I'm with you, Etoh. I just got in to everything being OOS again...but maybe it's about to not be?? Maybe?
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I am unclear how the direct store works. I had a browser tab open on my phone that I refreshed and I was logged in, then all of a sudden it said 1 hour wait. Do you just need to refresh/log in at the exact right time?
I think when you enter the site you create a 10 minute instance and you can't enter the queue until that instance is up. So yes you need to enter the site at the exact right time
Short queue times mean not flooded by bots which means not a chance they are going to drop stock.
At the very least it would be nice for Sony to put up a message saying to check back tomorrow when they are done for the day. I have wasted so much time on this terrible process over the past week and all I have to show for it is 3 consoles in carts that I'm not allowed to buy because they are out of stock and a lack of sleep.
So basically the only way to get one is to queue up the moment the queue starts. If one checks a second too soon, they will have to wait 10 min before being put in the queue and are completely screwed.
they should do phone verification before you check out. it would fuck over a lot of bots. fuck this ancient process.
So I'm guessing daily drop time for Direct is 2:00PM - 3:00PM EST?
Have they ever double dropped in one day? Asking for a friend that intends to stay up all night staring at the website.
Have they ever double dropped in one day? Asking for a friend that intends to stay up all night staring at the website.
They've done very early and in the evenings PST, I don't think they have, or ever will, do a midnight drop or anything.
Since it is basically impossible to not get put in a queue, I'm just setting my auto-refresher to refresh every five seconds. Hopefully its quick enough to land me a good place in the next queue.
Doesn't look like it based on the anecdotal evidence.
It would make the most sense to me as someone who was on the site 4 hours before the queue started and had to wait like 5 minutes to be put in the queue. It did occasionally tell me I needed to reload my instance.
Auto refresh doesn't work, you'll keep getting OOS page, until you navigate to a different page.
You are more likely to end up like me where you refresh before queue starts and then have to wait 5-10 min before you can get in and are SOL.
How does the queue dictate your position then? Is it not in order of whoever pings the server while the queue is active?
Thanks. Guess I'll just have to be lucky, tomorrow I'm off work so may play closer attention
I don't think anyone really knows. But me and everyone else in this thread who were auto-refreshing couldn't get into the queue until it was too late. It didn't populate for us until minutes after everyone else was getting into it.
You're welcome to try for yourself though!
In September I spent 4-5 hours between Gamestop, Best Buy and Target's websites. I eventually decided to go to bed and checked Wario's twitter on a whim (I don't even have twitter) and got the backdoor link. Ordered, got mine on launch day. Had I not checked I'd be SOL.
In the trenches with you lot trying to help my sister our for her kid but god DAMN what a nightmare this is. I'll echo sentiments that it hasn't been this bad since the Wii. At least with the Wii there was pretty much daily stock at Circuit City, GS, EB, Best Buy, etc.
Agreed. I'm still trying to snag an XSX - there were a couple drops yesterday but I wasn't fast enough. I can see that if I had seen the tweet notification and acted on it immediately, I might've gotten a console. Not giving up hope, it's gotta pan out one of these times.
So, unless Sony has implemented custom features for the queue, here is what the software vendor for their queue system says directly on their site.
So it's FIFO unless you are there before the sale, then it's random. Weird, but actually probably for the best.
So it's FIFO unless you are there before the sale, then it's random. Weird, but actually probably for the best.
Microsoft took a bunch of orders for basically an entire half day to full day the night before launch into the day of launch, might be a while before they open it up for more.
interesting, so this really does seem like it's best to just fire up a new tab when we see tweets about a queue popping up?
If I'm reading this correctly, then it is in my interests to NOT keep a tab open at Direct Playstation, and just keep an eye/ear out, and jump on - right?
Per the website ( https://www.pcrichard.com/ps5 )
Playstation 5 will be available ONLINE ONLY at pcrichard.com for shipping to NY, NJ, CT and PA only.
Consoles will be sold as bundles only.
Here is more information on what resultant found.
This makes a lot of sense with what has been happening.
queue-it.com
This makes a lot of sense with what has been happening.
What Is a Pre-Queue? | Queue-it
A pre-queue is a countdown page before a timed online sale or registration. Discover how a pre-queue can help you manage pre-sale interest that threatens to crash your website or app.
queue-it.com
So unless you want to roll the dice with random placement in line, would be faster to open a new tab to PS direct when we know a queue has started.Here is more information on what resultant found.
This makes a lot of sense with what has been happening.
What Is a Pre-Queue? | Queue-it
A pre-queue is a countdown page before a timed online sale or registration. Discover how a pre-queue can help you manage pre-sale interest that threatens to crash your website or app.
Well, actually, with the volume of people who are getting there early I don't think this matters much. Think about it like this, if everyone hears that its going in stock soon and they all jump on the site causing the queue, even if the are randomized there are so many people who get in early that they will still probably be before you if you wait.
So you either need to be incredibly lucky or precise in a way that probably isn't possible.
Yeah from what I'm reading is pre-queue will still get in before the people who come on after the sale starts. It's just randomized.Here is more information on what resultant found.
This makes a lot of sense with what has been happening.
What Is a Pre-Queue? | Queue-it
A pre-queue is a countdown page before a timed online sale or registration. Discover how a pre-queue can help you manage pre-sale interest that threatens to crash your website or app.
I don't think so. I think it means that it doesn't matter if you show up super early or when it starts. I think what we all saw earlier today when it said more than an hour wait time for all of us was the pre-queue. People who were refreshing or newcomers who saw a tweet from Wario64 got put into the pre-queue. Somewhere around when nowinstock website reports the PS5 is in stock is probably when we all get shuffled into randomized spots. Anyone who shows up after this is put into the back of the line in normal order. Basically we have been wasting our time with the constant refreshes.
Ah I see now. So Pre-queue is like 11am pst-ish when the queue went live, but then "after the sale begins" was like 11:30am pst when the stock alerts actually started going out
I'm to the point where I don't think it matters when you come in to a degree and it's all just random and completely based around luck....
Like I said, at least with the ESC trick I feel like we had a chance
So did the bots. I think this is better at least because at least it gives everyone a chance even for those who didn't know about the workaround.