Sony: PS5 News and Discussion Thread
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Supposedly Walmart will have more on 9/22 
https://gizmodo.com/retailers-screwe...ers-1845090256
@nist7 @Costco
https://gizmodo.com/retailers-screwe...ers-1845090256
@nist7 @Costco
they just had a restock at 6PM.
go follow this guy. He’s how I got mine from Amazon.
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You mean this?
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/...t-ps1-ps2-ps3/
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/...t-ps1-ps2-ps3/
Sony makes it official: PlayStation 5 won’t natively support PS1, PS2, PS3
9/17/2020
Wednesday's deluge of PlayStation 5 news mostly revolved around brand-new content launching alongside the console on November 12. Lost in the fray was a key detail that confirmed an August leak about PS5: its lack of sweeping backward-compatibility support.
In a Wednesday interview, Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu asked Sony Interactive Entertainment chief Jim Ryan about the new console's compatibility with PS1, PS2, and PS3 discs or downloads. Ryan explained that "PS5-specific engineering" meant the design team was mostly focused on "the simultaneous use of high-speed SSDs and the new DualSense controller."
This prevented Sony from delivering compatibility with older consoles, Ryan told Famitsu, even though he made clear that Sony wanted to support PlayStation 4's "100 million players" by developing compatibility with "99%" of PS4 games, since "we thought that they would like to play PS4 titles on the PS5, as well."
“Why would anybody play this?”
This announcement doesn't clarify whether PS1 games purchased for use on PS4 will transfer to PS5. It also doesn't mention the existing ability for players to stream older-generation games to PS4 from the PlayStation Now cloud-subscription service or whether we should expect that functionality to seamlessly transfer to PS5 in November. SIE reps did not immediately respond to our questions about those possible features.
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9/17/2020
Wednesday's deluge of PlayStation 5 news mostly revolved around brand-new content launching alongside the console on November 12. Lost in the fray was a key detail that confirmed an August leak about PS5: its lack of sweeping backward-compatibility support.
In a Wednesday interview, Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu asked Sony Interactive Entertainment chief Jim Ryan about the new console's compatibility with PS1, PS2, and PS3 discs or downloads. Ryan explained that "PS5-specific engineering" meant the design team was mostly focused on "the simultaneous use of high-speed SSDs and the new DualSense controller."
This prevented Sony from delivering compatibility with older consoles, Ryan told Famitsu, even though he made clear that Sony wanted to support PlayStation 4's "100 million players" by developing compatibility with "99%" of PS4 games, since "we thought that they would like to play PS4 titles on the PS5, as well."
“Why would anybody play this?”
This announcement doesn't clarify whether PS1 games purchased for use on PS4 will transfer to PS5. It also doesn't mention the existing ability for players to stream older-generation games to PS4 from the PlayStation Now cloud-subscription service or whether we should expect that functionality to seamlessly transfer to PS5 in November. SIE reps did not immediately respond to our questions about those possible features.
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Supposedly Walmart will have more on 9/22
https://gizmodo.com/retailers-screwe...ers-1845090256
@nist7 @Costco
https://gizmodo.com/retailers-screwe...ers-1845090256
@nist7 @Costco
I read an article yesterday that supposedly retailers would have more in stock in future...I'll need to keep a very close eye on it!!!!
they just had a restock at 6PM.
go follow this guy. He’s how I got mine from Amazon.
https://twitter.com/wario64/status/1...609699841?s=21
FFFuuuuuuuuuuu
Dude, ok I'll be following that twitter closely also......
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I wonder if some retailers will have some select, day of sale ONLY in stock....so people can camp out and get one in real life/real-time.....
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Originally Posted by Amazon
Hello,
We're contacting you about your order of PlayStation 5 Console (B08FC5L3RG) to let you know in advance that you may not receive this item on the day it is released due to high demand. We’ll make every effort to get the item to you as soon as possible once released.
You can track the latest shipment status of your order under Your Orders on Amazon.com. Once there, you can make changes to unshipped orders, cancel unshipped items, track shipped packages, and much more.
We look forward to seeing you again soon.
Sincerely,
Customer Service
We're contacting you about your order of PlayStation 5 Console (B08FC5L3RG) to let you know in advance that you may not receive this item on the day it is released due to high demand. We’ll make every effort to get the item to you as soon as possible once released.
You can track the latest shipment status of your order under Your Orders on Amazon.com. Once there, you can make changes to unshipped orders, cancel unshipped items, track shipped packages, and much more.
We look forward to seeing you again soon.
Sincerely,
Customer Service
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I had a backordered notification from Walmart but then, they sent out a Tweet a few hours later yesterday that it was a bug. I dunno...I'm not holding my breath.
Albeit, I want one but then again, not so many games anyways initially so I'll live if it's late inbound.
Albeit, I want one but then again, not so many games anyways initially so I'll live if it's late inbound.
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ok... NSFW, but goto the Playstation 5 Media remote page on Amazon. Then take a look at "Customers who viewed this item also viewed" area. Last item on the list
https://www.amazon.com/Media-Remote-.../dp/B08FC5R4KV
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So is it like 1201 AM friday or maybe later morning friday???....hmm....
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Still kinda on the fence on this. Most of my friends are getting PS5s, but none of us play as much as we used to these days 
Thought about pre-ordering a Series X but didn't wanna get stuck with it in case I can't resell.
Thought about pre-ordering a Series X but didn't wanna get stuck with it in case I can't resell.
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if you're a vet. Thank you for your service.
and you can preorder here.
http://www.shopmyexchange.com/sony-p...roller/2500675
or maybe its sold out. i dunno im not a vet so i dont have an account.
and you can preorder here.
http://www.shopmyexchange.com/sony-p...roller/2500675
or maybe its sold out. i dunno im not a vet so i dont have an account.