The 'I've successfully ordered a PS5' thread

Yeah the Dun Laoghaire GS had the same wierd system. Queue up to pay then queue up AGAIN to collect your console. Too many people in too small a shop getting twitchy in case there wasn't enough machines or something.

I’ve only ever done one launch day, the ps2. It was going to be a present from Santy, but he forgot to preorder one so there was some panic leading up to launch day(as far as I remember too there was lots of talk about the immense popularity meant it would be really difficult to get one before Christmas, especially as it launched with 1 month to go).

After ringing several places we found out the Virgin Megastore had 50 consoles that would be first come first serve at 9am on release day. So I went into town at 3am to queue, and was the 13th person there. It was freezing, and it was a long wait, but there was a great buzz around the place with people talking about what games they were getting with it and just generally their favourites from the ps1. Shortly before opening a member of staff came out and gave the first 50 people a ticket, the relief when I got that and got in to get the console!! There were distressed parents outside and I remember one person offering 500 for anyone who would give them their console, but it didn’t look like anyone there was looking to make a profit.

As it was a Christmas present, the deal was that once it was in the house then it was to be handed over immediately until Christmas Day. But when I got home there was nobody in the house, so I opened it as quickly and as carefully as I could for a quick go of it-got about 20 minutes of the SSX demo in before I heard the door downstairs. I hurriedly put the console back in(I didn’t have time to put the SCART and power cables back, so they stayed there until Christmas Day, thankfully nobody noticed). Then the console was gone and the agonising wait for Christmas Day began. Good times!

Markitron wrote: »

I was offered £750 for mine, but what was the point in having all that money if I can't buy a PS2 for christmas

Funny/horrifying story: I was in Dixons in Jervis St not long after launch, some mother asked the sales guy for 'the new playstation' and he sold her the PSOne. I hated the staff in that place, slippery ****s.

Argh I don’t know how you could live with yourself actively ruining Christmas!

The week after launch my sister ended up getting a temp job in the local GAME so we would have gotten one anyway. They had a policy of not announcing new stock but if anyone came in and asked they’d give them one if it was available. She said it was the best Christmas job she’d ever had-people would come in looking completely dejected and would leave overjoyed. Some people even bought the staff presents afterwards as a thank you!

recyclops wrote: »

I got mine in the most unlikely of places golden discs in Dun Laoghaire a friend of the family called my bro the night before launch to say they had got a few in that day unexpectedly and to come down that night as she would run it through the till.

As it was a christmas gift it was also put away and little me didnt know it was ordered so spent weeks calling all the shops I could, always remember being annoyed that the Sony Centre of all places had nothing to do with Sony

Yea Sony centre were basically Peats, and you best believe the staff had all of them hoovered up long in advance

Reading these stories I'm seriously impressed Santy managed to get me a Wii for Christmas back in the day. Was oblivious to all the commotion as a kid

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

I asked this on the other thread but curious if anyone on here can advise. I've been trying to get my pre-order address changed with Smyths but they're insisting this isn't possible. Apparently an post are legally obliged to attempt delivery to the address provided so Smyths can't legally intercept the package. This sounds like complete nonsense to me but at the same time I can't see why they'd just make it up. Anyone in a similar situation?

If it had been posted already I'd agree with them but it's not. Their system doesn't have that option and they'd rather not have a long conversation if someone won't accept no for an answer.

People make up **** all the time to sound knowledgeable too.

This may have been posted above already; GameStop seems to have a pretty good idea of its expected stock. One store I spoke to confirmed August 23rd is the approx cutoff for the 499 model, and a LOT later for the 399 model... i.e. deposits prior to this date will get one on launch, deposits after probably won't. I was skeptical about this "pre-order-that's-not-a-preorder" but they seem pretty organised.

Midlife wrote: »

If this is recurring, then it's intentional IMO.

I wonder how many of the disappointed Sony Christmas hopefuls will purchase a load of other stuff and then get a ps5 next year anyway.

I say this is cynical marketing and not incompetence.

I don’t think it is, as it’s not always been launched everywhere in November.

If you look at the last 2 generations, both Microsoft and Sony have released their consoles in November. To me that points to each company not wanting the other to get a massive head start with a free run at Christmas, so releasing whatever stock they can make is better than waiting until they have enough for demand. I really can’t imagine either company purposely not making as many consoles as they can for marketing purposes.

3DataModem wrote: »

I think you have a great chance, especially if willing to take a 399 model (no disc).

Where woild i get this? On list in smyths and gs already

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

I asked this on the other thread but curious if anyone on here can advise. I've been trying to get my pre-order address changed with Smyths but they're insisting this isn't possible. Apparently an post are legally obliged to attempt delivery to the address provided so Smyths can't legally intercept the package. This sounds like complete nonsense to me but at the same time I can't see why they'd just make it up. Anyone in a similar situation?

Encountered this problem a few years ago , ordered something for my nephews and put my sisters maiden name as the address instead of her married name (complete accident )

As it was well known I couldn’t stand my brother in law, I tried everything for smyths to edit the details

That couldn’t

Was a pity as family fireworks ensued over this

Fiftyfilthy wrote: »

Encountered this problem a few years ago , ordered something for my nephews and put my sisters maiden name as the address instead of her married name (complete accident)

As it was well known I couldn’t stand my brother in law, I tried everything for smyths to edit the details

That couldn’t

Was a pity as family fireworks ensued over this

Suuuuuuure it was

In all fairness how can a company like gamestop not know their allocation for in store preorders when console is 5 weeks from been released. It seems like the highest of highs **** show from them.

RedXIV wrote: »

i.e. Rural stores might be doing better with lower demand vs Dublin based high demand ones?

All the farmers will have them snapped up long ago. Farming Simulator will hopefully get a nice frame rate and graphical boost on the PS5 to keep us all outside Dublin going through the winter.

Markitron wrote: »

Tbf, to a lot of people rural = outside of the M50

By the posters reckoning then rural people in Ireland will have more PS5s than non rural people.

As a "rural person" I'm happy then for this reversal of fortunes.

jvrk wrote: »

In all fairness how can a company like gamestop not know their allocation for in store preorders when console is 5 weeks from been released. It seems like the highest of highs **** show from them.

They know exactly how much they'll be getting and will have the individual stores allocated too. They were greedy and as I said earlier in the thread, anyone who preorders with them needs their head examined.