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GameStop closing dem PS4 preorder floodgates?
- Thread starter shinobi602
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Not being cynical when I say this, but with system launches, they should always prepare for the worst to occur. If everything turns out okay, you're good. If it doesn't, you're still good. =)
Do they even have the space to hold all that extra stock? 100 PS4s in one store just sounds insane. Even if it is a big store.
I just hope taht Sony can deliver come launch. No word on productions issues for Sony yet I assume?
Or do you think they could be pulling a Wii and lowering the stock to create buzz?
"Got any Wii's in?"
"Nope.
"AWWWWwww.... Guess I'll call Wal-Mart"
lol, you actually believe that was a thing?
Unknown Soldier
Member
If I were MS, I would be really worried about falling far behind in install base early. At some point because of the higher price even when availability of product is stable, the PS4 will continue to outsell the 180 as long as it costs more. So spotting Sony too much of a lead early on will create an insurmountable advantage, especially since the 180 is not likely to be purchased by anyone outside the United States at this point.
I'm unsure why you would say this when Sony "came back" (in terms of hardware) while starting out quite a bit more expensive as well.
Software is king in the end.
Amazon launch day units "sold out" within a day or so of going up. I think they reserved a huge percentage of units for bundles though as those have been up for almost a month now and still come with guaranteed launch date delivery.
It's like I was saying in the other thread... unlike Sony, MS doesn't have Japan and (non-UK) Europe to fall back on to fill in the performance gap with a major North American underperformance. If MS flubs hard in the UK and America, they're essentially fucked.
Or positive, depending on how you look at it. Even though now that Microsoft reversed their DRM strategy, there is a clear message here... some things gamers are willing to fight for. And that means that in the future, even if only for a second, they will stop to consider what happened her this time before they do it again. So basically, if gamers proceed to ignore the system and the Xbox One has a rough start, the lesson Microsoft will have been taught will resonate a bit more.
Sony had to learn a similar lesson when they tried to tell us to get a second job for their painfully bloated, overdesigned and overpriced PS3 with the shittier versions of all multiplatform games and a mediocre controller. They learned that gamers do have a limit, and loyalty only goes so far.
I am not sure Sony would have learned that lesson if PS3 didn't have the rough start it did; I'm unsure Microsoft will learn the lesson unless XBO suffers a similar rough start.
Good thing the PS4 isn't as gigantic as Xbone!
Yep, that's what I was told, too. The store I've pre-ordered from where a friend of mine works told me that they're accepting pre-orders and that Sony/MS will then ship the SKU's required based on those numbers. So, I feel confident that there won't be any delays. Unless of course AU has a later launch date.
Well they have over 50+ preorders already.
I imagine they're hoping to get rid of a good deal at midnight lol.
3rdamention
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ambientmystic
Member
Holy crap, are we gonna be hearing news reports about stick ups and armed robberies for the PS Quadruple this Holiday season?
Sure seems like it with what a hawt product it is right now.
Sure seems like it with what a hawt product it is right now.
Pimpbaa
Member
A custom chip that contains the cpu and gpu is not exactly off the shelf.
No, but it doesn't appear to have been customized nearly as much as the XB1 route with ESRAM is. In theory it's closer to the stock AMD Jaguar design and likely more of the expertise in mass producing that chip are worked out and translate over. Besides also being a physically smaller chip, they can produce more of them on the same available silicon space.
Guaranteed release date delivery on the launch with Amazon, assuming you pick a fast enough shipping speed. Other than that no difference.
AyaisMUsikWhore
Member
Good thing I pre-ordered mine on Amazon. I'd rather it ship to me since I will most likely be working at the time. I went to my local gamestop and they had about 17 Xbox One orders and had over 70 for PS4. It was surprising because the store I usually go to is very pro - xbox. The employees aren't but the town is so it's very surprising to see that turn of events
Neuromancer
Member
I preordered at both Best Buy and Amazon just to be safe. I'm getting one day one dammit.
Yikes I forgot about that.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
7 million sold day one
Rogue_Ledr
Banned
I'm still fairly certain that A LOT of these preorders are gonna be unfulfilled come launch day.
You need a $100 deposit to get a preorder, so I'd imagine these are people who are serious about it.
Quadraphonic
Member
Yeah. I mean, for MS it's a terrible barometer.
Your main competitor blew through the day-one allocation, and now you're competing months later against bundles that are CHEAPER than your non-bundled product.
How come no one mentions Walmart? lol its avaliable.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Playstation-4-Console-PS4/24274267
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Playstation-4-Console-PS4/24274267
I did that as well and glad I did!!
...Now release it in October and that would make my year.
Live Free or Die
Banned
Wow, Sony winning the next gen console war before it even started.
pieatorium
Member
They lost UK as soon as they said 429 pound imo
There was a drive by at my wal-mart the day the PS3 came out.
$25
I hate pre-ordering from best buy more than gs though. Had some bad experiences from them. The staff seem especially clueless about games (at least the ones I've been to).
MWS Natural
Member
Guaranteed to cause a console fanboy fight to breakout somewhere.
i HeaR MusiC
Member
Both the ps4 and xbox one have been on sale off and on on gamestops website.. ps4 will probably be back up again like numerous other times.
katsubento
Member
Ditto that.
Codeblew
Member
Well, the APU is custom even though it uses existing tech. However, it should be much easier to manufacture than cell.
No, they won't. We'll see PS3 with 1.1 million, 360 with 1.7 million, X1 with 200.000 and PS4 with 350.000. And that is a best case scenario from todays perspective. In a reality with new iPads and other tablets you can cut every number by 20 %. Oh yeah, that and the $1 billion marketing budget that will be in full effect come September, that will most likely reverse the whole situation to X1 outselling PS4 in the US.
Did the same thing myself.
Yep, people are clamoring for that mandatory living room camera and $500 weaker system. I can see the NPD's now going exactly as you describe. One thing Americans love right now is setting up a mandatory camera in their living room. I'm sure that $1 billion will turn that right around.
Are you serious? Your post history says you are.
TacticalFox88
Banned
The key part you're missing is that even if XBO suffers the same "fate" as the PS3, MS can't hope to recover, because they have no markets to fall back on and say "Wow...we fucked up, lets make the XboxTwo a beast, by gamers, for gamers!"
If they lose NA by the margins they won over the PS3 this past gen, then I HIGHLY doubt they'll make another Xbox.
airmangataosenai
Member
They haven't been taking non-bundled Day One preorders for a long, long time.
Please. Like the tension of the mailing service not delivering your new uber toy on time isn't comparable to queue pains..
Bestbuy still have lot's of em at their website: (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Sony---PlayStation-4-(500GB)/8240103.p?id=1218866963585&skuId=8240103) as well as BB retail stores.
The Xbox one however is sold out at bestbuy.com and local BB's.
The Xbox one however is sold out at bestbuy.com and local BB's.