PlayStation 5 - Now with FAQ in OP.

My local GameStop has 120 preorders for ps5 already, I don’t think each store is going to get nearly that many, how many PS4’s did each store get at luanch?

Gamestop will be around at Christmas but not in many places. More stores closing in coming months. They will only be keeping their busy stores open. After Christmas they are likely to close all up.

Are Smyths taking pre orders yet?

Didn't know GameStop where!

ussjtrunks wrote: »

GameStop have a sheet with things you can preorder, 50€ deposit

Yep, Gamestop are taking preorders for both versions of the console and the official accessories. €50 for the console, €5 deposit on any of the accessories.

Xenji wrote: »

I would be more surprised if Gamestop was still around in November.

I've a preorder on Cyberpunk and the only thing stopping me replacing it with Ghost of Tsushima is that I don't want to go on public transport to change it.

Not giving GameStop any money up front I'll go into Smyths next day I'm in work talk to them about it see what there saying.

One fellas I work with used to work in Smyths as well so I'll say it to him see if he knows anything.

GameStop will be last resort for me don't like or trust them!

Wing126 wrote: »

Wondering the same thing. Do you know if Smyths let you pay off in installments?

I can't imagine they would, their console pre-order system is the same as their game. You give them the card details when you pre-order, they take the money the evening before release then you go collect it that day.

keyboard_cat wrote: »

Same that’s why I’m not putting a preorder with GameStop

Same, I would normally pre-order consoles with Gamestop but I wouldn't be shocked if I woke up one morning and saw they went under. Also that 50 quid downpayment looks dodgy/desperate AF to me, with the Switch and PS4 Pro it was only 5 quid to pre-order.

titan18 wrote: »

I'd be surprised if they weren't. Surely they'll be releasing in October/early November.

PS4 release was 2 weeks before thanksgiving (15th) in the US and the day after thanksgiving on blackfriday for the rest of the world. Xbox was the week before Thanksgiving.

I think MS and Sony won't want to be the same week, and if they're both out before 19th then it'd be 6/13th for them. Other thought is MS will try to rush out much earlier into maybe October.

have read over 'some' of the thread
Lots of info and speculation.
Disclosure (that's what they say isn't it?) We have both Xbox and PS4 in the house.

I would imagine, with the 2 versions of the PS5 that MS will do the same (I believe there is already a disc less Xbox).

The real questions are, in my mind, price (from my point of view), games (from my kids point of view) and overall strategy.

On Price - I'm going to assume they will be similarly priced, if anything MS will undercut Sony to gain share.
On Games - there are, realistically, only a few exclusives on each machine that are 'must haves' - in general cross platform games are very similar (having seen the same games on both consoles here at home).
On Strategy - Sony are building a games machine. MS are too, but, and here is where the gamble / payoff is for them, Xbox Live is much better I have been told by both my kids.
MS are looking to get subscription revenue. Look at Office 365, that is a massive cash cow for them. They took the hit of no one off purchase to gain a regular revenue stream. I think they must be seriously thinking of offering the disc less Xbox at a really cut price, maybe 199. They have the cash to do that remember. They are in it for the long term.

Be interesting as a business case study to be honest.

I just wish they would all agree to cross platform play!

I cant rememeber where I read it, but MS have also said, that it'll be a worldwide launch, not staggered like the Xbox one was. (which funnily enough, I think had to do with getting the poxy kinect to work with various languages worldwide).

Off the phone with Smyths there and they think preorders will be happening next week.

So I clarified a bit and asked does pricing need to be announced before they can happen and they said price and date.

They expect more information to be revealed next week and they hope its for pricing and release.

Don’t see that happening until August around when Gamescom would be tbh.

maxwell smart wrote: »

have read over 'some' of the thread
Lots of info and speculation.
Disclosure (that's what they say isn't it?) We have both Xbox and PS4 in the house.

I would imagine, with the 2 versions of the PS5 that MS will do the same (I believe there is already a disc less Xbox).

The real questions are, in my mind, price (from my point of view), games (from my kids point of view) and overall strategy.

On Price - I'm going to assume they will be similarly priced, if anything MS will undercut Sony to gain share.
On Games - there are, realistically, only a few exclusives on each machine that are 'must haves' - in general cross platform games are very similar (having seen the same games on both consoles here at home).
On Strategy - Sony are building a games machine. MS are too, but, and here is where the gamble / payoff is for them, Xbox Live is much better I have been told by both my kids.
MS are looking to get subscription revenue. Look at Office 365, that is a massive cash cow for them. They took the hit of no one off purchase to gain a regular revenue stream. I think they must be seriously thinking of offering the disc less Xbox at a really cut price, maybe 199. They have the cash to do that remember. They are in it for the long term.

Be interesting as a business case study to be honest.

I just wish they would all agree to cross platform play!

I'm not saying they won't build a great / successful console. But people have been making variations of the "Microsoft have loads of money and they're thinking long term so they can sell at a loss and dominate the market" claim for the last three generations and that has never borne out to be the case.

TheW1zard wrote: »

Will the ps5 be VR ?

It has already been confirmed that the current PSVR will be compatible, it is the safest of safe bets that there will be a new headset at some point in the future. I think it is likely to launch around the same time as RE8. Even the current headset should get a performance/visual bump with the extra power of the PS5.

quokula wrote: »

I'm not saying they won't build a great / successful console. But people have been making variations of the "Microsoft have loads of money and they're thinking long term so they can sell at a loss and dominate the market" claim for the last three generations and that has never borne out to be the case.

He might be right, but not because they are selling a disc-less version at a loss. The lockhart won't have the same hardware as the XSX as it is gonna be a streaming box with much cheaper components. They are gonna have to get the streaming working well first, which is a big if.

ussjtrunks wrote: »

GameStop have a sheet with things you can preorder, 50€ deposit

That's exactly how Smyths did it with the Ps4, think it was €100 deposit.