Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

PlayStation 5 - Now with FAQ in OP.

1…199200202204205…322

Comments

  • #6032
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    rob808 wrote: »
    Im hoping Smyths do have a plan for ps5 launch looking at there site today saying no home delivery or pick up.They might lockdown home delivery for just the ps5 launch given how expensive the ps5 consoles are or use different couriers.

    They use UPS which is what apple use to send millions of devices costing multiple of €1000s around the globe. Getting from their warehouse to my front door won’t be an issue for a €499 console.


  • #6033
    Messi19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 750 ✭✭✭Messi19


    Have preorders for this gone through the roof? I honestly haven't been keeping up with it at all. I've still plenty of use left in my ps4 yet so I'm not in any mad rush, nor do I have a 4k tv yet! Might pick up a tv in the jan sales and go from there


  • #6034
    Markitron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,157 ✭✭✭Markitron


    Messi19 wrote: »
    Have preorders for this gone through the roof? I honestly haven't been keeping up with it at all. I've still plenty of use left in my ps4 yet so I'm not in any mad rush, nor do I have a 4k tv yet! Might pick up a tv in the jan sales and go from there

    Well every place doing pre-orders pretty much sold out in minutes. We don't know the actual number of consoles pre-ordered yet but it is likely to be sold out into the new year.


  • #6035
    J Mysterio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,200 ✭✭✭✭J Mysterio


    Potential-Monke wrote: »
    I can't see why these places can't tell everyone that collection is a thing, but the shop will be closed and you've to wait in a car (not standing or at the very least standing very far away) and wait for a phonecall to come to the door and collect. Make it mandatory to have it paid off beforehand (all retailers, not just GameStop but I'm using them as an example). Then it's simply produce your loyalty card/receipt and you get stuff handed over. No sales on the day. It's not that hard to do in fairness, and if it's only pre-orders and the shop itself is closed to walk-ins, they have all day to arrange it.

    Edit: I've created a thread specifically for pre-order talk, I think it would be easier for people still trying to pre-order to use a specific thread than trying to find the info on this one, and we can keep this one specific to any new information on the consoles/games/accessories and not get lost inbetween all the preorder chat:

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058119473

    Because it means that staff will have to go to work to serve you.

    I understand the frustration, but c'est la vie.


  • #6036
    J Mysterio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,200 ✭✭✭✭J Mysterio


    Markitron wrote: »
    Well every place doing pre-orders pretty much sold out in minutes. We don't know the actual number of consoles pre-ordered yet but it is likely to be sold out into the new year.

    This release was a complete farce, particularly as regards pre-orders and national/ shop unit allocation process. Did they have a plan at all? The uptake was surely of a scale that must have been anticipated? There is always big interest in a new Sony console. It's just so odd as the mechanics of a release is quite predictable. Do they learn nothing from previous launches?

    I know that companies often like to have just a few units less than the public want, to create a buzz and demand, but don't know whether there was a Covid related supply problem in this instance or if they just badly misjudged the demand. Either way, completely botched release.


  • Advertisement
  • #6037
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    J Mysterio wrote: »
    This release was a complete farce, particularly as regards pre-orders and national/ shop unit allocation process. Did they have a plan at all? The uptake was surely of a scale that must have been anticipated? There is always big interest in a new Sony console. It's just so odd as the mechanics of a release is quite predictable. Do they learn nothing from previous launches?

    I know that companies often like to have just a few units less than the public want, to create a buzz and demand, but don't know whether there was a Covid related supply problem in this instance or if they just badly misjudged the demand. Either way, completely botched release.


    They're damned if they did damned if they didn't.

    They released preorders stealthily on the night of the reveal last month. they sold out in minutes as was said (was more like an hour).

    The next week they said they had more stock and set a date of Tuesday lunchtime (don't remember the exact day or time), pre-announcing it gave bots/scalpers a target to slam the website ensuring that they sold out in minutes again.

    I'm not sure what else they could have done?


  • #6038
    Markitron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,157 ✭✭✭Markitron


    J Mysterio wrote: »
    This release was a complete farce, particularly as regards pre-orders and national/ shop unit allocation process. Did they have a plan at all? The uptake was surely of a scale that must have been anticipated? There is always big interest in a new Sony console. It's just so odd as the mechanics of a release is quite predictable. Do they learn nothing from previous launches?

    I know that companies often like to have just a few units less than the public want, to create a buzz and demand, but don't know whether there was a Covid related supply problem in this instance or if they just badly misjudged the demand. Either way, completely botched release.

    I don't really see the point in them creating buzz by limiting pre-orders, the buzz had been building for months and the PS5 was selling out regardless.

    As Creamy says, they certainly ****ed up, but any scheduled opening of pre-orders would have been just as big a cluster****.


  • #6039
    J Mysterio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,200 ✭✭✭✭J Mysterio


    If they can sell many more at launch, they should.

    If they had better judged demand, the bots/ scalpers are left holding their nuts and everyone is happy.

    The point is that there is a consistent misjudgement on big product launches like this. Ok, if you're a new company, maybe you can't afford to release a gazillion units at launch, but a company like Sony should have sufficient capital to offer enough units to satiate demand.


  • #6040
    loughrey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 284 ✭✭loughrey


    Anyone think there will be any good OLED TV deals this black Friday? I'm looking at the LG BX 55 inch from Richer Sounds that's currently 1250, hoping to see a hundred or two taken off it around Black Friday. Has 4K 120hz and HDMI 2.1 support so very much PS5 ready


  • #6041
    FedoraTheAura
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 244 ✭✭FedoraTheAura


    loughrey wrote: »
    Anyone think there will be any good OLED TV deals this black Friday? I'm looking at the LG BX 55 inch from Richer Sounds that's currently 1250, hoping to see a hundred or two taken off it around Black Friday. Has 4K 120hz and HDMI 2.1 support so very much PS5 ready

    The LG oled’s are on sale at the moment at Curry’s/Richer Sounds, not sure how much they’d drop lower than those prices in the sales. Looking at last years sales, the tv’s of then were around the same prices


  • Advertisement
  • #6042
    jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,219 ✭✭✭jones


    loughrey wrote: »
    Anyone think there will be any good OLED TV deals this black Friday? I'm looking at the LG BX 55 inch from Richer Sounds that's currently 1250, hoping to see a hundred or two taken off it around Black Friday. Has 4K 120hz and HDMI 2.1 support so very much PS5 ready

    I have the LG C9 which is almost identical to the CX absolute cracking tv. Dying to see it show off the PS5


  • #6043
    fixXxer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,450 ✭✭✭fixXxer


    Some PS5 Hands on information. Nothing unexpected but still good to be getting news.


  • #6044
    The Raging Bile Duct
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,161 ✭✭✭The Raging Bile Duct


    Covid has most likely decreased the effectiveness of supply chains and production lines along with along increasing demand for home entertainment and consoles. There was probably never a chance of them having enough ready for launch to satisfy demand.


  • #6045
    Wing126
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,563 ✭✭✭Wing126


    Actually, they said COVID hadn't disrupted their plans much.

    Regardless, whether or not COVID did affect their plans, they can only produce so many at a time and to have them arrive for launch, they have to be shipped at a certain time etc. Demand will always exceed supply at launch for popular products. It's not as easy as "just make more".


  • #6046
    jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,219 ✭✭✭jones


    fixXxer wrote: »
    Some PS5 Hands on information. Nothing unexpected but still good to be getting news.

    What are they talking about here?

    It's also been revealed that Sony is moving into using 'X' as the confirmation button rather than 'O' with the PS5 - something which will no doubt take some getting used to.

    It's always been x as the confirmation button?


  • #6047
    billybonkers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭billybonkers


    Sony don't control the retailers pre order systems...

    What would you have them do?


  • #6048
    billybonkers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭billybonkers


    jones wrote: »
    What are they talking about here?

    It's also been revealed that Sony is moving into using 'X' as the confirmation button rather than 'O' with the PS5 - something which will no doubt take some getting used to.

    It's always been x as the confirmation button?

    That is in Japan only I thought


  • #6049
    Wing126
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,563 ✭✭✭Wing126


    jones wrote: »
    What are they talking about here?

    It's also been revealed that Sony is moving into using 'X' as the confirmation button rather than 'O' with the PS5 - something which will no doubt take some getting used to.

    It's always been x as the confirmation button?


    They're Japanese previews. In Japan it's been O to confirm since PS1. O is synonymous with a tick mark in Japanese.


  • #6050
    gerrybbadd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,301 ✭✭✭✭gerrybbadd


    jones wrote: »
    What are they talking about here?

    It's also been revealed that Sony is moving into using 'X' as the confirmation button rather than 'O' with the PS5 - something which will no doubt take some getting used to.

    It's always been x as the confirmation button?

    Not in Japan Jonesy! Since the beginning, it's been O for enter, X for back over there.

    Anyone remember when we used to use Triangle to go back instead of O?


  • #6051
    Penn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,792 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    billybonkers wrote: »
    That is in Japan only I thought

    Yeah Japan are the ones switching to the way we do it, where X is confirm and O is back. Always confused me especially in Metal Gear Solid games, or the early ones at least, where O was confirm and X was back.


  • Advertisement
  • #6052
    The Raging Bile Duct
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,161 ✭✭✭The Raging Bile Duct


    Going back with an X is always a bad idea. Good move on Sony's part to stop us from making a big mistake.


  • #6053
    recyclops
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭recyclops


    my first experience of this was the annoying menu in MGS always kicking me backwards for hitting X


  • #6054
    billybonkers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭billybonkers


    Thinking about it, it would be easy enough for Sony to allow us to map the buttons to whatever we wanted, wouldn't it?


  • #6055
    Varik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,529 ✭✭✭✭Varik


    billybonkers wrote: »
    Thinking about it, it would be easy enough for Sony to allow us to map the buttons to whatever we wanted, wouldn't it?

    You can map buttons but its all or nothing swaps, not per game or feature.

    would love more games to allow full button mapping.


  • #6056
    J Mysterio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,200 ✭✭✭✭J Mysterio


    Wing126 wrote: »
    Actually, they said COVID hadn't disrupted their plans much.

    Regardless, whether or not COVID did affect their plans, they can only produce so many at a time and to have them arrive for launch, they have to be shipped at a certain time etc. Demand will always exceed supply at launch for popular products. It's not as easy as "just make more".

    If you have an anticipated launch window years ahead, it comes down to good project management, and planning.

    Anticipate demand, and yes, 'make more'.


  • #6057
    Wing126
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,563 ✭✭✭Wing126


    J Mysterio wrote: »
    If you have an anticipated launch window years ahead, it comes down to good project management, and planning.

    Anticipate demand, and yes, 'make more'.


    I'm sure you know much more about it all than both Sony and Microsoft's (who are also completely sold out on Pre-orders) planning teams. Why don't you go work for them and fix it all up?


  • #6058
    The Raging Bile Duct
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,161 ✭✭✭The Raging Bile Duct


    J Mysterio wrote: »
    IAnticipate demand, and yes, 'make more'.

    Wow, that's so ingenious... why didn't Sony do that!?!?! Gah!!!


  • #6059
    SureYWouldntYa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,852 ✭✭✭SureYWouldntYa


    Speaking of X and O on the remote, how would you pronounce it?

    I’d have always called the buttons down the years - square, circle, triangle, x

    Turns out x is supposed to be called cross, cant remember where i saw that a couple years ago but i was horrified


  • #6060
    J Mysterio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,200 ✭✭✭✭J Mysterio


    Wing126 wrote: »
    I'm sure you know much more about it all than both Sony and Microsoft's (who are also completely sold out on Pre-orders) planning teams. Why don't you go work for them and fix it all up?

    I'm simply commenting on what seems a clear and obvious failure. I'm sorry it upsets you so.
    The Raging Bile Duct wrote: »
    Wow, that's so ingenious... why didn't Sony do that!?!?! Gah!!!

    Indeed, why not?


  • Advertisement
  • #6061
    The Raging Bile Duct
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,161 ✭✭✭The Raging Bile Duct


    SureYWouldntYa wrote: »
    Speaking of X and O on the remote, how would you pronounce it?

    I’d have always called the buttons down the years - square, circle, triangle, x

    Turns out x is supposed to be called cross, cant remember where i saw that a couple years ago but i was horrified

    Ex, Oh, Squood and Chinge. That's how I pronounce them.


This discussion has been closed.
Advertisement