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kitch9 · 30 Jun 2013 at 21:34

RedStarRiot said:
So funny, you made out like you were in the know yet you got this information from a customer service advisor who will have no knowledge of how many units will be obtained from the supplier. I would suggest many retailers have not confirmed how many they can get. The advisor probably told you what they thought was the best answer for the business.

Do you not think that maybe, just maybe..... I know its a stretch but bare with me....

That the guy at Amazon who does know how many unit's they have been allocated knows how to use email and stuff? If he did he would be able to communicate with the other staff?

One can but hope....

TheBrooder · 30 Jun 2013 at 21:34

Release date hasn't been confirmed but rumours point to November

insane200 · 30 Jun 2013 at 21:43

This looks amazing, hopefully will have finished Infamous 2 before this is out.

Murray · 30 Jun 2013 at 21:56

Rybo89 said:
Guys when is the release date? My Catalogue has it at one of the lowest prices i can find @ £350 and they say it will be delivered on the day of launch before the 13th of December.

We don't know the release date yet. Its rumoured around November. Its also £350 everywhere.

RedStarRiot · 30 Jun 2013 at 23:27

kitch9 said:
Do you not think that maybe, just maybe..... I know its a stretch but bare with me....

That the guy at Amazon who does know how many unit's they have been allocated knows how to use email and stuff? If he did he would be able to communicate with the other staff?

One can but hope....

You've never worked in retail have you?

It's most likely nobody in their contact centre(s) know. It will be on a strict need to know basis. Retail is so competitive it's not worth risking letting your rivals know your position. Low level employees certainly wouldn't know that they can guarantee one at this stage. It's also highly likely that they still do not know how many they are getting.

In fact, believe what you like

Not worth debating really. All will be clear in time

Red and White · 1 Jul 2013 at 00:08

RedStarRiot said:
You've never worked in retail have you?

It's most likely nobody in their contact centre(s) know. It will be on a strict need to know basis. Retail is so competitive it's not worth risking letting your rivals know your position. Low level employees certainly wouldn't know that they can guarantee one at this stage. It's also highly likely that they still do not know how many they are getting.

In fact, believe what you like

Not worth debating really. All will be clear in time

So I could pre order at a supermarket and not get one on day 1?

ps3ud0 · 1 Jul 2013 at 00:38

I suspect most retailers will just let you preorder and then the powers that be will beg Sony to ensure their allocation matches those preorders sometime nearer launch date.

Unless they specify the date youll get the console as part of the pre-order, nothing is guaranteed to be launch day...

ps3ud0 :cool:

RedStarRiot · 1 Jul 2013 at 08:49

Red and White said:
So I could pre order at a supermarket and not get one on day 1?

Pretty much. Depends how many they can get their hands on. So stores will work on a first come first served basis. I would however imagine that once they find out the numbers that we will hopefully receives updates from whichever store we purchased from to avoid actual day 1 disappointment

, just be gutted a few weeks/months earlier.

kitch9 · 1 Jul 2013 at 20:31

RedStarRiot said:
You've never worked in retail have you?

It's most likely nobody in their contact centre(s) know. It will be on a strict need to know basis. Retail is so competitive it's not worth risking letting your rivals know your position. Low level employees certainly wouldn't know that they can guarantee one at this stage. It's also highly likely that they still do not know how many they are getting.

In fact, believe what you like

Not worth debating really. All will be clear in time

Yes I have worked in retail.

We had email. Very futuristic. I was a buyer for a large car dealers, in fact I had a large input in the design of the showroom customer facing pc software most dealers use today. The very software that can track and manage the movement and specific details of tens of thousands of cars all over the country.

Sophisticated stuff.

Oh, and I also featured in their adverts on tv once. Pretty embarrassing actually.

GAC · 1 Jul 2013 at 21:02

just watching the gadget show and its nice to see the gimboid they flew out to e3 talking rubish claiming you'l need the camera for most games for the ps4. from the look of it its only if you NEED to take a gormless pic of your face for a icon.

spoffle · 1 Jul 2013 at 22:35

GAC said:
just watching the gadget show and its nice to see the gimboid they flew out to e3 talking rubish claiming you'l need the camera for most games for the ps4. from the look of it its only if you NEED to take a gormless pic of your face for a icon.

He isn't from the Gadget show, he's a Youtube personality called KSI.

I do agree though, he and the other guy clearly didn't really know what they were talking about.

ic1male · 1 Jul 2013 at 22:37

Gimboid, LOL. What a great word.

antijoke · 1 Jul 2013 at 22:51

ic1male said:
Gimboid, LOL. What a great word.

Red Dwarf FTW. He's a real smeg head that KSI.

GAC · 2 Jul 2013 at 05:32

spoffle said:
He isn't from the Gadget show, he's a Youtube personality called KSI.

I do agree though, he and the other guy clearly didn't really know what they were talking about.

they still tossed him some cash though for his less than informative view on it, but i guess when you have people like jason "mr apple" bradbury its to be expected. :rolleyes:

ZG002 · 2 Jul 2013 at 09:34

The gadget show is junk. Only watch Pollyanna..

Quinnaay · 3 Jul 2013 at 13:46

I saw the episode too, i think KSI is great but he's certainly a microsoft lover. Neither of them gave any new or special perception on either of the consoles. I hope the PS Eye isnt needed for many features though now im making the switch to PS because of the Kinnect ideas arent for me, nor is the PS eye in that matter. Atleast he complimented the controller, gives me confidence coming from a 360 controller.

Mobius 1 · 3 Jul 2013 at 14:29

just remembered...amazon use yodel if you pay for delivery. not risking amazon sending my ps4 through them, and never receiving it.

so i've chosen free delivery as royal mail are pretty good.

biron_w · 3 Jul 2013 at 15:54

ZG002 said:
Only watch Pollyanna..

I supposed that gives me a good excuse to put up a picture of her just in case people don't know who she is!

NokkonWud · 3 Jul 2013 at 21:05

Quinnaay said:
I saw the episode too, i think KSI is great but he's certainly a microsoft lover. Neither of them gave any new or special perception on either of the consoles. I hope the PS Eye isnt needed for many features though now im making the switch to PS because of the Kinnect ideas arent for me, nor is the PS eye in that matter. Atleast he complimented the controller, gives me confidence coming from a 360 controller.

You won't need an Eye now that it's being removed. Any interesting ideas that could have stemmed from it will eventually fade away and you'll be left with a similar experience to what you've had for as long as you've been gaming. Now that it's not an inclusion with the PS4, why would developers focus on coming up with clever ways to use it when a minority will own it. You'll see the first run of games probably use it in interesting ways, then eventually less and less.

RedStarRiot · 3 Jul 2013 at 22:37

Tauren said:
just remembered...amazon use yodel if you pay for delivery. not risking amazon sending my ps4 through them, and never receiving it. so i've chosen free delivery as royal mail are pretty good.

They don't use them as much these days. Not had them deliver my stuff in months. Seems to be dpd, city link and royal mail up my way.

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