Which console pre-order system did you prefer?

[Bigkrev]

Thread title says it all. What did you think was better- PS5 going up out of nowhere at different retailers at different times, or Xbox where all the pre-orders going up at once and causing massive issues?

 

[Deleted member 2441]

I had 0 issues getting either (Europe)

 

[JEH]

Playstation direct queue/raffle system remains the best.

 

[Steo]

You can't win either way.

The traffic going through these sites is probably insane.

I had no problem on the MS Store in Europe this morning. Everything worked perfect.

 

[Synth]

Xbox because they weren't all magically gone 10 minutes after midnight here.

 

[Meg Cherry]

I think the issues on the retailers' end were inevitable - but at least Microsoft convinced them to do it at a set time, rather than randomly over an evening PRIOR to when the console manufacturer said pre-orders went live.

 

[ghostcrew]

Pre-orders literally went live 33 minutes ago for a lot of US users. They're still mid-scramble. This can presumably be discussed in one of the existing pre-order threads.