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[JimJamJones]

My Facebook friend posted this 40 minutes ago with caption "Not even announced yet!"

(I'm in the UK)

And yet we can't even get a hint on NX.

 

[gossi]

Since CEX is used equipment it's hilarious they're already selling this before release.

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

500GB is just about enough given the tie ratio consoles typically have had in the past. I don't know what they're like for this gen, but I can't imagine a huge deviation.

If you're a keen gamer who browses this forum then yeah, I'm sure you want more space. But for the average user and Mr or MRs GTA, FIFA and COD. They don't.

It amazes me how people don't understand this and the idea that many people are pretty ok with just managing the space they have.

The figures may have changed since but about a year ago the average attach Rate of a ps4 was about 4.5 games. That's still enough for a 500gb drive.

 

[johnny956]

Sony's retail channels are just that good. Slims out in the wild already before announcement. Andrew House did say he wanted to announce things closer to launch so they're already beating expectations by releasing it before announcing it!

 

[gossi]

It amazes me how people don't understand this and the idea that many people are pretty ok with just managing the space they have.

The figures may have changed since but about a year ago the average tie ratio of a ps4 was about 7 games. That's still enough for a 500gb drive.

Yeah my workmates are around that. One has uninstalled a game to make room for another.

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

Yeah my workmates are around that. One has uninstalled a game to make room for another.

I just looked it up and it's actually 4.5 games lol

 

[Theonik]

lol sony messed up here. how have people got these so early?

i wonder if we'll see the same happen for Neo.

This thing happens quite frequently, the difference is that consoles don't usually get announced as they are going out. Given that Sony likely wanted a wide release straight after the announcement they were going to leak whether from 'lost' shipments or local distributors getting greedy. Information about it happening also gets out more efficiently now than ever before. The other difference is the volume of units is quite high which isn't consistent with indie retail leaks which lends credence to the possibility of a shipment getting stolen.

 

[djplaeskool]

Sony with the Ozymandias announcement process.

 

[show me your skeleton]

Could be worse. Could have paid a thousand bucks for No Man's Sky.

holy shit did that happen?!

 

[KHlover]

holy shit did that happen?!

Sorry, misremembered.

Spoiler

Actually paid $1300

 

[Dabanton]

So much for Sony's 'Apple style announcement'

 

[Jotaka]

I really don't get this people wanting to be "first".... They are paying more for a product designed to be cheaper than available model. I guess people like to burning hundreds pounds for the novelty.

 

[T.O.P]

Sorry, misremembered.

Spoiler

Actually paid $1300

Poor guy

 

[Dabanton]

Sorry, misremembered.

Spoiler

Actually paid $1300

I sort of missed the whole NMS fuckery. But that is hilarious. I take it the guy had that money to burn. Cause if not, yesshhh....

 

[toythatkills]

I really don't get this people wanting to be "first".... They are paying more for a product designed to be cheaper than available model. I guess people like to burning hundreds pounds for the novelty.

There's literally always a premium for buying new technology first

 

[digitalrelic]

So what do you think the odds would be of stopping by a mom n' pop game shop and there being stock available? Nil? Thinking about making a few stops on my way home from work...

 

[toythatkills]

So what do you think the odds would be of stopping by a mom n' pop game shop and there being stock available? Nil? Thinking about making a few stops on my way home from work...

Since you're obviously in America, I would say zero. These have only been spotted in the UK.

 

[Audioboxer]

Could be worse. Could have paid a thousand bucks for No Man's Sky.

Sorry, misremembered.

Spoiler

Actually paid $1300

I don't even...

Florida man turned into a gamer for a short period of time?

 

[Dinjooh]

So much for Sony's 'Apple style announcement'

Leak wise, this is completely in line with the 'apple method' though ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

So what do you think the odds would be of stopping by a mom n' pop game shop and there being stock available? Nil? Thinking about making a few stops on my way home from work...

Haven't we only heard reports from the UK so far? I think it's fair to assume this isn't some widespread available item, more likely just a warehouse or distribution centre somewhere that got robbed or fucked up.

 

[Pancakes R Us]

Don't buy it from CEX. Don't step into a store. The smell. I'll never forget it, it'll remain with me to the end of my days.

 

[rokkerkory]

secret launch ala Saturn?

 

[kennyamr]

#bantheUK

or or

#playsbrexit

ugh, ran out of ideas.

 

[Dinjooh]

Don't buy it from CEX. Don't step into a store. The smell. I'll never forget it, it'll remain with me to the end of my days.

Would you like to sit down and talk about it, Pancakes R Us?

 

[Rich!]

Don't buy it from CEX. Don't step into a store. The smell. I'll never forget it, it'll remain with me to the end of my days.

My local CEX is staffed almost entirely by hot punk girls

I will step into there as much as I possibly can

 

[ss_lemonade]

Don't buy it from CEX. Don't step into a store. The smell. I'll never forget it, it'll remain with me to the end of my days.

There's a CEX here near our place. Went there one time to check it out and saw someone spit on the floor. It was a customer though but still...

 

[toythatkills]

My local CEX is staffed almost entirely by hot punk girls

I will step into there as much as I possibly can

You will never talk to them and even if you do they will never be interested in you but you will spend more money.

Textbook recruitment.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

My local CEX is staffed almost entirely by hot punk girls

I will step into there as much as I possibly can

Mine isn't mine is staffed by the ones that smell.

 

[Pancakes R Us]

Would you like to sit down and talk about it, Pancakes R Us?

Talking about it won't get rid of the memory of that awful smell.

My local CEX is staffed almost entirely by hot punk girls

I will step into there as much as I possibly can

Make sure you have a good wash afterwards.

 

[checkeredknight]

For those worrying about price, don't. CEX price things up if they get copies / units in before the official launch date. They'll adjust the trade and sell prices once it officially comes out.

 

[TVC 15]

I frequented Computer Exchange near Tottenham Court Road the other day, the original CEX before it became the chain we all know and (un)love.

Man what a depressing sight, I remember getting VF 3TB and Darkstalkers Nightwarriors for Saturn in the early Noughties, tonnes of retro stuff, anime vhs/dvds Pal console conversions etc.

Its just stacks of £1 DVD's, cracked smart phones and that famous CEX/Cash Converters smell now, Bleurgh.

Can people not wait 2-4 weeks for a reveal and the product on shelves.

 

[Pops Maellard]

At this point, Sony should just tell retailers to put it out on shelves and then never talk about it. Ever. Just pretend like they don't even sell a PS4 slim. It would be the first unannounced, never marketed console.

I'd probably buy one just for the memes at that point.

 

[Ravensmash]

A CEX that I used to frequent always blared incredibly loud rap metal, whilst kids ran up and down screaming and moving the boxes out of alphabetical order.

Great times.

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

IDK. I'm still #TeamFake. Noone even heard of CEX.Especially after that NX controller fiasco.

 

[LordBaztion]

I wonder for how much can you sell it to Eurogamer

 

[CadetMahoney]

#playsbrexit

Brexit: The Third Place

#£380forLyfe

 

[Tea and Toast]

It's not worth going in CEX for.

Has anyone ever been in one that doesn't stink of bo. It's like it's store policy or something.

 

[bryanee]

It's not worth going in CEX for.

Has anyone ever been in one that doesn't stink of bo. It's like it's store policy or something.

My local doesn't smell.

 

[toythatkills]

My local doesn't smell.

That means you're the one who smells

 

[FantasticMrSnake]

Did the ps vr showed up?

 

[fastest finger]

Has anyone ever been in one that doesn't stink of bo?

Yes.

Spoiler

It smelled of piss

 

[SeeNoWeevil]

Don't buy it from CEX. Don't step into a store. The smell. I'll never forget it, it'll remain with me to the end of my days.

I sold my 360 to CEX. Tossed it through the front door with a note attached listing my paypal address and ran.

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

I frequented Computer Exchange near Tottenham Court Road the other day, the original CEX before it became the chain we all know and (un)love.

Man what a depressing sight, I remember getting VF 3TB and Darkstalkers Nightwarriors for Saturn in the early Noughties, tonnes of retro stuff, anime vhs/dvds Pal console conversions etc.

Its just stacks of £1 DVD's, cracked smart phones and that famous CEX/Cash Converters smell now, Bleurgh.

Can people not wait 2-4 weeks for a reveal and the product on shelves.

That one still open? I thought they closed that one and kept the one next to the arcade (well it was an arcade, it changed to one of those shitty slot machine places few years back).

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

It's not worth going in CEX for.

Has anyone ever been in one that doesn't stink of bo. It's like it's store policy or something.

To be fair be new one in Birmingham doesn't.

But it's entrancr has become the spot where people have fights in the town centre, so there is that.

 

[Shin-chan]

That one still open? I thought they closed that one and kept the one next to the arcade (well it was an arcade, it changed to one of those shitty slot machine places few years back).

There's two around there. The one you're talking about and another on Rathbone Place near a Cafe Nero.

I used to live near it at uni and went a lot. I got a lot of GameCube games from there at the time, but that was the Rathbone one. The Tottenham Court Road one is too narrow and a bit stifling to be in.

 

[s_mirage]

Just to play Devils advocate for my corporate overlords, the idea that CEX just accept stolen goods willy-nilly isn't true. Just last week I had to send someone away because during the test for the phone they wanted to trade in it came up as lost/stolen. You also need a serial number on the device and valid ID for any trade-in, so if anything dodgy does come through its easy enough for the police to track them down. Maybe it's lax in other shops, but that's how ours' does it.
and you gotta love that 15% discount m8

I used to work in a shop which sold DVDs and was near to a CEX. We frequently had problems with people stealing our stock and going straight to trade it in. Apparently the staff there didn't find anything odd in people trading in multiple copies of new, sometimes sealed, items.

 

[Shiggy]

I used to work in a shop which sold DVDs and was near to a CEX. We frequently had problems with people stealing our stock and going straight to trade it in. Apparently the staff there didn't find anything odd in people trading in multiple copies of new, sometimes sealed, items.

Not really odd. Could've been unwanted gifts. People quite also do it here at Gamestop, they buy cheap games to use them for some trade-in offer, which still comes cheaper than buying the game they really want somewhere else.

 

[Impotaku]

Ah crime exchange, doing what they do best in recycling stolen goods. Oh sure they'll deny everything and say they notify the police if they have suspicions but it's all bullshit they love getting crackheads selling stolen gear it keeps their stock levels healthy.

Suprised Sony haven't investigated how they have stock of something that hasn't even been released yet.

There's one in leeds, like with all of them in the chain. The loud blaring music & shit inefficient slow staff at the till make sure that one visit was all i needed.

 

[Blackmarsh63]

So, not a pawn shop then?

There's literally always a premium for buying new technology first

It's not new technology,it does exactly the same as the OG model. (and looks 10 times worse)

 

[bryanee]

That means you're the one who smells

Noooooooooo.

 

[RS4-]

Sorry, misremembered.

Spoiler

Actually paid $1300

Haha Christ. I wonder how he felt about the game. Shit, I'd feel bad for even spending $13 let alone 1300.