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Forums - Sony Discussion - PS5 Pre-orders hit with massive cancelation by stores due to insufficient inventory

DonFerrari on 27 October 2020

Seems like PS5 is facing major pre-order cancelation problems.

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2020/10/23/report-ps5-preorder-cancellations/#:~:text=Another%20Twitter%20user%20who%20preordered,to%20a%20lot%20of%20people.%E2%80%9D

Is Sony with difficulties to ship enough, are buyers unsatisfied with the reveals, have stores put more pre-orders than they had ordered?

What does it means for the launch numbers and until March shipments?



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

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DonFerrari on 27 October 2020
Bandorr said:

God awful title.

"Reports are going around regarding cancelled preorders for both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Apparently, several customers are receiving cancellation notices from GameStop and Target."

The article is about stores cancelling peoples (Both systems) pre orders. As opposed to reading as people who ordered the PS5 are cancelling them.

Several articles that I saw used titles that let people thinking that users are doing massive cancel of their own preorders instead of stores doing it.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

TruckOSaurus on 27 October 2020

I know one Japanese analyst that's going to be disappointed.



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finalrpgfantasy on 27 October 2020
Bandorr said:

God awful title.

"Reports are going around regarding cancelled preorders for both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Apparently, several customers are receiving cancellation notices from GameStop and Target."

The article is about stores cancelling peoples (Both systems) pre orders. As opposed to reading as people who ordered the PS5 are cancelling them.

and this was known since a couple of weeks ago that retailers were gonna cancel some pre-orders because of stock issues.



finalrpgfantasy on 27 October 2020
DonFerrari said:
Bandorr said:

God awful title.

"Reports are going around regarding cancelled preorders for both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Apparently, several customers are receiving cancellation notices from GameStop and Target."

The article is about stores cancelling peoples (Both systems) pre orders. As opposed to reading as people who ordered the PS5 are cancelling them.

Several articles that I saw used titles that let people thinking that users are doing massive cancel of their own preorders instead of stores doing it.

clickbait 101.  Nothing new with media outlets.



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DonFerrari on 27 October 2020
Bandorr said:
finalrpgfantasy said:

and this was known since a couple of weeks ago that retailers were gonna cancel some pre-orders because of stock issues.

Yep that's why I check mine every day. I was lucky to get a chance at two.  I'll cancel one if I get a guarantee on the other.  I'm not even sure I will get a guarantee. I think they will just ship them out without word.

I wouldn't cancel if I were you. Worst case you could see if a friend that wanted weren't able to get and resell to him without profit.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

JWeinCom on 27 October 2020
DonFerrari said:
Bandorr said:

God awful title.

"Reports are going around regarding cancelled preorders for both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Apparently, several customers are receiving cancellation notices from GameStop and Target."

The article is about stores cancelling peoples (Both systems) pre orders. As opposed to reading as people who ordered the PS5 are cancelling them.

Several articles that I saw used titles that let people thinking that users are doing massive cancel of their own preorders instead of stores doing it.

The impression I got was that people are cancelling their preorders. Please edit the title to give people a better idea of what's going on.



DonFerrari on 27 October 2020
Bandorr said:
DonFerrari said:

I wouldn't cancel if I were you. Worst case you could see if a friend that wanted weren't able to get and resell to him without profit.

I did offer a friend that offer. They are unsure have to check with the wife etc.

I'm not going to scalp it so keeping it is a potential for a loss.

And as far as the thread goes.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sony-playstation-5/sony-seeing-very-considerable-ps5-demand-ahead-of-launch-idUSKBN27C2P5?il=0&source=news_body_link

"Jim Ryan says that the company has pre-sold as many PS5 units in the first 12 hours of availability as it did in the first 12 weeks for the PS4."

“It may be that not everybody who wants to buy a PS5 on launch day will be able to find one"

And I remember how hard the PS4 was to find. People waited in long ass lines to get one.

Well 12h of preorder being equal to 12 weeks of PS4 that broke a lot of records is just massive. As we already knew, both PS and Series will see almost all available for preorder.

JWeinCom said:
DonFerrari said:

Several articles that I saw used titles that let people thinking that users are doing massive cancel of their own preorders instead of stores doing it.

The impression I got was that people are cancelling their preorders. Please edit the title to give people a better idea of what's going on.

Ok will edit, but then it will be different than what media is using =p



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

sales2099 on 27 October 2020

Much as I’d like to jump all over this, there’s too many variables. Retailers sent out too many preorders relative to stock or some truth to rumors of PS5 production. Could be nothing to worry about.



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DonFerrari on 27 October 2020
sales2099 said:
Much as I’d like to jump all over this, there’s too many variables. Retailers sent out too many preorders relative to stock or some truth to rumors of PS5 production. Could be nothing to worry about.

Most likely scenario is that retailers don't have enough confirmed inventory to all the pre-order they sold and that applies to Series as well. Seems like both consoles will be sold out for the whole year.

Just as expected both will sell almost as many as they could possibly manufacture for launch.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."