I just pre-ordered the PS5 Pro and I already regret it — here’s why

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Did I pre-order a PS5 Pro just to deny a would-be scalper one? Perhaps.

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[Lask6785]

Dave,
I know exactly how you feel. I was online at 0500 (California time) and figured I had a great chance to get a 30th Anni edition. Then at approx. 0630 (Cali time) I was so ehow kicked out and put back in-line. So, when I got back "inside" at 0930 (Cali time) the only items still in stock were the 30th Anni PS Portal & Reg. PS5 Pro. I forgot to add that the ONLY Item I originally wanted was the 30th Anni DualSense Edge. Of course that was sold out. As I was following the live updates I saw what scalpers were doing, so I decided to get the PS5 Pro just for the simple fact that this console will be ONE LESS THAT THOSE SCUM SCALPERS CAN'T HAVE. I instantly regretted it, but I know that I will either sell it for REGULAR Price or I'll raffle it off for FREE. Either way, in my puny little mind it'll make me somehow think I'm somehow in some small way screwing over the SCUM SCALPERS!

 

[Exile1987]

I did manage to pick up the 30th edition PS5 pro and Portal, and I am estatic. However now looking at my young family and the eBay prices I am torn.... if someone is willing to pay x10 the price would I be stupid not to?

 

[Jonathan White UK]

Firstly, "Here in my native U.K. Sony’s beefed up 4K console sold out within four hours." is incorrect. The PS5 Pro is still available on the UK PlayStation Direct Store and that has not changed since the pre-orders went live. I doubt the anniversary edition took 4 hours to sell out - more like 40 seconds.

Secondly if Sony had run out of the standard preorder PS5 Pros (which they didn't at any point), the people who ordered one just for the sake of it are also part of the problem: blocking someone who genuinely wanted to preorder a unit. Scalpers still are the worst of the bunch though, but I'd have been miffed had I not been able to secure an order just because someone ordered one for the sake of it and are debating whether to keep it or flog it on.

 

[patrick1987park]

I had a bad experience myself. I woke up super early like 2 hrs before and was halted in line, got kicked out like twice and when i finally made it in after 1 hr i saw it unavailable which broke my heart. I logged in 2 hrs before everyone but they put me dead last fk sony. Sony didnt even put the anti scalper captcha puzzles so i think sony is a scumbag company that doesnt mind scalping the normal consumer and lets some middleman scalp us even further. I dont want to support a crap company but ill get a pro nonetheless. I just wont buy their overpriced games til its cheap

 

[Lask6785]

Firstly, "Here in my native U.K. Sony’s beefed up 4K console sold out within four hours." is incorrect. The PS5 Pro is still available on the UK PlayStation Direct Store and that has not changed since the pre-orders went live. I doubt the anniversary edition took 4 hours to sell out - more like 40 seconds.

Secondly if Sony had run out of the standard preorder PS5 Pros (which they didn't at any point), the people who ordered one just for the sake of it are also part of the problem: blocking someone who genuinely wanted to preorder a unit. Scalpers still are the worst of the bunch though, but I'd have been miffed had I not been able to secure an order just because someone ordered one for the sake of it and are debating whether to keep it or flog it on.

I can understand what your point is, but not so much your def of "just for the sake of it". Ordering a Ps5 Prp, then regretting it, is that in the category of "just for the heck of it?
When you're online during the Pre-order, no matter your motivation, you WILL ALWAYS be blocking someone who genuinely wanted to Pre-order one. I don't think I'm on the same level, per your line of thinking, of scalpers just because I'm now regretting my purchase.
Either way there will always someone who doesn't get what they want and will always look for someone or something to blame. Whom you decide to have your cheese & "whine" with is obviously your choice, but the ultimate blame shouldn't be on someone who was just lucky enough to be in line in front of you!

 

[tactictaylor]

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Did I pre-order a PS5 Pro just to deny a would-be scalper one? Perhaps.

I just pre-ordered the PS5 Pro and I already regret it — here’s why : Read more

The original PS5 due to pandemic had it's fair share of scalpers all trying to vend a machine at highly inflated prices. Oddly, many actually advertised the item at massively inflated prices, but didn't own one! Their intention was to buy from another scalper, who in turn may not have owned one but was lower down the 'food chain' price wise, and had arranged again a purchase at lower price. You can ask what you want for an item but it doesn't mean it will sell at that price, or the vendor owns the item. Me, I owned an Xbox X, and original PS5 disc version. Hated the bulkiness, sold both, and got a digital PS5 slim and Xbox S, happier with both, small is beautiful 😍

 

[Jonathan White UK]

I can understand what your point is, but not so much your def of "just for the sake of it". Ordering a Ps5 Prp, then regretting it, is that in the category of "just for the heck of it?
When you're online during the Pre-order, no matter your motivation, you WILL ALWAYS be blocking someone who genuinely wanted to Pre-order one. I don't think I'm on the same level, per your line of thinking, of scalpers just because I'm now regretting my purchase.
Either way there will always someone who doesn't get what they want and will always look for someone or something to blame. Whom you decide to have your cheese & "whine" with is obviously your choice, but the ultimate blame shouldn't be on someone who was just lucky enough to be in line in front of you!

 

[Jonathan White UK]

I think the point is, if you made the effort to get in a queue and are not genuinely after the item purchased (and it sells out), it just takes a product away from someone that actually wanted it - it's a bit selfish ultimately. This probably refers more to the anniversary edition - someone snaps one up, only to sell it on for an extortionate amount of money. PS5 Pros won't sell out in a hurry - that's apparent as they were still available when I last checked yesterday.

For the record, I don't think "just for the heck of it" is the same as regretting buying something for £700 and then writing an article about it - but it's got people debating, which is the ultimate goal right?

I've regretted buying things but not at £700. Nor have I waited in queue for over an hour with any doubts in my mind about the purchase I hopefully I can make. I guess you were easily sucked into the hype, so great marketing from Sony to make you buy something for £700 (or whatever equivalent currency you paid in) and regret it afterwards.

And it's perfectly fine to disagree with my points or have a different perspective - they are just my opinions, whether they're right or wrong.

 

[colossusrageblack]

As someone who owns two PS5s, but primarily games on PC, I don't really see any need to purchase a PS5 Pro. About the only reason I could see it being useful is if it somehow could use PSSR to improve the visual fidelity in something like Shadow of the Colossus which is locked to 30 fps in fidelity mode, but runs at like 1080p in 60fps mode. If I could get 60 fps with the clarity of fidelity mode, I would consider it. However, $700 just to improve a handful of games is out of the question, especially considering that the games are coming to PC where they can be played at full native resolution at much higher performance with higher quality settings. The PS5 may be my last console and I'll just go all in on PC in the future.