PlayStation 5 - Now with FAQ in OP.

ozmo

L-M wrote: »

Can you pre order with Parcel motel?

Amazon - are usually ok with PM - maybe they will get order cancellations?

But some here have reported their Parcel motel orders have been cancelled by Argos - so I wouldnt risk using PM if you manage to get an Argos preorder.

dan786

John Lewis are brilliant but for some reason you could not use Parcel Motel for PS5. I think because they said that it will be shipped direct from supplier so may not be covering North.

All other stuff can be ordered to Parcel Motel.

unhappys10

dan786 wrote: »

John Lewis are brilliant but for some reason you could not use Parcel Motel for PS5. I think because they said that it will be shipped direct from supplier so may not be covering North.

All other stuff can be ordered to Parcel Motel.

They might accept address pal or the likes, few days of a wait for delivery though

stephenl15

Watched a YouTube video made a good point defending Sony about the surprise pre orders.

It prevented bots being scheduled at a specific time and automatically taking all the pre orders away from people actually wanting to get the console for themselves?

unhappys10

Anyone wanting to buy the increased insurance for Parcel Motel be careful. Its for 14 days and 3.50 for €500 worth of cover.
I was looking at it and saw the options available, I clicked purchase thinking there'd be another screen giving me date options or something like that but it purchased 14 days cover instead from now :pac:
Ps I was logged in.

Mango Joe

quokula wrote: »

It's really not - it's been standard practice since games consoles have existed that new ones come with new controllers that have new features the old controllers don't have. You can't use a 360 controller on an Xbox One, you can't use a Wii controller on a Switch, and you can't use a PS3 controller on a PS4. I'm amazed how many people are surprised by the PS5 doing something that has always been completely standard and normal.

Microsoft are making moves to eliminate the concept of generations, so that you've the same 2013 controller features with your new console as the old one. But Sony are sticking to the practice of generational improvements that has always worked in the past.

(If you're being pedantic, with the help of adaptors and jumping through hoops you can find ways to use older controllers on current gen consoles, the same will probably prove true with PS4 controllers on PS5)

Progress needs change, if controllers weren't evolving then we'd all be using something like an Atari Joystick FFS.

Zero-Cool

Roll on Demons's's Souls

gimli2112

I have to say I was blown away by the Souls demo. When I saw it I was thinking this must be the new souls game.

Markitron

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Roll on Demons's's Souls

Last night I watched the video that image was taken from. It is mad how far things have come in 10 years.

Zero-Cool

Markitron wrote: »

Last night I watched the video that image was taken from. It is mad how far things have come in 10 years.

Yeah just watched it myself, I only played DS recently on PS3 but that video definitely shows how much of an improvement it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf4wmN0u8S8

Markitron

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Yeah just watched it myself, I only played DS recently on PS3 but that video definitely shows how much of an improvement it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf4wmN0u8S8

Yea, exacerbated by the fact that even in 2009, DS wasn't much of a looker.

Could you imagine if the re-did Dark Souls next, or better yet, Dark Souls 2. It might finally look like its reveal trailer.

NoviGlitzko

Is there any chance of trying a PC World in Dublin to preorder lads? I'd swing by on the way up to the big smoke if there was a chance? Thanks

h0neybadger

I've no interest in getting it on release, but my son wants it for Christmas.

Would I be best to avoid the absolute maniac situation going on now trying to reserve one, and wait until after release, closer to christmas and then trying to get one?

ahnowbrowncow

Will there be any gameplay changes to Demon's Souls or is it going to be 100% faithful to the original?

Markitron

ahnowbrowncow wrote: »

Will there be any gameplay changes to Demon's Souls or is it going to be 100% faithful to the original?

We don't really know yet, based on the video from the other night it looks very faithful.

h0neybadger wrote: »

I've no interest in getting it on release, but my son wants it for Christmas.

Would I be best to avoid the absolute maniac situation going on now trying to reserve one, and wait until after release, closer to christmas and then trying to get one?

Who is to say it won't be even more manic then? Just keep an eye out for pre-orders and jump on one if you see one.

dave1982

h0neybadger wrote: »

I've no interest in getting it on release, but my son wants it for Christmas.

Would I be best to avoid the absolute maniac situation going on now trying to reserve one, and wait until after release, closer to christmas and then trying to get one?

I don't know I'm in same situation. If you can find one now grab it cause you never know and they ****ing scalpers will be buying um up too

mikew1985

Bagged a digital version on box.

I'm more interested in the x for the majority of third party stuff but it's nice to have secured one. I won't get it launch day but should arrive within a week or so.

Exclamation Marc

NoviGlitzko wrote: »

Is there any chance of trying a PC World in Dublin to preorder lads? I'd swing by on the way up to the big smoke if there was a chance? Thanks

Currys have said their preorder allocations are full unfortunately.

Rickytumtum

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

Currys have said their preorder allocations are full unfortunately.

I walked into curry’s in swords yesterday and paid my fiver for preorder...but now I am starting to doubt it. There’s no order number on it. My phone number was taken, but nothing else. When I called the customer help line, I was told that I should have an order number. There has been no information available from curry’s as to how the preorder is going to operate - do I walk up with receipt in hand on launch day?

Does anyone have insight, and more importantly, did anyone who preordered in store actually get an order reference number, or do we all have blank and meaningless customer order confirmations?

leex

Rickytumtum wrote: »

I walked into curry’s in swords yesterday and paid my fiver for preorder...but now I am starting to doubt it. There’s no order number on it. My phone number was taken, but nothing else. When I called the customer help line, I was told that I should have an order number. There has been no information available from curry’s as to how the preorder is going to operate - do I walk up with receipt in hand on launch day?

Does anyone have insight, and more importantly, did anyone who preordered in store actually get an order reference number, or do we all have blank and meaningless customer order confirmations?

I received a till receipt and a bigger generic Currys Customer Order Confirmation A4 sheet that contains a transaction number on it but order reference number is N/A.

Exclamation Marc

As I've said previously, I was in yesterday trying to order for a mate. The manager turned his screen towards me and let me read the internal memo to all stores that their allocation had been filled in the previous hour. This was at 2pm with the memo sent at 1pm.

Manager showed me that he could still preorder for me but that the price for the preorders was now 99,999, which meant that it likely wouldn't guarantee me a copy and I'd be better off trying again when the pre-order price was 'real' as preordering with the higher price was speculative. He said he could do it, but I'd likely not get anything.

I literally read the internal memo. So I've no idea about orders made pre 1pm but orders made after 1pm would almost certainly be outside of their allocation that they had yesterday. Whether that allocation changed today, who knows.

Damien360

Storage is going to be a problem. PS4 content via USB3. PS5 content on internal 1TB and expandable with NVMe 4.0 ssd only. 3 compatible suppliers. Anyone see the cost of a 2Tb western digital one. More than the console.

https://shop.westerndigital.com/en-ie/products/internal-drives/wd-black-sn750-nvme-ssd[url][/url]

keano25

Is there anywhere left in Ireland we can pre-order this?

carolluke1

keano25 wrote: »

Is there anywhere left in Ireland we can pre-order this?

Argos.ie have a register your interest atm


https://www.argos.ie/static/ArgosPromo3/includeName/new-in.htm&mvt=fz_3_new_in

Markitron

keano25 wrote: »

Is there anywhere left in Ireland we can pre-order this?

Harvey Norman haven't done any pre orders yet.

Rickytumtum

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

As I've said previously, I was in yesterday trying to order for a mate. The manager turned his screen towards me and let me read the internal memo to all stores that their allocation had been filled in the previous hour. This was at 2pm with the memo sent at 1pm.

Manager showed me that he could still preorder for me but that the price for the preorders was now 99,999, which meant that it likely wouldn't guarantee me a copy and I'd be better off trying again when the pre-order price was 'real' as preordering with the higher price was speculative. He said he could do it, but I'd likely not get anything.

I literally read the internal memo. So I've no idea about orders made pre 1pm but orders made after 1pm would almost certainly be outside of their allocation that they had yesterday. Whether that allocation changed today, who knows.

Completely hear you, I know you said this yesterday too.

I suppose I’m trying to figure out how we know whether we got a preorder or not - maybe all of the customer forms say n/a for the order number, or maybe not. I want to know if it’s possible to tell from the receipt we got.

I ordered at 1.15pm yesterday so seems likely I didn’t get anything, but the receipt says nothing about 99.999.. it simply says preorder, Sony ps 5 and has a transaction number (which I think is useless). Customer care had no record, so I’m trying to see if anyone who ordered before 1pm is confident that they actually get a console on launch day - maybe they have an order number or customer care has a record of them?

Zero-Cool

Damien360 wrote: »

Storage is going to be a problem. PS4 content via USB3. PS5 content on internal 1TB and expandable with NVMe 4.0 ssd only. 3 compatible suppliers. Anyone see the cost of a 2Tb western digital one. More than the console.

https://shop.westerndigital.com/en-ie/products/internal-drives/wd-black-sn750-nvme-ssd[url][/url]

Apparently game installs should be smaller and especially patches as the ssd usage means less multiple objects have to be put into the game. I can't remember the technical stuff but I'm really looking forward to game data size.

notahappycamper

Damien360 wrote: »

Storage is going to be a problem. PS4 content via USB3. PS5 content on internal 1TB and expandable with NVMe 4.0 ssd only. 3 compatible suppliers. Anyone see the cost of a 2Tb western digital one. More than the console.

https://shop.westerndigital.com/en-ie/products/internal-drives/wd-black-sn750-nvme-ssd[url][/url]

Ah crap. Big problem and there are 2 types - with or without heatsink. The heatsink one is dearer again!

Markitron

Pre-order available here:

https://www.very.co.uk/playstation-5-playstation-5-console-with-optional-extras/1600485230.prd?utm_campaign=other&awc=3090_1600435342_69cd16ed29222a4a69321f3d37d364e3&aff=awin&affsrc=78888&cm_mmc=awin-_-78888-_-Sub+Networks-_-0_0&utm_source=awin&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_term=Skimlinks_78888&utm_content=na


Edit: Seems like they are gone already.

CastorTroy

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

As I've said previously, I was in yesterday trying to order for a mate. The manager turned his screen towards me and let me read the internal memo to all stores that their allocation had been filled in the previous hour. This was at 2pm with the memo sent at 1pm.

Manager showed me that he could still preorder for me but that the price for the preorders was now 99,999, which meant that it likely wouldn't guarantee me a copy and I'd be better off trying again when the pre-order price was 'real' as preordering with the higher price was speculative. He said he could do it, but I'd likely not get anything.

I literally read the internal memo. So I've no idea about orders made pre 1pm but orders made after 1pm would almost certainly be outside of their allocation that they had yesterday. Whether that allocation changed today, who knows.

At that price, are you sure he wasn't showing an adverts listing?


Think that Demons Souls screen print is about as far as I got in the game. Well a wee bit more after it