PlayStation 5 Digital Edition stock far lower than standard PS5, sources say
Sony's £450 PlayStation 5 sold out fast when pre-orders opened last week. But pre-orders for the £360 PlayStation 5 Dig…
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Eurogamer: PlayStation 5 Digital Edition stock far lower than standard PS5, sources say
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If I was in charge of stock at Sony this is the ratio I would have picked.
Better to have too many Disc ones than people being forced into digital and giving up a feature they want.
Better to have too many Disc ones than people being forced into digital and giving up a feature they want.
Said this in a couple of threads already but, yeah, my local Smyths (large retail park store) had ZERO allocation of Digital Editions. I had no issue walking in and getting a disc version.
Two of us queuing at opening time. Both wanted the digital edition, both just bought the disc edition because it's all they had available.
Two of us queuing at opening time. Both wanted the digital edition, both just bought the disc edition because it's all they had available.
Guess I'll just keep on waiting for the digital edition to restock.
Not about that dinosaur tech disc drive being in my living room :D
Not about that dinosaur tech disc drive being in my living room :D
Not to mention its the SKU wit the smallest profit margin, or biggest loss margin if you will.
Kind of annoyed, they should be selling digital directly if the retailers are being a pain about it. Unless digital was some last second decision they made and are truly struggling to produce them.
May be logical move.
1. Most early adopters will buy disc version;
2. Sony is loosing more money on Digital Edition;
May be the ratio will change every year, because Sony will need to face the low price of Series S. I wont be surprised if DE will become the dominant version after 4-5 years with around 75% of the produced PS5s.
1. Most early adopters will buy disc version;
2. Sony is loosing more money on Digital Edition;
May be the ratio will change every year, because Sony will need to face the low price of Series S. I wont be surprised if DE will become the dominant version after 4-5 years with around 75% of the produced PS5s.
I heard the same story from some friends in Italy, at both Gamestop and Media World. I don't think this is going to last up until launch, but it will be nice to hear Sony's response.
Same.
Doesn't make sense to pay an extra 100 for a medium I never use.
Most people still buy physical. They are following the market trends. I'm sure as the generation goes on, they will have a lot more of that digital edition.
Sony knows that early adopters will probably go for the most expensive and "traditional/conservative" option while also bleeding money on the DE for now. I guess in the future they'll increase DE production as the player base is converting to full digital.
It can't be THAT last minute, they introduced both models in June.
It's a nifty idea with Sony because they can market the PS5 at £359.99 for the digital edition which is a really strong price point and then due to "shortages" up sell the regular edition which has a lot more stock and folks won't feel all that hard done by when they attempt to order it since you can still do all the things on a Disc version compared to the digital edition.
I got a digital one in Smyths (Ireland).
Wonder if Smyths had anything to say about how many digital ones they got
This could be true in general, but it's certainly not clear at these allocations.
Pretty obvious move, marketing can say PS5 from $399 which is true but good luck getting one. Most people will just give up trying to get one and get the $499 version and Sony loses less money per console sold.
So it really was just to have a "starting at $399" price tag it seems.
Makes sense to make more of the most expensive one when it's all gonna sell out anyways.
And the demand for the all digital version is probably a bit less certain.
And the demand for the all digital version is probably a bit less certain.
Yeah, I think it is this. Also, I'm willing to bet most people who were refreshing for pre-orders are the type of people that would rather have disc drive.
Its a pretty logical move and is primarily financial. They accomplished two goals:
1.) Get PR accolades for having lower priced model
2.) Restrict supply of cheaper model knowing everything available will sell.
= Mitigated losses
I bought a disc model because there weren't any DE available, not because I wanted it. But I did want a PS5, so they get exactly what they wanted.
1.) Get PR accolades for having lower priced model
2.) Restrict supply of cheaper model knowing everything available will sell.
= Mitigated losses
I bought a disc model because there weren't any DE available, not because I wanted it. But I did want a PS5, so they get exactly what they wanted.
Not surprised at all.
1) Early adopters are typically your most ardent customer base, and consequently the least price sensitive. You want to funnel them into the more expensive box with smaller losses for you.
2) Restricting stock of the DE PS5, also means restricting the losses incurred from selling it, while you wait for manufacturing costs to drop. Meanwhile you get all of the ads and headlines around the value of a $399 console that most people can't actually buy yet. I won't be at all shocked if stock of the Series S is similarly limited for pre-orders, for the exact same reasons.
Exactly.
1) Early adopters are typically your most ardent customer base, and consequently the least price sensitive. You want to funnel them into the more expensive box with smaller losses for you.
2) Restricting stock of the DE PS5, also means restricting the losses incurred from selling it, while you wait for manufacturing costs to drop. Meanwhile you get all of the ads and headlines around the value of a $399 console that most people can't actually buy yet. I won't be at all shocked if stock of the Series S is similarly limited for pre-orders, for the exact same reasons.
Exactly.
Anecdotally speaking, I wasn't. I wanted the digital edition. Ended up spending £90 more than I wanted to for a disc drive because it was all that was available.
25:75 or 20:80 is honestly not a conspiracy theory range. It's pretty much in line with most of the polls and traditionally more people will be interested to get the disc compared to the digital. Sony will surely readjust the production once it's launched and they have more grasp on what the future demand would be.
I will get the disc version when I do get one because I have a lot of PS4 discs lol, although it's still not available for preorder here :x
I will get the disc version when I do get one because I have a lot of PS4 discs lol, although it's still not available for preorder here :x
Do you think this is because DE editions were sold out (more popular because of the price), or because they didn't make enough? Or both?
Also, I know you wanted the DE, but I think it will be nice to have the disc - since you didn't have any choice, I guess, look at it positively :)
I really don't think that's the reason. They probably expected more demand for drive version.
I was the second person in the store at opening time. They said they didn't have any Digital Editions.