• Light/Dark
  • Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
  • We have made minor adjustments to how the search bar works on ResetEra. You can read about the changes here.

PS5 pre orders are currently tracking 32% higher than that of PS4 full day one numbers.

Status
Not open for further replies.
Dust

Dust

C H A O S
Member
Oct 25, 2017
32,221
I cannot speak for everything but for Poland and Germany (Media Markt), I am also hearing bonkers numbers.
 
cyrribrae

cyrribrae

Chicken Chaser
Member
Jan 21, 2019
12,723
Interesting. Really curious what the overall allotments look like. Cuz on one hand, I'm like "Right, increase production, makes sense." But on the other hand, if you're saying that they sold through part of 2021 stock too... well.....
 
Ocean Bones

Ocean Bones

Avenger
Oct 29, 2017
4,725
Scalpers :

tenor.gif
 
Le Dude

Le Dude

Member
May 16, 2018
4,709
USA
I guess I'm confused by the headline. They're saying pre-orders are tracking for launch day sales to be 32% higher? Am I understanding it correctly?

Seems like there's a lot of confounding variables this time around that make that tracking a little more unpredictable.

EDIT: And yeah, they'll sell out whatever they put out for launch.
 
Rodrigues solitaire

Rodrigues solitaire

Member
Oct 28, 2019
5,974
This is a fake account btw, I recognise it from back at the PS5 reveal when they were tweeting some nonsense as well

And it's definitely a different girl as their profile pic now lmao
 

Skeff

Member
Oct 29, 2017
1,628
UK sold 250k ps4 in opening 48 hours, I would assume at least 90% of those were day 1 as it was pre orders only pretty much that means they've sold 300k+ in pre orders already.

Edit: or is the data in the OP incorrect?
 
pswii60

pswii60

Member
Oct 27, 2017
26,670
The Milky Way
Coming off the back of the 360 generation which was the biggest selling console in the UK, despite the Xboning fiasco there were still many going for XBO by default in 2013, or they were waiting for XBO to come down in price. MS still had the CoD and FIFA marketing rights at that time too. Couple that with PS4's lacklustre line-up, and the PlayStation hype was nothing at that time compared to where it is on the back of this generation.

So not a huge surprise, even moreso when you consider Sony's masterful drip-feed marketing this year and very nicely choreographed showcases.
 
Nostradamus

Nostradamus

Member
Oct 28, 2017
2,280
And I think they are extremely limited. Preorders across Europe went up yesterday or today and sold out within an hour. There is a huge demand.
 
dudu0609

dudu0609

Prophet of Regret
Banned
Oct 27, 2017
1,403
Congrats to PS5.
Hope Xbox Series X|S also have higher pre-orders than Xbox One, although not as PS5 increasing ratio.
 
Kromeo

Kromeo

Member
Oct 27, 2017
17,850
I just checked my Amazon history and I put in my order for the PS4 5 days after pre orders went up and I still got it day one, either the allocation is much lower this time or they'll put more up at a later date
 
Astandahl

Astandahl

Member
Oct 28, 2017
9,010
Yeah that was expected. Sony marketing team did a fantastic job describing PS5 as a premium device with a great software line up at launch and first year. Lot of people expected it to cost over 500 bucks.
 
Dan Thunder

Dan Thunder

Member
Nov 2, 2017
14,033
I'm not sure if that's reflective of demand or stock though? Sony have said there are going to be far more PS5 units out over the launch period than there were PS4's.

There could have been more demand for the PS4 it's just that there were far less machines that people were able to get hold of.
 
Desmond

Desmond

Member
Oct 25, 2017
2,387
I went into my local store (Smyths Toys, Ireland) to pick up Mario this morning, and people were being told PS5 preorders were done already for the year, and to come back in November to see if they get any extra stock assigned for walk-ins. The hunger is real.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.