Julius Posted May 9, 2021 Posted May 9, 2021 6 minutes ago, Aneres11 said: Just seems crazy that it’s so many months on but it hasn’t been readily available anywhere yet. Without selling out in seconds. I see a lot of people saying they are trying to get hold of one but just have no luck when stock does eventually drop. My mate is after one for Ratchet and he just went in to GAME to trade his PS4 in ready and they had Series X in stock. It’s only a small store too. Appreciate the demand for Series X probably isn’t as high though. I think it's worth remembering that last year Sony originally projected 15 million units of the PS5 shipped by the end of March, and considering how projections are all about undercutting demand to some degree to impress investors and boards, they likely expected even more than this. Then in September that got cut down to 11 million when the SOC shortage became more apparent, and then that got cut down again to an estimation of 6.5 million sold a couple of months ago, before we got the news a week and a half or so ago that they'd managed to ship (and let's be honest, likely sell through) 7.8 million units. It's crushed records despite the fact that - conservatively - Sony were originally expecting double the number of units to be shipped, and I guess we could say that from their perspective, there was twice as much demand than their supply (but let's be honest, it was probably more). So I'm not surprised at all surprised by the demand far outweighing the supply (even if there was no chip shortage and they did manage to ship 15+ million units by the end of March, I can almost guarantee that we'd still have people waiting), I'm surprised by the stupidity of retailers, and next to that, Sony not putting pressure on them to make the experience easier for consumers. But they didn't do anything when they all tripped their way over the starting line and put pre-orders up early, so I doubt they will now
Aneres11 Posted May 9, 2021 Posted May 9, 2021 It’s a shame re the shortage of chips or whatever it is. Probably not comparable to something like iPhone, but you’d think it’d make more sense for people to be able to order and be given an estimated shipping date like iPhone launches give when their initial shipment sells through. I know we’re talking many many more units here but I think people would feel a bit better about the situation rather than being let down by websites crashing and missing new allocations unless they’re setting themselves up for stock alerts etc. When I got mine in a second drop after launch (now sold on) it was fairly easy via the John Lewis app, but I think I was incredibly lucky. Fingers crossed they can start pumping more out soon.
Mandalore Posted May 9, 2021 Posted May 9, 2021 Is it possible to 'pre order' a PS5 or put my name on a waiting list anywhere? Not a fan of Twitter so I don't really want to keep checking up on there.
Julius Posted May 10, 2021 Posted May 10, 2021 (edited) Well, talking about PS5 stock, unsurprisingly, Sony are expecting it to stay in short supply through 2022. From Bloomberg: Quote Sony Group Corp. warned a group of analysts the PlayStation 5 will remain in short supply through 2022, suggesting the company will be constrained in its ability to boost sales targets for its latest games console. ... “I don’t think demand is calming down this year and even if we secure a lot more devices and produce many more units of the PlayStation 5 next year, our supply wouldn’t be able to catch up with demand,” Chief Financial Officer Hiroki Totoki said at the briefing, according to several people who attended and asked not to be named as it wasn’t public. Elsewhere, and completely unrelated to the stock issues, it seems like two more DualSense colours are on the way: red/black and black/grey. From Eurogamer: Quote A new rumour purports two new DualSense controllers could be coming to market "very soon". According to AreaJugones - a Spanish-language site that has previously correctly leaked a PlayStation Plus freebie lineup ahead of confirmation from PlayStation - the new colour schemes deviate from the current white and black scheme to include shades of red and grey. Without photographic evidence, it's not possible to know precisely how the colours will be used, or what parts of the controller will be more colourful (or even if it's true; right now, we can only take this as pure speculation), but the leak - reportedly from an "internal contact" at Sony - says the company will launch the new red and black and black and grey variants "very soon". I hope that means grey as a primary colour and black as a secondary colour, as the reverse looks tacky in my head. I'm hoping it's something like the 20th Anniversary DualShock 4's. I'm still hopeful for all-black controllers and consoles/panels being made available, but the controller as it is has grown on me a lot, and I haven't the issue of the white fading that I've seen some people have had. Edited May 10, 2021 by Julius 1
Mandalore Posted May 10, 2021 Posted May 10, 2021 4 hours ago, Julius said: Well, talking about PS5 stock, unsurprisingly, Sony are expecting it to stay in short supply through 2022. From Bloomberg: I wonder if this means we'll still mostly be getting PS4/PS5 cross gen games going into 2023.
drahkon Posted May 10, 2021 Posted May 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Mandalore said: I wonder if this means we'll still mostly be getting PS4/PS5 cross gen games going into 2023. This will be very interesting to see... I always thought that for 3rd party games we'd see cross gen games for a much longer time than for 1st party games. But then I just read that RE8 sold 49% of its physical copies in the UK on PS5 and while this is obviously not representative of the whole sale situation it could be an indicator that people are willing to transition to current-gen much faster than we thought. 1
Sheikah Posted May 10, 2021 Posted May 10, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, drahkon said: This will be very interesting to see... I always thought that for 3rd party games we'd see cross gen games for a much longer time than for 1st party games. But then I just read that RE8 sold 49% of its physical copies in the UK on PS5 and while this is obviously not representative of the whole sale situation it could be an indicator that people are willing to transition to current-gen much faster than we thought. That's interesting, although I don't think that suggests much to do with the rate of transition - based on the number of PS5s currently out there the vast majority of gamers will still be on PS4. It probably does say something about the type of gamers the people who have managed to get a PS5 are - those willing to spend more, buy games at full price at launch, and likely more "into" gaming. Edited May 10, 2021 by Sheikah 3
drahkon Posted May 10, 2021 Posted May 10, 2021 20 minutes ago, Sheikah said: It probably does say something about the type of gamers the people who have managed to get a PS5 are - those willing to spend more, buy games at full price at launch, and likely more "into" gaming. A very good point that I keep forgetting.
drahkon Posted May 11, 2021 Posted May 11, 2021 Returnal at number 3 in the US and 4 in Europe with just one day of sales in April. I really hope the actual numbers are as good as it sounds. Housemarque deserves all the success. No surprise to see MLB The Show 21 at #1 in the US. They do love their baseball
Dcubed Posted May 11, 2021 Author Posted May 11, 2021 Really quite remarkable to see PS5 bring in the lion's share of the RE8 opening week. I suspect that the coming weeks will see the balance shift back in the PS4's favour, but still, it's crazy to see how fast the active userbase is transitioning over!
Sheikah Posted May 11, 2021 Posted May 11, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, drahkon said: Returnal at number 3 in the US and 4 in Europe with just one day of sales in April. I really hope the actual numbers are as good as it sounds. Housemarque deserves all the success. No surprise to see MLB The Show 21 at #1 in the US. They do love their baseball To be honest we can't take too much from chart positions these days. As Tom Phillips (aka Tphi) from Eurogamer put the other day: "If you're a moderately-well promoted release you'll get into the top few places of the charts with little difficulty - it's why we don't make a big deal of chart placings anymore." It's basically a case that there are few enough copies of everything else being sold that you don't really have to sell too many copies of a new game for it to chart fairly high. Edited May 11, 2021 by Sheikah
Julius Posted May 12, 2021 Posted May 12, 2021 (edited) According to Hermen Hulst, more than 25 titles are in development at PlayStation Studios, nearly half of which are new IP. He also talked about navigating the transition to lockdown, and indie titles too. From Wired: Quote According to Hermen Hulst, a Guerrilla cofounder whom Jim Ryan tapped to lead PlayStation Studios in 2019, the group has more than 25 titles in development for the PS5—nearly half of which are entirely new IP. “There’s an incredible amount of variety originating from different regions,” Hulst says. “Big, small, different genres.” And in many of those cases, Sony’s shared services became a lifeline for studios navigating lockdown. Having moved all its employees home in early 2020, Guerilla Games found itself staring down the barrel of a game that hadn’t even finished its voice and performance capture, let alone play-testing. For the audio, Guerrilla shipped recording booths to the voice actors’ homes. Performance capture was tougher, since it couldn’t use its usual facilities in California, but last summer the studio moved into a new Amsterdam space they’d designed to have a motion-capture stage; that, plus some very careful hygiene, allowed them to get what they needed. And the play-testing? Well, it’s a good thing Sony had invested in cloud gaming for its streaming service PlayStation Now. “Seeing that first play test using PlayStation was a huge relief,” says Smets. “Knowing that, ‘OK, great, we can continue.’” Earlier in the article, Jim Ryan talked about how they hope production ramps up in the latter half of the year: Quote In the world of gaming, PlayStation reigns supreme, but it isn’t Supreme. It’s not engineering scarcity to create marketing buzz like a streetwear company; it’s trying to get its $399 console into customers’ hands. Which is exactly why, in the same breath that he’s using to discuss how the PS5 is outpacing even its mega-selling predecessor, Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO Jim Ryan is apologizing. “We’re working as hard as we can to ameliorate that situation,” Ryan says on a Zoom call, mere hours after receiving his second Covid-19 vaccination shot. “We see production ramping up over the summer and certainly into the second half of the year, and we would hope to see some sort of return to normality in terms of the balance between supply and demand during that period.” The rest of the article is well worth a read too Edited May 12, 2021 by Julius 2
Julius Posted May 13, 2021 Posted May 13, 2021 (edited) New controller colours coming to the US on June 11th, and the UK on June 18th! Quote Explore new gaming frontiers and ignite your gaming nights with two new galaxy-inspired DualSense™ wireless controller colors. Some other angles for Midnight Black: And for Cosmic Red: Welp. Guess I'm starting a DualSense collection then... ...now give us face plates Edited May 13, 2021 by Julius
Julius Posted May 13, 2021 Posted May 13, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Happenstance said: I really like that red one Such a lovely shade, I'm kind of tempted by both...guess I'll need to get another charging station and buy some local co-op games to justify it Instantly reminded me of the limited edition PS4 for MGS V, which I really liked the look of (though think the below is slightly darker? Could just be the lighting though): Edited May 13, 2021 by Julius 1
Tales Posted May 13, 2021 Posted May 13, 2021 If I hadn't already bought a second controller I would buy red one. They both look great though.
Ashley Posted May 13, 2021 Posted May 13, 2021 I do like the red but the remaining black just makes it look like its wearing a bra. 1
Cube Posted May 13, 2021 Posted May 13, 2021 The black one looks nice, but not entirely keen on the pink one.
Julius Posted May 13, 2021 Posted May 13, 2021 Today's PlayStation Blog entry focuses on how the features of the DualSense were utilised in Returnal, and will be utilised in upcoming titles Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Subnautica: Below Zero, Ghostwire: Tokyo, Life is Strange: True Colours, Scarlet Nexus, Mobile Suit Gundam Battle Operation 2, and Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Mandalore Posted May 14, 2021 Posted May 14, 2021 Looked on ShopTo just now and unexpectedly found myself in a queue to order a PS5. Started at 22246th place, I wonder how much stock they actually got in.
Julius Posted May 14, 2021 Posted May 14, 2021 (edited) 1 minute ago, Mandalore said: Looked on ShopTo just now and unexpectedly found myself in a queue to order a PS5. Started at 22246th place, I wonder how much stock they actually got in. Just seen the same, good luck! Seems to be for some bundles on back order, but it could be worth getting your name down even if that is the case (don't know if this will be of interest to you @Hero-of-Time, or if you'll see it in time ) Edited May 14, 2021 by Julius
Hero-of-Time Posted May 14, 2021 Posted May 14, 2021 Thanks for the heads up but I've been too busy in the lab and I don't finish until 3. I'll take a look once I get home but I'm not too fussed if I've missed out. I told my mate about it and he managed to at least get his name down for one on back order. 1
Julius Posted May 14, 2021 Posted May 14, 2021 The new controller colours are now up on Amazon UK: Midnight Black - £59.99 Cosmic Red - £64.99
Cube Posted May 14, 2021 Posted May 14, 2021 I wouldn't trust ShopTo in the slightest, absolutely terrible company with zero regards for UK law and childish customer service representatives.
Julius Posted May 14, 2021 Posted May 14, 2021 5 minutes ago, Cube said: I wouldn't trust ShopTo in the slightest, absolutely terrible company with zero regards for UK law and childish customer service representatives. I've had nothing but good experiences with them if I'm being honest, they saved me last year after Simply Games completely botched my Final Fantasy VII Remake pre-order, and I've been mostly using them for my physical games since. Being able to pre-pay on pre-orders whenever I like definitely helps with managing finances, rather than wondering where £50 randomly vanished to one day, that's for sure I've also had positive experiences with their customer service. Can empathise if you've had issues with them though, after what happened with Simply Games I think I've only used them twice since, which was for Judgment (which was £10 cheaper than everywhere else) and Mass Effect Legendary Edition (which wasn't available physically on ShopTo for whatever reason). I remember reading about ShopTo not doing the greatest job with how they handled PS5 pre-orders too, though. Customer service and experience is a really fickle thing, one of the few certainties in life
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