I definitely took sony at their word, and didn't try to preorder because I thought there would be an actual fucking schedule and announcement. Fuck me I guess

farvacola

United States18857 Posts

September 17 2020 12:13 GMT

#105

Yeah I’m pissed, I never succeeded in getting a preorder through and I was going through every retailer listed. I despise cart checkout systems lol

At least you had luck, ZerO

ZerOCoolSC2

9055 Posts

September 17 2020 12:53 GMT

#106

I wouldn't really call dropping 832 luck, farva haha. I was refreshing gamestop and BB like every 5-10 seconds for an hour. Especially gamestop once I got in.

I hear a lot of retailers are going to open them back up, so keep looking around and trying. I'd rather get the standard edition because I have no need for 2 controllers atm. If I could trade it for a game, that would be stellar.

KOFgokuon

United States14911 Posts

September 17 2020 12:59 GMT

#107

Yea i'd really only want controller, MAYBE charge station, spiderman, console
No need for PSN, a second controller, or that other game personally

ZerOCoolSC2

9055 Posts

September 17 2020 17:54 GMT

#108

Has anyone had any luck so far today?

farvacola

United States18857 Posts

September 17 2020 19:06 GMT

#109

Nope, nothing offered any time I’ve been checking

ZerOCoolSC2

9055 Posts

September 17 2020 19:10 GMT

#110

Shit. I hope you guys are able to get one. Getting back into console gaming would be fun. I also need them to release that list of NVME M.2 SSDs that can be installed.

KOFgokuon

United States14911 Posts

September 17 2020 20:12 GMT

#111

I might stop trying for a while and see. It won't kill me to not have it at launch, I have plenty of stuff to play in the meantime

GTR

51594 Posts

September 17 2020 21:31 GMT

#112

here in australia; pre-ordered directly from sony. listed my old ps4 pro on ebay and hoping prices don't plummet.

NewSunshine

United States5938 Posts

September 17 2020 22:05 GMT

#113

Was hoping it would have real backwards compatibility, but it just looks like you have to pay for a subscription service to have temporary access to some PS4 games. Eh.

Also sucks to see how little clarity was given to actually nabbing a preorder for folks who were looking for one, it feels like the kind of thing where the bots and scalpers get way way ahead of people who actually wanted the thing. Hope folks are still able to get them before long.

KOFgokuon

United States14911 Posts

September 17 2020 22:11 GMT

#114

It does have backward compatibility? Not sure what you mean

I fully intend to save a couple games and play them on the ps5 assuming I can get one in a timely fashion

EchelonTee

United States5260 Posts

September 17 2020 23:02 GMT

#115

I'm pretty sure it has true backwards compatibility. Buy a PS4 disc plop it in and it'll work. Pretty nice because you should be able to pick up cheapo games for 5-15$ as time goes on. Though tbh most of the games you'll want seems like they'll be added to PS+

Preorder experience was terrible. I managed to snag one off of Sam's Club just because I was spam refreshing the PS5 subreddit. I recommend keeping on eye on that, specifically new/rising, for a chanc.

farvacola

United States18857 Posts

September 17 2020 23:04 GMT

#116

The Amazon app is supposed to send me a push notification when the preorder gets more units, but I have little faith in that

ZerOCoolSC2

9055 Posts

September 17 2020 23:08 GMT

#117

I just checked gamestop and bb and still nothing on their sites. Haven't tried target. And I don't think it was bots or scalpers that took all of the immediate pre-orders. I think it was the retailers listing them too soon and not waiting for today. They screwed everyone over on that. But I feel the pain of those Sony said would have emails sent to preorder and they can't get them at the moment.

*stares at my bundle wantingly*

seemsgood

5527 Posts

September 17 2020 23:16 GMT

#118

i dont know kev...
i dont think 400$ digital edition is a good long term deal because sony just confirmed next gen games will cost 70$...
which is fucking nonsense and i refuse to pay one singe penny unless all next gen games comes with full DLC and no other bullshits
one could count on CD projeckt or sony exclusive studios but besides that ? things look pretty gloomy for next gen gaming tho

WombaT

Northern Ireland26771 Posts

September 17 2020 23:25 GMT

#119

Does it have PS2 backward compatibility though? For me that’s crucial as my collection is gathering dust otherwise

ZerOCoolSC2

9055 Posts

September 17 2020 23:42 GMT

#120

Unless there is an emulator in there, I highly doubt it. You've got 3 generations of different system architecture to muddle through to make it work. That's why they haven't done it for the PS4 to PS3. The PS3 had backwards compat for a limited time and the prices for those were insane (think I paid 600 for a backwards compat PS3).