Earlier today we reported that UK retailer Simply Games had been forcing people into upgrading their PlayStation 4 pre-orders if they wanted to get a unit at launch.

After a lot of digging, calling around various retail stores and a very confusing conversation. I finally found out the root of this and honestly, it’s quite upsetting.

According to a retailer who wished to remain anonymous, it seems Sony themselves are forcing the bundles upon retailers — at least in the UK. We’ve included his statement in full below:

“PlayStation 4 pre-ordered stock is no longer just the standard machine for everyone, around half the stock are now bundles which we have to push as a forced option on customers. So instead of having 100% as solus with the option to upgrade, its now 50% Solus and 50% forced/by choice upgrades for the customer.”

“So its a play by play case for us, luckily most of our customers who have got a bundle wanted the extra games anyway. Its just a bit shitty that if they don’t they actually don’t have a choice.”

For reference, “solus” means “alone,” or in this case, standalone units.

There you have it. So for those people blaming retailers for forcing you to buy bundles just to get a launch day PS4, now you know why.

In any case, seems like we owe Simply Games an apology.

We’ve emailed Sony for a response but have yet to hear back. We will, of course, update the story once they’ve replied with a statement.

http://pixelenemy.com/report-forced-ps4-bundles-by-retailers-mandated-by-sony/

Bad move Sony...

But.. Thats anti-consumer... :(

Yeap and for that reason nobody will never confirm it... it will be always a rumor .

I can't see them being able to do that....

Either way i'd rather a bundle, but this article simply doesn't make any sense. If so then...stupid Sony.

Would it kill people to just wait a year or two to get it with a better bundle/deal/price? It not like its going to go away or gain monetary value as the years go by.

I wouldn't call it anti-consumer, more like consumer-unfriendly. They are not trying to stop you from buying stuff, they are trying to encourage you(twist your arm) to buy more stuff.

The console at best would be around 100$ or maybe 50$ cheaper after these two-one years, of course you could save quite a lot of money on cheaper software depending how much you buy, but still I would rather play new a awesome games than wait a year or two and have 300$ spared in my pocket, it's not much for that amount of time.

Yeah.  I don't get why people say that the consoles are too expensive so they'll wait.  Wait two years for a $100 price drop.  That's less than $5 a month that they're saving.  One day of overtime or maybe cooking at home a few days instead of eating out and you've got enough money.

Who cares?
I'm going to buy each bundle so that I can collect all the bundled games.



Kinda silly Sony...you lose points there.

And so it begins...

But then again, like someone else in the thread said, no one is really FORCING you to buy the console/bundle now in the first place. Just be somewhat patient and wait it out a bit.