[Indiana Jones]

I got an invite for tomorrow.  So I guess even though it says I have from 11-4 that I really need to do it at 11?

 

Also, how did you get free shipping?  In the email they sent me they said you need to add a game or accessory to get free shipping.  Could they have just changed the rules over the last 2 days?
 

Don't you get free express shipping for being a Plus member? If you don't have Plus, the site says "Consoles ship free when an additional item is added to the cart."

[io]

Don't you get free express shipping for being a Plus member? If you don't have Plus, the site says "Consoles ship free when an additional item is added to the cart."

Could be - I've never ordered anything physical from Sony before.  You'd think they would know that I have Plus and send me the appropriate email. But every time I log in to get the PS+ games they ask me to add a Plus membership even though I'm paid up for 2+ years.  After clicking around for a while the site finally "remembers" and I can get the PS+ games.  So it could just be that their system is janky.  Not a good sign for tomorrow but we'll see.

 

Edit: In the queue now... I started about 5 till 11 and was shown a countdown timer at which time I was supposedly put into a random order in the queue.  It was telling me at first that the wait time was more than 1 hour.  3 minutes in it went down to 18 minutes.

 

Got in at around 11:14 and was able to order it instantly.  The $399.99 one was sold out but I wanted the disc version anyway.  It had remembered my log in from last night so I didn't even need to enter my account/password again.  It also did give me free express shipping without needing to add a game or accessory.  Got the confirmation email already!  Woo-hoo!

[postaboy]

Just received my PS5 from PS direct this morning. Got it in 2 days with free express shipping. Shipped from Ontario California to Los Angeles California. Can't wait to try it out tonight after work.

 

[postaboy]

Could be - I've never ordered anything physical from Sony before.  You'd think they would know that I have Plus and send me the appropriate email. But every time I log in to get the PS+ games they ask me to add a Plus membership even though I'm paid up for 2+ years.  After clicking around for a while the site finally "remembers" and I can get the PS+ games.  So it could just be that their system is janky.  Not a good sign for tomorrow but we'll see.

 

Edit: In the queue now... I started about 5 till 11 and was shown a countdown timer at which time I was supposedly put into a random order in the queue.  It was telling me at first that the wait time was more than 1 hour.  3 minutes in it went down to 18 minutes.

 

Got in at around 11:14 and was able to order it instantly.  The $399.99 one was sold out but I wanted the disc version anyway.  It had remembered my log in from last night so I didn't even need to enter my account/password again.  It also did give me free express shipping without needing to add a game or accessory.  Got the confirmation email already!  Woo-hoo!

 

Sony didn't send me a tracking # or letting me know that it was shipped until that morning out for delivery. But my FedEx app on my phone sent me a notification last night that I'm expecting a large package that required a signature.  If you want download the FedEx app for your phone and add your address and name. The app can text you to let you know it's out for delivery and that it was delivered and signed.

[Indiana Jones]

Sony didn't send me a tracking # or letting me know that it was shipped until that morning out for delivery. But my FedEx app on my phone sent me a notification last night that I'm expecting a large package that required a signature.  Download the FedEx app for your phone and add your address and name. The app can text you to let you know it's out for delivery and that it was delivered and signed.

UPS and USPS too.

[KrayzieKMF]

lol the walmart ps5 is in my cart but it wont let me check out even though there is a timer lol

just says item is oos lol

[dxironman]

lol the walmart ps5 is in my cart but it wont let me check out even though there is a timer lol
just says item is oos lol

Such a joke. A year later and you can’t find this thing

[Nothing-]

Such a joke. A year later and you can’t find this thing

Our reliance on China (trade and manufacturing) is the joke.

 

Certain people like to talk like it's all the fault of the guy who has been in office for like 5 minutes. 

 

Spoiler

Everyone should watch an informational news story on global chip manufacturing in semiconductor plants in order to get a better idea on the timelines.  I think they said a single, giant wafer takes like 9 months to complete?  It's hundreds of millions of dollars in tech, equipment, and facilities.  Intel is the only company making semiconductors in America anymore. TSMC in Taiwan can make fabrications shrunk at about half the size and they supply about 70% of the global market.  We are many years behind in this kind of chip manufacturing.   Without having the capability of making the most efficient / fastest chips.  China also supplies about 75% of the worlds rare earth metals used in electronics manufacturing.  If you've been paying attention to the news the last couple of years you also know that China has been fighting for control over Taiwan.

 

Crypto mining is also ruining everything with their demand for PC components.  While wasting energy (.5% of the entire world's electricity consumption now) and contributing nothing to society or the economy.  So much of this chip supply now has been redirected into making expensive PC components that never even make it to the public market.

[Romeo]

Such a joke. A year later and you can’t find this thing

 

This isn't meant to instigate in any way.

 

The PS5 hasn't been 'hard to get'. I've had plenty of opportunities to buy one, and could have purchased several throughout the year. I even accidentally bought one back in March, sat on it for a month and almost returned it to get a refund since it sat unopened/unused. Since April I've played two games on it. You aren't missing much.

[KrayzieKMF]

This isn't meant to instigate in any way.

The PS5 hasn't been 'hard to get'. I've had plenty of opportunities to buy one, and could have purchased several throughout the year. I even accidentally bought one back in March, sat on it for a month and almost returned it to get a refund since it sat unopened/unused. Since April I've played two games on it. You aren't missing much.

It isn't March anymore

[Romeo]

It isn't March anymore

 

Right. And now the PS5 is 10x more easy to get. A personal friend bought three last month. One for him, one for his brother, one for his nephew. I've activated mine in April and Sony even sent me a direct email offering me one a few months back. They know I have one, it's registered to my PSN profile. I just ignored the email and let someone else get it.

 

If someone doesn't have one at this point, you aren't trying.

[KrayzieKMF]

Right. And now the PS5 is 10x more easy to get. A personal friend bought three last month. One for him, one for his brother, one for his nephew. I've activated mine in April and Sony even sent me a direct email offering me one a few months back. They know I have one, it's registered to my PSN profile. I just ignored the email and let someone else get it.

If someone doesn't have one at this point, you aren't trying.

They aren't easier to get now as the holidays at coming.

[thelonepig]

"Not trying to instigate," he said as he instigated.

[Momouchi]

They are only easy to get if you can dedicate every hour of your day to trying to get one. People work and don't have an opportunity to slam refresh on storefronts every time an alert dings. 

[dxironman]

This isn't meant to instigate in any way.

The PS5 hasn't been 'hard to get'. I've had plenty of opportunities to buy one, and could have purchased several throughout the year. I even accidentally bought one back in March, sat on it for a month and almost returned it to get a refund since it sat unopened/unused. Since April I've played two games on it. You aren't missing much.

They are where I am in central Florida. I’ve been casually attempting to get one since launch and no luck. Like you say there aren’t really any games for it I must play right now and I was able to get a Series X so I’m not really sweating it.

[Sk]

Darn shoulda ordered ps5 from verizon, I have those reward dollars saved up!

Just an fyi I worked for a company that’s job was to promote that program. If you opt into Verizon rewards you’re also opting into y ring tracked via gps and your data usage being monitored. Not sure how good of a job they do at randomizing that stuff or if they were at all.

[Confidance]

IMO ps5 aren’t that hard o get. Just follow the twitter beings and be ready.

[addicted2games]

 

The PS5 hasn't been 'hard to get'. I've had plenty of opportunities to buy one, and could have purchased several throughout the year. I even accidentally bought one back in March, sat on it for a month and almost returned it to get a refund since it sat unopened/unused. Since April I've played two games on it. You aren't missing much.

Just because you only used yours to play two games doesn't mean its a useless system to any others. I have played almost 20 games on mine the past 11 months. Most have been PS5 games (a lot of exclusives and when the game is multiplatform, I choose the PS5 version) and when I do play some PS4 games I use my PS5 to play them for a better experience with more power, less loading, way better controller, etc. My PS4 has not been turned on in months and my son just happened to turn it on the other day and it had to download updates as it sat for months on end. So I could argue the PS4 is more useless to me since I have the PS5. To each his own though.

[io]

Wow, so apparently that PS5 I bought from Sony yesterday (Thurs) was marked as out for delivery early today (Friday).  I just got a "shipping" notice from Sony - wasn't expecting it to be so far along already though.  It's 6pm and I don't think they've tried to deliver yet, but it could be in the next few hours still.

 

Shipped yesterday evening via UPS from San Bernardino, CA to the Portland, OR area.

 

Edit: Arrived at 7pm, didn't have to sign for it but they did ask me my name .

[Jodou]

Just an fyi I worked for a company that’s job was to promote that program. If you opt into Verizon rewards you’re also opting into y ring tracked via gps and your data usage being monitored. Not sure how good of a job they do at randomizing that stuff or if they were at all.

Hate to break this to anyone, but that's just them being honest with what they have been doing all along. Might as well consent for the free $3 at Starbucks every month.

[postaboy]

Just because you only used yours to play two games doesn't mean its a useless system to any others. I have played almost 20 games on mine the past 11 months. Most have been PS5 games (a lot of exclusives and when the game is multiplatform, I choose the PS5 version) and when I do play some PS4 games I use my PS5 to play them for a better experience with more power, less loading, way better controller, etc. My PS4 has not been turned on in months and my son just happened to turn it on the other day and it had to download updates as it sat for months on end. So I could argue the PS4 is more useless to me since I have the PS5. To each his own though.

 

I bought my PS5 just to play the backlog of PS4 games that had awful loading times and performance issues. I got my PS5 two nights ago and first thing I did was moved Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Witcher 3 from the extended storage to the PS5 console storage. So far I have noticed that the performance and the loading times are so much better on PS5. Fast travel on AC is like 15-20 secs on the PS5 SSD. Before that it was at least a minute or more on my base PS4. What really impressed me more was when I tested out Witcher 3. The stutter, FPS drops, and lags are no longer present on the PS5. I recalled Witcher 3 was constant stuttering, FPS drops, and so laggy as hell on my base PS4. I'm so much happier now.

[io]

What really impressed me more was when I tested out Witcher 3. The stutter, FPS drops, and lags are no longer present on the PS5. I recalled Witcher 3 was constant stuttering, FPS drops, and so laggy as hell on my base PS4. I'm so much happier now.

Interesting.  I got about half way through that on PS4 a few years back.  Maybe I'll finish it on my new PS5.

[Romeo]

They are only easy to get if you can dedicate every hour of your day to trying to get one. People work and don't have an opportunity to slam refresh on storefronts every time an alert dings. 

 

Completely disagree here. The last six days I clocked in 56 hours at work. You just need to pay attention to news online. The twitter feed of Jake helped me get a PS5 a while back. It was a target drop.

 

 

Just because you only used yours to play two games doesn't mean its a useless system to any others. I have played almost 20 games on mine the past 11 months. Most have been PS5 games (a lot of exclusives and when the game is multiplatform, I choose the PS5 version) and when I do play some PS4 games I use my PS5 to play them for a better experience with more power, less loading, way better controller, etc. My PS4 has not been turned on in months and my son just happened to turn it on the other day and it had to download updates as it sat for months on end. So I could argue the PS4 is more useless to me since I have the PS5. To each his own though.

 

I agree with you there, it isn't useless. I have a large collection of PS4 games, though I don't play them on the PS5 unless there's a specific reason to such as a free upgrade. It just surprises me after a year there are only two actual PS5 titles, Deathloop and Returnal.

[Tell Em Steve-Dave]

Completely disagree here. The last six days I clocked in 56 hours at work. You just need to pay attention to news online. The twitter feed of Jake helped me get a PS5 a while back. It was a target drop.



I agree with you there, it isn't useless. I have a large collection of PS4 games, though I don't play them on the PS5 unless there's a specific reason to such as a free upgrade. It just surprises me after a year there are only two actual PS5 titles, Deathloop and Returnal.

And Ratchet And Clank.

Not to make this a console war, but does Xbox even have that many exclusives yet? I know they were saying that there wouldn’t be any for the first year, have they started releasing them yet?

I’m guessing with both consoles it’s probably going to be another year before we start getting a lot of generational exclusives, or as long as it takes for these consoles to start to approach the massive demand

[TheLegendofTyler]

And Ratchet And Clank.

Not to make this a console war, but does Xbox even have that many exclusives yet? I know they were saying that there wouldn’t be any for the first year, have they started releasing them yet?

I’m guessing with both consoles it’s probably going to be another year before we start getting a lot of generational exclusives, or as long as it takes for these consoles to start to approach the massive demand

Forza Horizon 5 just came out and Halo next month.

[ThatOneGuyWho]

Forza Horizon 5 just came out and Halo next month.

Isn't that kinda it though? Not that there are no games but multiplatform games shouldn't be it along with 2 major exclusives a year after release, which really isn't enough, especially when both are on PC too.

[Darkconda]

Figures that now I get the invite to purchase a PS5 from Sony direct after I snagged one last week from GS.

[addicted2games]

 

 

I agree with you there, it isn't useless. I have a large collection of PS4 games, though I don't play them on the PS5 unless there's a specific reason to such as a free upgrade. It just surprises me after a year there are only two actual PS5 titles, Deathloop and Returnal.

 

Also Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart. But yeah, there needs to be more exclusive PS5 titles. There are more already announced the next two years.
 

[purbeast]

Forza Horizon 5 just came out and Halo next month.

Those are Xbox One games not XSX exclusives.

 

I've had XSX since launch and it by far has gotten less play than my PS5, which by far gets less play time than my Switch.

[Romeo]

And Ratchet And Clank.

Not to make this a console war, but does Xbox even have that many exclusives yet? I know they were saying that there wouldn’t be any for the first year, have they started releasing them yet?

I’m guessing with both consoles it’s probably going to be another year before we start getting a lot of generational exclusives, or as long as it takes for these consoles to start to approach the massive demand

 

 

Also Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart. But yeah, there needs to be more exclusive PS5 titles. There are more already announced the next two years.
 

 

 

I forgot about Ratchet! I just picked up Deathloop this weekend with the ongoing sales. R&C is next up on my list. Maybe Returnal... the gameplay isn't really my style though.