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[Reficul]

No PS5 sold in store 2020

When PlayStation 5 is released on November 19, it will not be possible to get the console in stores. All PlayStation 5 sales will be via online stores. As far as we know, this will apply to all outlets.

According to several sources known to Gamer.no, Sony justifies this with the fact that they do not want to contribute to increased corona infection - something they envisage can happen if there are larger gatherings of customers who try to secure the console around launch.

Norwegian site claims that Sony has asked that PS5s are not to be sold in stores this year due to covid.

I don't know if this is a worldwide thing but some chains in Norway are confirming that they have received this request from Sony.


Close if old (and don't shoot the messenger)

 

[Tchu-Espresso]

Not every country’s response to COVID-19 has been an abject failure so thus would surprise me.

 

[CrysisFreak]

preorder gang represent. squad up bois fuck the casuals lmao.
My unit better be delivered day one or heads will roll.
I do not give a fuck about anyone's health before I get my PS5.
I need it. And I'll have it. Don't test me.

 

[Tulipanzo]

This "leak" seems way outside the scope of what the site would know. I'm pretty sure higher online stock is a given, but this would come down to a store by store basis.

 

[prinz_valium]

Why is the stock situation so bad for Ps5
I hope it's not the same as the RTX 3000 series.

 

[GymWolf]

Wait what?? So do i have to move my physical preorder at gamestop to a digital one?? Wtf??

 

[Reficul]

This "leak" seems way outside the scope of what the site would know. I'm pretty sure higher online stock is a given, but this would come down to a store by store basis.

The site has confirmation from some of the major chains in Norway. But as I said (or did I): I don't know if it's a global thing.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

No PS5 sold in store 2020


Norwegian site claims that Sony has asked that PS5s are not to be sold in stores this year due to covid.

I don't know if this is a worldwide thing but some chains in Norway are confirming that they have received this request from Sony.


Close if old (and don't shoot the messenger)

Misleading much? Is it too goddamn hard to indicate Norway in the title?

 

[Iced Arcade]

Wouldn't shock me. Couldn't pre order the series X in store.

 

[Pankratous]

Wait what?? So do i have to move my physical preorder at gamestop to a digital one?? Wtf??

Unlikely, this'll be walk-ins.

 

[Hawking Radiation]

Fuck!!!

Was kinda looking forward to people drop kicking each other in store to get to any available units.

 

[hemo memo]

Nah they’ll sell it in stores here for sure. Big and small.

 

[zcaa0g]

Thanks America.

You mean China. You really do but you are just not intelligent or informed enough to realize that. That's not shocking given your background.

 

[azz0r]

You mean China.

You can blame the originator, or you can blame the country that has politicized masks.

Anyway, I really hope the UK isn't affected, I don't trust Game or the Post office to get it on time.

 

[GymWolf]

Unlikely, this'll be walk-ins.

Walk-ins??

 

[JackNightblade]

Thanks America.

...as europe goes into full lockdown due to a surge. give me a break

 

[JackNightblade]

You can blame the originator, or you can blame the country that has politicized masks.

Anyway, I really hope the UK isn't affected, I don't trust Game or the Post office to get it on time.

america has one of the highest mask usage rates in the world and the UK has a FAR worse death rate. get over yourself. People like you have politicized the whole damn thing

 

[Enzo88]

Japan is basically back to normal, not happening here.

 

[Oida di Figgiano]

Afaik the same message was sent around to bigger chains and stores across Europe, and from what i heard of people i know working in retail in some places there won´t be any machines on display, pre-order pickup only. But that is just what was asked of the shops to do, if they actually do it is another story. Would make sense though since the westwhitelungpestaids aka evolution is going strong in this part of the world

I hope they´ll have some, because although mine is getting delivered to the doorstep on release day, i firmly planned on visiting the local big retail store to bath in salty "didnt get my console" tears and brag about having one while buying some games.

 

[DaleinCalgary]

Probably a smart move. These days you do not need to get one in store.

 

[OutRun88]

Thanks America.

Why bring this nonsense in here?

 

[Warnen]

wear a mask, wash hands, stay away from people. Be safe.

 

[GHG]

Nope, some retailers here have said they will have stock on launch day available for people who didn't pre-order online.

Not every country is still under draconian lockdown rules.

 

[Darklor01]

Japan is basically back to normal, not happening here.

I'm far from an expert on Japanese culture. From what I am told, many Japanese commonly wore masks long before Covid was a thing, and in general, much of Japan is kept very clean. If these things are true, I imagine that it is pretty controlled in Japan. At the moment, I see the # of new cases in Japan are between 540-700 daily since the beginning of September.

 

[Reficul]

Bill O'Rights Mod of War :
Would one of you nice gentlemen (assuming pronouns and proud of it) or some other mod please edit my thread header to include that this is regarding Norway?

 

[Kamina]

Not every store has that option, so i hardly believe this will happen.

 

[Reficul]

Misleading much? Is it too goddamn hard to indicate Norway in the title?

Just trying out my clickbait skills. Seems to work alright.

Just kidding. My first thread and I was a little to quick posting it. Has asked mods to make neccessary changes.

 

[Reficul]

Not every country’s response to COVID-19 has been an abject failure so thus would surprise me.

Hey! What are you insin**cough**uating?
We are fine. No virus to be **cough** found in this fine country.

**cough**
**cough**
**cough**cough**cough**cough**cough**cough**cough**cough**cough**cough**

Sorry about that. **cough** We're fine.

 

[martino]

i'm worried about my preorder now....
confinement is going to be a thing again here...
should have not ask for delivery at the store (and fnac has proven they can't change order for it to be send at home with previous one)

 

[Arun1910]

Why is the stock situation so bad for Ps5

It isn't.

Sony: We’ll have more PS5s than we did PS4s at launch

Despite rumors to the contrary, Sony will have plenty of PlayStation 5 consoles ready for launch — even more than it did PS4 units, according to Sony Interactive CEO Jim Ryan.

www.engadget.com

.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Hey! What are you insin**cough**uating?
We are fine. No virus to be **cough** found in this fine country.

**cough**
**cough**
**cough**cough**cough**cough**cough**cough**cough**cough**cough**cough**

Sorry about that. **cough** We're fine.

 

[Tiamat2san]

It stinks for France too.
I hope they won’t close stores soon.
I preordered in a store.

 

[replicant-]

UK here. My PS5 and XSX are both online pre-orders. With local covid restrictions/lockdowns becoming more the norm it was the sensible move.

 

[Birdo]

Less back injuries

 

[kikii]

preorder gang represent. squad up bois fuck the casuals lmao.
My unit better be delivered day one or heads will roll.
I do not give a fuck about anyone's health before I get my PS5.
I need it. And I'll have it. Don't test me.

nais title u have "
Perfection. Erection."

 

[Gediminas]

how they going to sell them physically if all consoles are sold out in first 30min.

practically Elkjøp and Power are two retailers and these shops have no consoles to sell.

 

[eyesabitdull]

Hmmm, my country numbers have surged to its highest ever with 1,200 cases in a single day, so I wonder if its gonna happen here as well.

I actually went to a Sony store the other day, and surprisingly, they dont have pre-orders or even a goddamn official price for it.

I was thinking of getting it before maybe spending a couple of months in Russia, but no we shall see.

I wanted my hands on one at launch as I know the number of people in my country owning one at launch will be quite low, therefore allowing me to capitalize on being one of the first.

But eh, no skin off my teeth if I don't.

 

[Calverz]

Are Sony doing everything right?

BlueXImpulse

 

[Orpheum]

Got it pre ordered in a store around the corner from my apartment (Germany) I'm seriously scared if i'll be able to get it on release.

 

[Reficul]

practically Elkjøp and Power are two retailers and these shops have no consoles to sell.

My local Elkjøp told me that they would receive 7 PS5s to be sold in store, so they probably didn't sell everything online.

 

[Oida di Figgiano]

Got it pre ordered in a store around the corner from my apartment (Germany) I'm seriously scared if i'll be able to get it on release.

ohoh, u screwed, mein freund. as we learned here

Is PS5 detectable from outside of an Apartment?

It’s a threat that’s common today. Broadcasting a device and someone from the outside has a connection to it. Idk about how well hackers could get to a console. That would be interesting to see. local businesses bleed their wifi outside and if you cracked their wifi password you could get on...

www.neogaf.com

you´ll very likely get ducktaped, buttraped and your ps5 gets stolen. Thanks, Merkel.

 

[zcaa0g]

You can blame the originator, or you can blame the country that has politicized masks.

Anyway, I really hope the UK isn't affected, I don't trust Game or the Post office to get it on time.

The latter is only an issue because of the former so only the former can be blamed. It doesn't hurt to wear a mask, but let's not act like it's a magical shield.

Social distancing still has a more profound impact than the mask does. I'm saying this as a person that had a kidney transplant in August 28th, 2017. It's my responsibility to protect myself, not other people. Now back to gaming related conversations...

 

[M1chl]

I thought that Scandinavia has hardly any restriction, so WTF?

 

[azz0r]

The latter is only an issue because of the former so only the former can be blamed. It doesn't hurt to wear a mask, but let's not act like it's a magical shield.

Social distancing still has a more profound impact than the mask does. I'm saying this as a person that had a kidney transplant in August 28th, 2017. It's my responsibility to protect myself, not other people. Now back to gaming related conversations...

I got a warning so I can't reply.

 

[Reficul]

I thought that Scandinavia has hardly any restriction, so WTF?

Norway locked down the entire country for a couple of months back in march. This contributed to a fairly mild first wave. The last few weeks the number of people infected has risen, so new restrictions are being applied (though not as severe as in march).

 

[Enzo88]

I'm far from an expert on Japanese culture. From what I am told, many Japanese commonly wore masks long before Covid was a thing, and in general, much of Japan is kept very clean. If these things are true, I imagine that it is pretty controlled in Japan. At the moment, I see the # of new cases in Japan are between 540-700 daily since the beginning of September.

There are a lot of things i don`t like about how they are handling Covid, particularly testing here. On top of that, there are legislative hindrances that make things even more complicated (literally the government can`t legally enforce a lockdown), but yeah people are extremely compliant in terms of everything and the city is mostly clean.

The number of cases in Japan should not be taken as a reference for anything, they are barely testing, the strategy is focused on trying to identify and isolate clusters.

That said, i gotta give it to them, hospitals are not overflown, so things are not bad, even if i don`t think they took enough measures....these people genetics are freaky, they are immortal or something XD

Outside of having way less tourists, locals are back on streets almost full force and trains are packed everyday.

 

[DonJorginho]

You can blame the originator, or you can blame the country that has politicized masks.

Anyway, I really hope the UK isn't affected, I don't trust Game or the Post office to get it on time.

That's why I'm so grateful I got mine with ShopTo, you can't beat DPD in the UK.

 

[mitchman]

Dammit, I was gonna camp out at Elkjøp @ Ullevål for the launch as my pre-order from komplett has delivery date of May 2021.

 

[Reficul]

Dammit, I was gonna camp out at Elkjøp @ Ullevål for the launch as my pre-order from komplett has delivery date of May 2021.

Are you me? Except from location I'm in the same boat. May '21 from Komplett.

 

[Gediminas]

My local Elkjøp told me that they would receive 7 PS5s to be sold in store, so they probably didn't sell everything online.

really? how so? they were sold out like in 30min at first day and never came back like a second round or something.

Are you me? Except from location I'm in the same boat. May '21 from Komplett.

mine coming on desember 12th. that what i see at my pre-order page, but i talked with komplett and they said that i should get it on launch day. i pre-ordered on first day when they opened page for pre-orders.