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Doctor Zero posted:wtf are pre-orders selling out already? or is this just like the first wave or something? I think this is it for pre-orders. Totally unlikely given covid that they'll be able to ramp through my production based on the pre-sales.
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Doctor Zero posted:wtf are pre-orders selling out already? or is this just like the first wave or something? This is all of them. All the PlayStation 5s are sold out.
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Doctor Zero posted:wtf are pre-orders selling out already? or is this just like the first wave or something? There'll be restocks and stuff, but you might not be guaranteed a release day console. I think Amazon UK's allotment of PS5's sold out in like eleven minutes or something crazy.
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Sep 17, 2020 11:51
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Turns out it was called the Playstation 5 because there are only five in existence.
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Sep 17, 2020 11:52
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And I've got four of them. Apparently EBAY has new rules about the scalping stuff, so a lot of those $4000 consoles are getting taken down.
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stev posted:How is it still not up on Amazon UK. The peripherals are all there. You have to search for PS5, playstation 5 won't show you the console. I was able to pre-order from Amazon UK just after 9AM, but trying to open the page it on the mobile store just took me back to the homepage, and they weren't selling the digital version. Not a problem for me though.
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Sep 17, 2020 11:53
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You can buy cyberpunk ps4 and play it on ps5 though right?
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UnfortunateSexFart posted:You can buy cyberpunk ps4 and play it on ps5 though right? Yeah, but the specific patch to make the most out of it is coming later, I believe?
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Sep 17, 2020 11:54
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Amazon AU and JB Hifi have suspended orders, EB AU is taking them...for a 2021 shipment. Eh, well it's day one, there'll be opportunities I bet.
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Sep 17, 2020 11:55
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goddamn it. Figures the day I don't really pay attention to the internet is the day prereleases go on sale; Ah well. I'm sure I'll find one eventually. Would just be nice to secure one early.
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Sep 17, 2020 11:55
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As usual I wonder how many were bought by users and how many were bought by scalpers. Edit: Back when the PS3 came out my coworker said it was a fool to not scalp mine. I just wanted to play it...
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Sep 17, 2020 11:57
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Samurai Sanders posted:As usual I wonder how many were bought by users and how many were bought by scalpers. Probably not a huge amount but, certainly a few https://twitter.com/lazygamereviews/status/1306395895940947974
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Sep 17, 2020 12:01
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Necrothatcher posted:lmao GAME in the UK have apparently started sending out preorder cancellation emails as they took way more than their allocated stock Yikes! Glad I got a spare pre-order with them; fingers crossed at least one of them stays alive.
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Sep 17, 2020 12:07
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Just secured a pre-order, whew! I got a message that the shop I ended up buying from would open up pre-orders at 1PM. They were all gone by 13:03. Either the desire for a new console is huge or Sony is underdelivering hardware in a big way.
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JordanKai posted:Either the desire for a new console is huge or Sony is underdelivering hardware in a big way. Big W, which is somewhat similar to Walmart in Australia, supposedly only got 7,000 units for the whole country. May just be internet bullshit but I can believe it. Same reason why Apple didn't announce the iPhone this week as well.
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Sep 17, 2020 12:16
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I happy for everyone who's managed to grab a preorder. I don't think I've ever been so hyped for a console launch and I'm not even planning on getting one anytime soon. Nearest I'd think I'd be getting one is if mrs corn to be manages to grab one and put it under the Christmas tree this year and that's only if shes feeling generous 
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Sep 17, 2020 12:16
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Fame Douglas posted:They're thinking of making more money by selling an enhanced edition a year later. It's called the "GTA V strategy" They said ages ago that it'd be a free upgrade, in fairness.
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Sep 17, 2020 12:19
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Last console I was this excited for was my Dear old Gamecube. I hope you're doing well, in a cupboard across the sea, little GameCube.
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UnfortunateSexFart posted:Big W, which is somewhat similar to Walmart in Australia, supposedly only got 7,000 units for the whole country. May just be internet bullshit but I can believe it. Same reason why Apple didn't announce the iPhone this week as well. I would assume Australia was on one of the lower rungs for the allocation list world wide, as we usually are want to do. I was legit worried about preordering this morning, but luckily the countdown juuuuust finished as I was walking in the door for work so I snagged it via my phone 
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Sep 17, 2020 12:20
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Aidan_702 posted:Last console I was this excited for was my Dear old Gamecube. I hope you're doing well, in a cupboard across the sea, little GameCube. I miss my Gamecube. Shame it melted my memory card and covered the inside of the slot in molten plastic.
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Infinitum posted:I would assume Australia was on one of the lower rungs for the allocation list world wide, as we usually are want to do. Where'd you get it from? I was mucking around with EB for a good fifteen or so minutes and came through just fine. Seemed like EB might have got the lion's share.
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Sep 17, 2020 12:23
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I must have been half asleep this morning when I started watching the stream. Just rewatched the FF16 trailer, and it looks dope as poo poo? A single protagonist in a semi-Witcher/Monster Hunter world? I could be down for that for sure. Bummed we didn't see any Recompile footage today. One of the games I'm most interested in, particularly if the trailer is indicative of what the soundtrack will be like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcTyN6Euvk8
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Dan Didio posted:Where'd you get it from? I was mucking around with EB for a good fifteen or so minutes and came through just fine. Seemed like EB might have got the lion's share. Yeah EBGames. Grabbed Morales + Charging Dock as well. Then they put up Morales Special Edition, so now I gotta cancel the regular one 
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Infinitum posted:Yeah EBGames. That's crazy, maybe I just got in super early or something, or I'm remembering wrong. I didn't even bother with anything else, I grabbed a Digital Edition first, thought twice and grabbed a regular, then cancelled the DE. I'm going to grab Morales Ultimate as well, probably, plus Demons' Souls and also, I've got some PS4 exclusives and other big games stashed away I haven't cracked open yet. I should probably pick up a charging dock and the remote at some point, but I figured I'll be able to sort all that at some other point.
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Sep 17, 2020 12:29
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I just clicked confirm on my Shopto preorder maybe I'll get one maybe I won't
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Sep 17, 2020 12:32
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Yorkshire Pudding posted:Wow, I’ve never heard someone unironically refer to a full price retail game as a service. Isn’t destiny like $60 + $30 for every dlc? Plus $10 a month for ps+ or whatever. and most PC gamers haven't bought games on a disc in years. maybe digital only is still a weird newfangled thing on console-only land but it's the standard over on the PC side
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Sep 17, 2020 12:33
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UnfortunateSexFart posted:Big W, which is somewhat similar to Walmart in Australia, supposedly only got 7,000 units for the whole country. May just be internet bullshit but I can believe it. Same reason why Apple didn't announce the iPhone this week as well. Wow, that's even lower than I expected! Maybe EB Games got the bulk of the PS5s coming to Australia? If not, that's going to make for a real console drought.  I guess COVID-19 really hit Sony's supply chain hard. I wonder what it's like for Microsoft.
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Roman posted:and most PC gamers haven't bought games on a disc in years. maybe digital only is still a weird newfangled thing on console-only land but it's the standard over on the PC side PC digital marketplace is a lot more open than consoles closed markets 
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zenintrude posted:PC digital marketplace is a lot more open than consoles closed markets And yet Death Stranding is still £55 on Steam. 
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Sep 17, 2020 12:42
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I thought most pc gamers just pirated their games
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Sep 17, 2020 12:43
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fridge corn posted:I thought most pc gamers just pirated their games lol nah dude steam indoctrinated them into spending more than ever on games they'll never play and then also to bitch forever about games that are not on steam if it was a respectable business and not video games then everyone would tout Gabe Newell as a marketing genius
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It's more the fact Valve is a private company so we don't know their financials and Gabe a pretty private person, so it's not in the public eye at all.
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I mean I do see the fun in trading in and re-buying the same CoD 10 times a year, but given Gamestop's current financial status, that might not be a thing anymore fairly soonfridge corn posted:I thought most pc gamers just pirated their games
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Personally, I sell my games locally via classifieds markets. You get way more value out of that than trading them in at Gamestop.
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People stopped pirating PC games for the same reason they stopped pirating music - they made the process of purchasing/accessing it legitimately really quick, easy and cheap. I think these days most people just pirate TV shows, because the number of separate paid services and exclusive shows to keep track of has had the opposite effect.
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Sep 17, 2020 12:49
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You wouldn’t download a car
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Romes128 posted:You wouldn’t download a car Sure I would
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Romes128 posted:You wouldn’t download a car Yeah nah, pretty sure I would. Gonna 3D print a DeLorean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4kqp9mutPQ
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exquisite tea posted:A mere $700 to play Bugsnax with an unlocked framerate at 4k. You'd almost be a fool NOT to buy one! I have some bad news Bugsnax is so graphically intensive that you’ll have to decide between 4K or 60fps
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Let me explain why the disc version is good using FF7R as an example... - Buy FF7R physical at launch for $52 discounted on Amazon - Beat it in a week - Sell it for $40 - 45 - ~time passes~ - GameFly sells used copies for $25 six months after launch... interested in owning/replaying it again now? Maybe, but probably not - ~time passes~ - Sometime in the near future, goes on sale for $15 digitally during some anniversary sale... maybe add it to your collection now? - ~time passes~ - Sometime in the further future, gets added time PS+ for free. Obviously the downsides are that you pay $100 extra now and you have to store games somewhere in your house during the brief time you hold onto them.
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