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[Rossco EZ]

put on of these on your apartment door

 

[RoboFu]

Sounds like you should just move.

 

[baphomet]

I can see your PS5 from here

 

[Goro Majima]

No one is risking a felony and prison time for a few years just to be able to play a PS5 sooner.

They might risk it to sell it to buy drugs but that’s literally anything of value.

 

[Snake00]

No but seriously , the situation is not as save anymore in germany.

The number of break ins in 2019 was the lowest since the reunion (1990).

 

[Jigsaah]

So with the limited Numbers PS5 was distributed to diffrent countrys (100k for Germany) it could cause Peopel who are desprate to get one but cant to maybe try to steal one. So i have an preorder secured and it will get delivered to a Poststore. ( i dont trust my Neigbors from same Apartment complex) I will pick it up there and try to enter my apartment without getting seen. (I assume any big Package will be supicious to certain people.

So with that being said - will someone from an apartment around me be able to detect that somewhere around him is an actuall PS5? Like finding it over Bluetooth or Wifi.. i own a PS4 but not even there iam sure how this is handled..
So is there any info out there regarding my Question?
Iam super nerveous about all that. I will also try to by my PS5 Gamedisks very discrete. To not give away to strangers that iam in fact own a PS5..

Just do what I do. Name your wifi Network "IHaveAShotgun"

 

[Knitted Knight]

Get an AR-15 playa...

Before going to bed hook it to the door with a fishing line tied from knob to trigger.

Been thinking about it.... can't never be too careful.

 

[THE DUCK]

Maybe you can disable the Bluetooth in settings and use the controller wired?

Also wired via ethernet is safer, if you can't do that perhaps a wireless bridge then ethernet so you can still disable wifi.

This all assumes sony will let you disable Bluetooth and wireless.

Backup plan set up a very loud motion sensor/alarm on door next to tv when u are gone, and or a camera. And a second one by the TV.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

I mean you can always set up bear traps around the thing.

 

[Kamina]

I’ve already detected your preorder and am on the way.

 

[bender]

 

[BaneIsPain]

Protect PS5 with your life. Abandon everything else.

 

[cireza]

Rest assured, the answer is no.
As obviously, the console can't fit into an apartment.

 

[N30RYU]

just buy a gun to protect your ps5

/jk

 

[DinoD]

Whatever happened to Deutschland? What City (Stadt) you live in? I lived in Germany between late 80's and 1998. It was one of the safest places you could imagine. It felt funny at first. I had this feeling every neighbor in the street I lived, was always on some sort of lookout for any suspicious activities. There weren't any ever. The only dodgy places around that time were some parts of Frankfurt A.M and Berlin. It was also a bit rough around few places where US and UK troops were stationed, but compared to some burbs here in Australia and U.S, they still felt like Bergen in Norway

 

[DinoD]

just buy a gun to protect your ps5

/jk

Germany is not in Texas.

 

[and 3 others]

Connect via Ethernet and turn off wireless connection. You'll get a better experience and your console wont show up on any wireless device or be detectable.

Fuck you, I'm white and will teleport when I want!

 

[The_Mike]

The hell happened to Germany?.

I live in freaking Chile and don't have to worry this much about my neighbors knowing I bought a new console.

Germany is a third world county, with many other EU countries to follow.

 

[Relativ9]

Dude I'll buy it off you, invest the money into moving into a better neighboorhood. I want you to be safe, totally not making the offer for selfish reasons.

 

[Grinchy]

Germany is not in Texas.

It's not very far from Paris, and that is in Texas.

 

[Reficul]

So with that being said - will someone from an apartment around me be able to detect that somewhere around him is an actuall PS5?

If your apartment has windows there might be a slight possibility that people with eyes might detect it from outside. Remember to keep those curtains closed. But I guess they are already covered with aluminum foil so you shouldn't worry about that.

 

[GymWolf]

People really steal inside houses for a fucking ps5??!

 

[Black_Stride]

Hahahaha.

This thread.

Its a PS5 guy, people have alot more important things to worry about than working their asses off to steal your PS5.
Your priorities are all screwed up and now you think everyone elses priorities' are screwed up......so few people give a fuck about the PS5 launch day, it will just be another day to them seeing you playing videogames will likely disgust them.

 

[PropellerEar]

Spray paint a big cardboard box black, and hide your PS5 inside.

Spoiler

 

[bad guy]

Yes. The console is huge. You can can see it through every window.

 

[PropellerEar]

Germany is a third world county, with many other EU countries to follow.

Sweden welcomes Germany into the fold.

 

[CrysisFreak]

The responses itc are killing me. Ded.

 

[PuppetMaster]

Germany is not in Texas.

Germany, Texas - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Wizz-Art]

Spray paint a big cardboard box black, and hide your PS5 inside.

Spoiler

He did, but whatever he tried he couldn't make it fit...

 

[Snake00]

Germany is a third world county, with many other EU countries to follow.

Sadly it's not. If a country with such a high living standard is considered third world, the world would be in in a very good state.

 

[DinoD]

Germany, Texas - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I stand ashamed. To the OP. Go and get the gun.

 

[KiNeMz]

Name your console "Hunter Bidens Laptop".

No one will want a bar of it.

 

[OrionNebula]

People really steal inside houses for a fucking ps5??!

Calm down, calm down

To be fair, some will try stealing it from you before you even get home with it (how else are they gonna do ps5 unboxing videos?)

 

[Zathalus]

Dude, it's a console, not a briefcase full of gold.

Relax.

 

[GymWolf]

Calm down, calm down

To be fair, some will try stealing it from you before you even get home with it (how else are they gonna do ps5 unboxing viseos?)

Perfectly calm here, i was just laughing at people so desperate for a console to steal one from another guy

 

[PropellerEar]

He did, but whatever he tried he couldn't make it fit...

That's what she(XSX) said.

 

[vkbest]

Didn't you hear about PS5 hunters? they can follow the trail from several miles.

 

[whyman]

Yes the PS5 is so big it can't be hidden. What place do you live in that this would be a problem?

 

[Jack Videogames]

Make sure you use an inconspicuous bag to carry your PS5 home. For example, a burlap sack with a giant € symbol

 

[betrayal]

Wtf is this thread?

 

[Kupfer]

But i general a 100k units is not much for a Country like Germany. We have 79 Cities with at least 100k inhabitants so that would make ~1200 Consoles per city , but there are alot villiges and smaller towns.. so i would assume that the actuall number per City is much lower - like lower 3digits like..

Where did you get that 100k information? It's hard to believe. Otherwise, I'm the only one of my friends and contacts who made PS5 preorders.

 

[PleaseDontBanMe]

you live in a ghetto in Germany?

 

[Boss Mog]

Whatever happened to Deutschland? What City (Stadt) you live in? I lived in Germany between late 80's and 1998. It was one of the safest places you could imagine. It felt funny at first. I had this feeling every neighbor in the street I lived, was always on some sort of lookout for any suspicious activities. There weren't any ever. The only dodgy places around that time were some parts of Frankfurt A.M and Berlin. It was also a bit rough around few places where US and UK troops were stationed, but compared to some burbs here in Australia and U.S, they still felt like Bergen in Norway

You don't need to be Sherlock Holmes to figure out what happened in Germany, it's the same thing that happened in France and the rest of Western Europe, which also used to be very safe. And yes in France delivery trucks get hijacked during console launches now. Stores are calling and asking people to come pick it up in person in a store to avoid this.

 

[BigDaddyDavee]

This is either straight up lunacy or their first experience of a console release.

 

[Vawn]

I made posters that says, "I got a PS5 and you don't" with a big emoji hand giving the bird.

Are you guys suggesting that I actually shouldn't hang this on my garage and front door?

 

[Piku_Ringo]

You don't need to be Sherlock Holmes to figure out what happened in Germany, it's the same thing that happened in France and the rest of Western Europe, which also used to be very safe. And yes in France delivery trucks get hijacked during console launches now. Stores are calling and asking people to come pick it up in person in a store to avoid this.

 

[Boss Mog]

Yeah I don't know what you're trying to say there buddy...

 

[JimboJones]

Got to build your self a Faraday cage.





Also wire the building to explode just in case

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

you live in a ghetto in Germany?

It's "the" ghetto in Germany, we only have one (so far). Also known as "Berlin". Also known as zoo without bars.

 

[Oida di Figgiano]

As somebody who (unfortunately stranded by birth and stuck here, descendant of the remnants of the last lost world youth games) resides in said country can´t share your feelings about this. But i´m a nationless foreigner and lack specific german dna which seems to include the angst and stupidity in terms of all things money. Oh and i reside in the nice part of the country where milk and honey is flowing, not some eastern or northern shithole which is basically the rest of the country except the part i reside in. But even then there just is no such danger, thats more FUD than saying next gen machines do not exist and you´ll get bricks delivered in the boxes on launch day.