Sounds like John Lewis haven't gone live yet. Someone a few pages back said PS5 went up around midday.
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UK: Xbox Series X/S pre-orders on 22nd September start at 8am (retailers listed)
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Sounds like John Lewis haven't gone live yet. Someone a few pages back said PS5 went up around midday.
I can't believe how lucky it seems I was with GAME and AA, it was all sorted in under 10 minutes just after 8am!
I'm now hoping Sony issue more stock for the PS5 DE and my luck holds!
I'm now hoping Sony issue more stock for the PS5 DE and my luck holds!
An extra £30 for Legion or 3 months Game Pass isn't bad though tbf
i lived in a town in somerset when the 360 was released. pretty sure gamestation there received the leftover dregs in regards to allocation, haha. i think if i remember rightly they were sent two xbox core/20gb or whatever they were called.
I have my spare up on eBay too purely because Argos have taken my money upfront
Nope, earlier on it would pop up for pre-order but the link would't work. Wonder if it was someone cancelling an order? Or just a glitch.
Game was up for about an hour this morning managed to get mine ordered at 8.48
The did have it back in stock for a while but it was gone again in 3 minutes.
i must be out of the loop but smyths isn't a place i'd have ever thought would be in the running to work with MS for all access. wonder if a bid was put in? yikes.
Busy (and expensive) couple of weeks :O
Indeed. We'll probably be in full lockdown by then though so it's not like we'll be spending money on anything else.
When all said and done I'm absolutely positive it'll easily outsell the Series X.
From the business perspective, I guess that it's not really worth the extra tech investment to deal with a rush that happens maybe once every few years for a day or two, when they're going to sell out of the product regardless.
Exactly, I've been saying the same on here since it was announced.
X will be the must have item this side of Christmas, not the S. Because X appeals to the early adopters, the hardcore. Come next year though, especially when MS is doing their holiday bundles and XBO stock is fully depleted, S will easily outsell the X. Basically those who just want a new FIFA/CoD box, or parents looking for a great value deal to keep their kids entertained.
Went to Game Westfield White City London 50min before opening and there were 6 ppl queuing. By the time it opened at 10am there were maybe 12-15 people. Went to buy something in Waitrose after and the queue had already gone.
Got one on Amazon this morning too as a back up.
Got one on Amazon this morning too as a back up.
They'll have made a decision that they would rather this be the current situation instead of spending the money needed for the small initial rush, their preparations are basically accepting that this is a likely outcome but that eventually things will go back to normal. It makes business sense to do that but it's a terrible experience for customers.
should have chosen someone with a decent website e.g. amazon
Who knows when that'll be back up. Could be at the most random time, ur right though.
Self-inflicted. Stupid of them to rely upon just two retailers for the entirety of XAA in the UK.
They were the only place last gen that did it for One S/X I think?
Regardless. One retailer having problems is unfortunate. Both shitting the bed separately for different reasons is awful.
Its funny because after fees they are left with maybe £50 profit
How have the UK preorders gone today? Wondering if people have had more luck with all retailers going online at the same time and therefore distributing the demand, as opposed to last week's panic rush from one retailer to another with the PS5
System purchases seem to have been fine generally, but All Access has basically failed to work except for the very first few people as those two retailers have had enormous issues.
Seems to have been a lot smoother. Probably a combination of retailers sticking to the correct time and less demand for MS' console.
As someone who was only interested in getting the all access deal its been a complete shit show
However I could almost certainly have got a console without all access if that was what I was after.
Even then, AA only went live with GAME, and not Smyths, yet...
I've got both on pre-order from Amazon so not sure what issue you had?
MS already have a contract with Klarna, so I can't understand why they too didn't offer XAA as a result. Especially if Klarna's the lender in the case of both Smyths and GAME.
yeah i'm honestly surprised MS didn't just keep it for themselves.
Seemingly could have ordered multiple from various sites if I wanted to, so pretty smooth.
I think there might be actual pricks out there who did this.