zealand they started out of no where earlier today.

[TheLordOfStuff]

Yeah we got told the same thing in aus, then nothing but American news saying tomorrow, then an hr later eb games opened them without warning lol

[azzkikr8502]

I was in the ebgames store getting a game for my switch when I asked the sales consultant when would preorders go live. He said Sony would do the same thing as xbox to allow everyone a fair chance to buy.
Luckily I didn't listen and jumped on as soon as the preorders went live.
Thank God I was able to secure 1 each. Ebgames is now taking preorders foe the 2021 shipment.

[Profchaos]

Yeah I got mine in the first hour but there was no warning EB games did send out a how to order your console instruction last night I guess hinting at the pre orders but nothing saying it's coming. Downside of living in a time zone like ours

[Unknown_Gamer5794]

And people thought they wouldn't need those planes of extra shipments.

[mkis007]

Preorders in the US at least at Best seemed to truly open at about 12 midnight... Everyone seems to be getting one now. I was able to do it no problem fianally...which leaves me with a decision about what to do with my playstation invite... I want to make sure my order was legit before I miss out.

[Smitty2020]

I got my preorder sorted but ppl r missing out coz others are preordering 3 consoles,not fair on others

[azzkikr8502]

Here in Aus the limit is one per person per account. Guess it doesn't stop others from making a second or third account.
To be honest I did buy 2. 1 digital and 1 disc based.

[SullysCigar]

I thought in the US it was supposed to be one per household. Again, it doesn't stop people from using multiple addresses, I guess.

[Father__Merrin]

Game UK have sold out all online allocation in 40mins they have today opened in store pre order which will also go.

PS5 will be biggest console launch ever

[Smitty2020]

Yea mate, I was lucky tbf,plenty on eBay already
W*nkers

[Elda]

I was pretty lucky to have gotten my pre-order. I called the very Gamestop that told me back in July I could pre-order over the phone as long as I had a $50 Gamestop card & when I called they told me I couldn't do it over the phone & I was pissed. I called another Gamestop & the person I was familiar with did it right over the phone with only a couple of pre-orders left & she said the store was getting crowded & she knew I wouldn't make it in time,thankfully she looked out for me.

[ClayRules2012]

That’s so nice of her to have done for you. I’m happy she took care of you that way!

[Elda]

Thank you! Once I explained to her about the other store saying I could do it over the phone then refusing me & she knew who I was including not being able to make it at the store on time due to the pre-orders dwindling she was kind to take care of me. I was so happy & thanked her at least 6 times before I hung up...lol!!!

[ClayRules2012]

You’re welcome! Lol. I love that, it’s genuinely heartwarming to hear people do kind things like that, especially when you can just explain simply about how this happened or whatever the situation was, and whether they’re technically able to do this or not over the phone, they do it anyways, because they care & are kind. I’m sure you thanking her make her happy, and that’s a positive. Blessings all around, buddy! Haha..

[Elda]

Thanks again for your kind words.

[ClayRules2012]

You’re very welcome!

[PS-Gamer-1986]

The funny thing is that like up 3 months ago, i fooled myself that i wouldn't need to buy the console day one and i even could wait a few months after release.

Fast forward to shortly after the lifestream: My wife and i keep refreshing amazon on each's accounts like maniacs at 1am (in germany), ending up preordering one for her and one for me lmao

[DashGamer]

Very Nice! Congrats.

[waverider]

This is hype. Sony will brake records at launch.

[Father__Merrin]

Euro gamer are trying everything to make sure people don't choose playstation it's now clearly apparent that plan isn't working.

[Rikimaru1977]

i'm going to wait, this black Friday and Christmas is going to be crazy.

[FirstSonOfKrypton]

Can’t wait to charge someone 2* the price for the three extras I bought

[plmkoh]

Brilliant play by EB Games, dedicated fans who've been reading their messages would know they've been hinting at selling the console right after the conference. Read in between the words, they weren't allowed to say explicitly but they were spelling it loud and clear for those enthusiastic enough to pre-order one.

I was pretty much refreshing their webpage right after the conference with all accounts ready to go. I hope they do this every year, it rewards the true fans and stops the scalpers from setting up bots.

[Nodoze]

Until MID 2021???? Seriously?