Poll: *The Official PlayStation (PS5/PS5 Pro) Thread*

[Davanius]

Mine has a little coil whine when playing games but is totally acceptable as I can't hear it except when I put my ear to it, no where near what I have heard in recent years on PC.

My son's PS5 is more queiter.

A little noise is normal.

 

[TheHitMan-1973]

Very stressful times as moment trying to find a console for my daughter , i was thinking this was going to be easy , how wrong i was
eBay is a joke at the moment and full of greedy sellers , i had winning bid at £600 with 10mins left and it finished up £855 WOW and thats the console on its own

Fingers crossed the shops will get more stock in , its still going to be a gamble or lucky to get 1

 

[KraniX]

Bit of a witch hunt going on in here lads.

It's one thing to be a scalper, it's another to come on here and either boast about it, or lie and pretend you're not, either way it's not cool. I'd expect that on Twitter.

I bagged one so it doesn't impact me personally what they are doing, I just think it's a shame for all the other gamers and kids out there who aren't able to play due to other people's greed.

 

[RedStarRiot]

In my view scalpers only exist because people are dumb enough to pay 2x, 3x, 4x etc the rrp for items.

Its an open market. If there's people willing to pay silly money for the same goods who is at fault? The scalper or the person with more money than sense?

An item is only worth what someone will pay for it.

The scalper creates the market though buying X amount to create the demand.

 

[darkgen]

I've no idea how noisy or not my console is. It resides horizontally in a open corner unit which has the TV on top which has a soundbar immediately in front of that. Sitting around 3 metres away I cannot hear it at all and I don't need the paranoia of thinking how it does or doesn't or should or shouldn't sound with my ear next to it.

Ignorance is bliss

 

[V F]

I think in future you should have to register an address for pre-order delivery with Sony/MS, that's linked to your card so is legit, and then you get allocated a retailer and you only get one console per address.

There needs to be something to stop the scalpers and greedy sods, at least for the first 6 months.

And for anyone justifying this saying they've got more than one kid, tough, buy another controller and teach your entitled kids to share.

I've lost count the amount of times I've heard this each time for major product launches and guess what, it never changes. It only gets worse.

 

[davejh666]

Got mine delivered yesterday from Amazon (DPD). It is now all wrapped up for Christmas for my kids - 1 console between 3 of them. I don't get ordering 7?? That is just rubbing it in peoples faces and nobody believes for a second that they are telling the truth.

I saw yesterday pop up on my Facebook feed through a local selling site someone was raffling off a PS5. £20 a ticket, entrants got to pick their numbers between 1-59 and the winner was the bonus ball number drawn from tonight's national lottery. 1 in 59 chance to win for £20, the seller is effectively selling for £1180 with no sellers fee involved. People are desperate.

 

[2004typer]

Yet another PS5 marked as delivered. This time the driver is caught on film and questioned....

My driver wasn't even on my road, not sure I'd have been as calm to be honest.

It was marked as delivered because this driver had to have scanned the parcel.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1329847944380608514

Busted - if true hope he gets the sack.

 

[TheHitMan-1973]

Busted - if true hope he gets the sack.

If he did that to me i would have let his tyes down , and not let him leave until i checked his van

 

[BuffetSlayer]

The scalper creates the market though buying X amount to create the demand.

The scalper creates the market though buying X amount to create the demand.

They really don't. People willing to pay over the odds creates the market. Scalpers could buy as many consoles as possible but if nobody was willing to pay silly money then they would only be able to sell them at rrp wouldnt they (or less).

The "I want it, and I want it now" mindset of the buyer clouds their judgement.

 

[kyleVTR]

Mine has a little coil whine when playing games but is totally acceptable as I can't hear it except when I put my ear to it, no where near what I have heard in recent years on PC.

My son's PS5 is more queiter.

A little noise is normal.

Mine has a slight humming series X is quieter but nothing major

 

[BuffetSlayer]

Played some modern warfare last night.

Servers were a little off but the load times are a clear improvement.

I have installed all 203gb of it on internal storage.

Also installed the hi res texture pack. Looks ok.

 

[V F]

If he did that to me i would have let his tyes down , and not let him leave until i checked his van

It's not your van or right to raid it. I thought it was hilarious reading the responses on that twitter feed. One saying they'd let the tyres down and beat him up. Other saying it's a police matter between the customer and courier.

Not until it has went through the proper channels and that is only between Amazon and the courier.

 

[davejh666]

They really don't. People willing to pay over the odds creates the market. Scalpers could buy as many consoles as possible but if nobody was willing to pay silly money then they would only be able to sell them at rrp wouldnt they (or less).

The "I want it, and I want it now" mindset of the buyer clouds their judgement.

It is a supply and demand thing. The PS5 is the only thing my kids wanted for Christmas. I told them if I couldn't get one then they would get the money and then they could buy it after. I wasnt prepared to pay one penny over the rrp. They are old enough and understand, but if they were younger and had nothing to open Christmas morning I would feel bad for them, maybe bad enough to buy one over the rrp.

If people were not allowed to sell them on ebay/gumtree for a profit then nobody would buy 7. Then people that wanted them for their own use would be able to get them. Bit ebay etc wont do that as it is how they make their money.

To be honest it is the same with everything. I bought weights and barbells/benches etc when gyms locked down. I paid over £1k for my stuff which normally I would probably have paid about £500 for. Massive demand for it so prices went up.

 

[TheHitMan-1973]

It's not your van or right to raid it. I thought it was hilarious reading the responses on that twitter feed. One saying they'd let the tyres down and beat him up. Other saying it's a police matter between the customer and courier.

Not until it has went through the proper channels and that is only between Amazon and the courier.

In the heat of the moment i think i would

 

[V F]

Packaging was crap on the PS5, flimsy box and what feel like egg boxes inside holding the console.

Series X felt much more premium, I know it's what's inside that matters but MS def went the extra mile.

I much prefer the design of the Series X, PS5 is a great machine but looks worse in reality compared to screenshots and videos, and it's stupidly large.

Love the feel of the DualSense but after an hour of Astro my hands are knackered, but I'm getting old... Might have to turn the haptics down or off for some games in future for longer sessions but the haptics are great.

The PS3 and PS4 internal packaging was more or less the same. Flimsy exterior and egg like holders holding the console wrapped in styrofoam sleeve. Nothing really different.

 

[davejh666]

It's not your van or right to raid it. I thought it was hilarious reading the responses on that twitter feed. One saying they'd let the tyres down and beat him up. Other saying it's a police matter between the customer and courier.

Not until it has went through the proper channels and that is only between Amazon and the courier.

Not sure, you could possibly get the police involved, if they would come out. If it has shown up as being handed to resident and you have paid for the goods then it could be viewed as theft. I'm not sure the Police would respond however.

 

[BuffetSlayer]

It is a supply and demand thing. The PS5 is the only thing my kids wanted for Christmas. I told them if I couldn't get one then they would get the money and then they could buy it after. I wasnt prepared to pay one penny over the rrp. They are old enough and understand, but if they were younger and had nothing to open Christmas morning I would feel bad for them, maybe bad enough to buy one over the rrp.

If people were not allowed to sell them on ebay/gumtree for a profit then nobody would buy 7. Then people that wanted them for their own use would be able to get them. Bit ebay etc wont do that as it is how they make their money.

To be honest it is the same with everything. I bought weights and barbells/benches etc when gyms locked down. I paid over £1k for my stuff which normally I would probably have paid about £500 for. Massive demand for it so prices went up.

I accept that children are an important driving force. But at the same time, and I mean no disrespect, perhaps the life lesson needs to be a person cannot always have what they want.

I know I had similar lessons as a child as my parents couldn't afford what I asked for.

Expecting ebay to make less money so little Johnny can get his playstation for Christmas is just naive.

An open market economy only thrives with customers - and if people can and do pay double the normal price for stuff, in my view the fault lies with them.

Same as people who buy buggy half finished or repetitive franchise titles at full price every year and complain they are rubbish. If more people voted with their wallet, the message would get through to publishers its not acceptable.

But they don't, so ho hum.

 

[TheHitMan-1973]

What a crazy horrible world we live in !!!!!!

 

[V F]

Not sure, you could possibly get the police involved, if they would come out. If it has shown up as being handed to resident and you have paid for the goods then it could be viewed as theft. I'm not sure the Police would respond however.

It's exactly like child syndrome. Lash out, threaten, stink up a fuss on twitter to get a reaction to fuel even more self anger. No the police wouldn't intervene. It's an issue between the retailer and couriers. Not wannabe vigilantes because their console didn't arrive when they wanted it.