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Essex : 10/29/2020 2:52 pm
I am a little out of my element here, but my son wants this for the holidays. How do I sign up to pre-order this thing? Every time I go to do so, they don't seem to take preorders. Is there a place where I can preorder it. I have also thought I have put myself on lists to get notified by email, but I have not heard anything. Any tips and tricks for someone out of the loop on these things?
Missed the boat  
UConn4523 : 10/29/2020 2:54 pm : link
Sold out likely through the holidays. Inventory has been a huge issue.
RE: Missed the boat  
Essex : 10/29/2020 2:56 pm : link
In comment 15028403 UConn4523 said:
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Sold out likely through the holidays. Inventory has been a huge issue.


figured, thanks. Even past the holidays, is there a way you can get on a list to be notified?
I've been looking everyday  
LawrenceTaylor56 : 10/29/2020 2:57 pm : link
for a month. Sadly, nothing. Best bet is to get out there early during launch day and hope to snag one in store.

Check this site daily just in case.
PS5 Now In Stock updates - ( New Window )
Does your son  
KDubbs : 10/29/2020 2:58 pm : link
have ps4? if not get that, so many games to play. Should just wait until ps5 has a better game catalog. But I know its probably a tough sell to the kid when heart is set on 1 thing
Best bet is to jsut try after the release date of 11/12  
BH28 : 10/29/2020 3:03 pm : link
It probably won't be too diffiuclt to find after the release date as Sony has said more PS5s will be available on release day than the PS4.

I've never preordered a PS3 or PS4 and was always able to find stock available after release date.

Getting one on 11/12 aint happening but you'll basically have a month to track one down for the holidays.
No newsletters that I’m aware of  
UConn4523 : 10/29/2020 3:16 pm : link
but it won’t really matter. When they open them up again you will have to get online at a certain time and sit in a virtual lobby. I did the for the new XBox and by the time the crashes servers were restored they were sold out as soon as my number was called from the lobby.

I’m not sure about PS5 but for Xbox they will be backwards compatible and will let you upgrade for free to the new version of their games when you get a series X. So if he has a PS4 buy him games and just surprise him with the PS5 in Q1 (this is what I’d do). Games now that he can still play, upgraded system later.
Yeah he has the PS4  
Essex : 10/29/2020 3:27 pm : link
and he is 9 years old, which makes me think that he won't really even notice any differences between them. But he wants it and in some ways, it makes my life easier just getting him a really big present as opposed to a bunch of smaller presents. I only really let him play sports and racing games and we have bought all the editions this year where you can transfer the title to the PS5.

Thanks again to everyone who has responded with suggestions
After a quick look  
UConn4523 : 10/29/2020 3:33 pm : link
it seems that almost every PS4 game will be backwards compatible so it’s a good alternative. A few games and the system a few months from now is a pretty good deal for a 9 year old, haha.

For XBox it’s an easy choice. Once Halo got pushed I didn’t care if I wasn’t able to get a launch system. Cyberpunk was pushed 3 weeks as well so the launch lineups for both systems, especially Xbox are really weak.
I think pre-orders are done  
crackerjack465 : 10/29/2020 4:32 pm : link
unless you get lucky with a right place/right time and a few become available.

I would just walk into a target, bestbuy, walmart, etc... on launch day and see what they have. I think you could get lucky.
My wife signed up with Sony  
Gary from The East End : Admin : 10/29/2020 4:49 pm : link
If we get lucky, there might be more allocations, but I'm not counting on it.

I might try to get one in the store when it drops, but that seems like long shot as well.
Why such low inventory? Same with the new XBOX  
Saquads26 : 10/29/2020 4:56 pm : link
I never understood this, especially during a pandemic and with the holidays coming up they could BANK.
RE: Why such low inventory? Same with the new XBOX  
bLiTz 2k : 10/29/2020 5:12 pm : link
In comment 15028500 Saquads26 said:
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I never understood this, especially during a pandemic and with the holidays coming up they could BANK.


The manufacturers in China were closed during outbreak and put them in a bad position with the supply lines. Demand outweighs supply immensely.
Best Buy  
MyBoyBlue : 10/29/2020 8:03 pm : link
is advertising that they will have an allotment for online orders between Nov4th-20th, so I'd check their website daily.
If he doesnt' have a Switch  
Sonic Youth : 10/29/2020 8:34 pm : link
I'd split the difference and get him one of those plus some smaller gifts.

And talk about making your life easier... car rides/plane trips/anywhere he has to wait will become immeasurably easier on you. Shit, having a Switch makes it immeasurably easier on myself and I'm 30.
Im not passing judgement....at all.  
chopperhatch : 10/29/2020 9:08 pm : link
I'm just alarmed that your son is 9 and will have had PS4 and 5 already. How old was he when got ps4? 4?

Its amazing hpw times have changed and toys are just not a thing any more. For boys at least. You can still get dolls and make up shit for girls. But when I was a kid, sure, I loved my Nintendo and would play my new games a bunch. But I liked getting together with friends and playing with actual toys and playing sports, man-hunt..... I couldn't play video games for hours non-stop.

Again, no judgement, just remarkable how diff things are. I used to love seeing the outline of the action figure gifts all wrapped up and wondering which ones Mom....errr, Santa got me.


Btw, coolest thing ever was when I got the GI Joe aircraft carrier and my Dad stayed up all night assembling it so that it was waiting under the tree. BADASS!

....  
Sonic Youth : 10/29/2020 11:24 pm : link
that was a lot of judgement
I got the SNES  
UConn4523 : 10/29/2020 11:32 pm : link
the year it came out, I just turned 6. N64 same thing, just turned 11.

What’s the difference?
RE: Does your son  
halfback20 : 10/30/2020 2:19 am : link
In comment 15028412 KDubbs said:
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have ps4? if not get that, so many games to play. Should just wait until ps5 has a better game catalog. But I know its probably a tough sell to the kid when heart is set on 1 thing


Bad advice. As a gamer I'd rather wait for the PS5 vs getting a ps4 now
RE: ....  
chopperhatch : 10/30/2020 2:50 am : link
In comment 15028812 Sonic Youth said:
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that was a lot of judgement


U routinely bring a lot of nothing, ao Im not bothered.

You are and always have been one of the worst.
RE: I got the SNES  
chopperhatch : 10/30/2020 2:55 am : link
In comment 15028820 UConn4523 said:
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the year it came out, I just turned 6. N64 same thing, just turned 11.

What’s the difference?


Like I said, I guess it was just different for me. Im 41. I got NES when it came out. Asked for Genesis a year after it was already out. I stopped building a list and my Mom knee-jerked and got me SNES, which I was surprised for. But I was more into sports gear. I think I wanted Copa Mundials (soccer cleats made from kangaroo leather) but she thought spending $100 on soccer cleats I would grpw out of was stupid.

I def asked for n64. Once I played Goldeneye, I eas into that machine.
RE: RE: ....  
Sonic Youth : 10/30/2020 6:01 am : link
In comment 15028846 chopperhatch said:
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In comment 15028812 Sonic Youth said:


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that was a lot of judgement



U routinely bring a lot of nothing, ao Im not bothered.

You are and always have been one of the worst.
Whatever you say, chief. Thanks for the drunken "back in my day" condescending diatribe about the good ole days in a thread where a father is trying to buy a gift for his son. Yeah, real meaningful contribution there.

Your post sucked and trying to fill it with disclaimers didn't even mask the naked condescension it was dripping with. As Uconn said, this shit isn't new. I got an N64 at age 7 for Xmas in 96. BFD.
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