PS5 & XSX Pickup: The Struggle Continues |OT|
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Wii and PS2 personally, for me, were extremely hard to find. My Dad waited outside a store at 6am for the Nintendo 64 but I was just a wee 10 year old back then so I didn't know much about scarcity back then.
PS2 for me, I was the only one in my circle of friends who had one at launch and even a few months afterward. I (my Dad) was smart and preordered it months before launch at EBgames. My other friends thought they could just walk into a store and buy one day one...pathetic.
Yeah, I'm in the same situation. Mine is suppose to be delivered on Friday.
Lol, I remember during the Wii launch window when I worked at Wal-Mart, the random stampedes whenever the announcement went over the PA that Wiis were back in stock.
It's definitely been worse than I would have guessed. I've owned every console at launch post-NES, and the PS5 has completely alluded me since preorders went live in September. As someone that follows Wario64 and others on Twitter, been there the moment things went live, know all the tricks (store apps, all the info being loaded prior, keeping the console in your cart, etc., etc.) and STILL haven't come close yet - your random mom and dad looking for these have ZERO shot in the foreseeable future.
For what it's worth, the Walmart app/website method was what finally secured it for me.
Every single store app has been absolutely shit for quickly loading any stocks of products. I don't even bother doing it. I waste a minute just getting phone errors of the page not loading when I use my phone app. If it's not the website, I don't even use the app. And it gets annoying since my phone always tries to use the app instead.
Well, with the Walmart method, you use the app to hammer the "Add To Cart" button, it works much better than the website. Once you get it in your cart, you wait till a couple minutes before the next drop period, then you are able to check out. It's the easiest method.
not often. I check stock on Amazon/Walmart/Best Buy every day since launch, and no luck. It's almost always sold out within a minute. Once I got a series x in my cart on Best Buy, but wasn't able to purchase.
But following this thread, people are getting them, so it's not completely hopeless. Good luck, hope you can get one!
So I just talked to Walmart cause this OnTrac isn't updating their information, just pushing back the delivery one day at a time and they gave me a 15% refund. That's extremely fair but not having any clue when it'll get here except for a 15 day window is a bummer.
lol, I can only imagine that.
Well then I guess it is worst than it has ever been, in fact, if only for special circumstances.
I don't know if I should be glad or bummed by the fact I didn't really need/want a next gen console at launch. It's ok because, in fact, I don't need it as there's many games yet to play on my console/s. But then it's crap because yet 5 months later you have to be extremely lucky to get one, we don't know for how long it will be like this, and if I had wanted one at launch maybe I'd have preordered and had one by now, and I'd be playing older/not enhanced games all the same, but on a SSD.
Thanks for the comments, and good luck to those still searching I guess. We'll need it.
That only works if I actually get the damn Walmart app to work and load a link for a PS5. Which half the time it doesn't, and the time I spend waiting usually has it sold out. I'll see next time when I have the web page up.
Does anybody know if I will have any issues with Xbox All Access if I already have 2 years of GPU stocked-up? Some people online said you can manually claim the 2 years that come with All Access once you are down to 1 year remaining, but others claim otherwise.
I'm hoping they just put on the bundles but didn't make them available to buy yet
Honestly...is there any sort of trick to this or is it refresh, add to cart, rinse and repeat?
This feels all sorts of busted.
I know that, but I do not have to clam the 2 years of GPU that comes with All Access right away, correct?
I don't know exactly but I thought that you could claim it later on. Were you given a code or is it built into the account? It should have details listed somewhere of a good through date.
I haven't gotten a Series X yet, but I'm just trying to plan ahead since I am actively pursuing it.
Yeah it happened with my pre-order in November. Everything updates the day before on their site.
I actually saw FedEx was updating faster than Walmart updated, so you can begin to check FexEx transit status updates if you have an online account.
Anyone able to nab anything in this Gamestop drop? Still periodically trying to get the XSS but to no avail :(
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If you're already an Xbox Live Gold or Xbox Game Pass member, any days remaining in your subscription(s) will be converted to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate at a conversion ratio when you redeem the 24-month Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription, and those days will be added to your Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription up to a maximum of 36 months. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscriptions are limited to 36 months.
If you're already an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate member, wait until your existing subscription has a prepaid balance that's less than 12 months before redeeming the 24-month Ultimate subscription through Xbox All Access. You'll be unable to redeem with more than 12 prepaid months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.
To check your prepaid balance, sign in to your Microsoft account. Note that once converted to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Xbox Live Gold, and other Game Pass subscriptions can't be unconverted.
Xbox Support
If you're already an Xbox Live Gold or Xbox Game Pass member, any days remaining in your subscription(s) will be converted to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate at a conversion ratio when you redeem the 24-month Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription, and those days will be added to your Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription up to a maximum of 36 months. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscriptions are limited to 36 months.
If you're already an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate member, wait until your existing subscription has a prepaid balance that's less than 12 months before redeeming the 24-month Ultimate subscription through Xbox All Access. You'll be unable to redeem with more than 12 prepaid months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.
To check your prepaid balance, sign in to your Microsoft account. Note that once converted to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Xbox Live Gold, and other Game Pass subscriptions can't be unconverted.
You are awesome!!! Thank you so much for that answer, as that clarifies everything perfectly.
Off topic but thought I'd ask... where is good place to sell my xbox one x? Besides on era of course. Ty
Best of luck to anyone still trying. I managed to get a XSX, PS5, help 2 friends get a XSX and another friend a PS5. So dont give up!
Late but this might be helpful in the future. Hit add warranty and unclick it. If you do accidentally buy a GameStop bundle with warranty and don't want it, contact customer services and cancel it.
I managed to get 2 PS5's for my friend and I at launch and haven't really paid much attention to stock issues since then. Last Thursday I tried to walk into a Best Buy to buy a Series X only to find out there's still a huge stock issue lol.
Are local stores still getting shipments of these or is this mainly a try and snipe one online when stock goes up type situation? Also, since Friday I haven't seen the XSX go into stock anywhere, not even for a minute. Is this how it's been lately?
Are local stores still getting shipments of these or is this mainly a try and snipe one online when stock goes up type situation? Also, since Friday I haven't seen the XSX go into stock anywhere, not even for a minute. Is this how it's been lately?
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Not bragging, why should I? I just don't have the problem and neither did mit friends and colleagues that wanted to have the systems. Having to check an App of your fav. store 1-3 times a day isn't that much to ask? I don't see the major issue here, but that might just be me...
Not bragging, why should I? I just don't have the problem and neither did mit friends and colleagues that wanted to have the systems. Having to check an App of your fav. store 1-3 times a day isn't that much to ask? I don't see the major issue here, but that might just be me...
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What exactly was the thought behind coming into a thread of people struggling to find something just to tell them that you could easily get one?
This isn't Month 1. It's been half a year so millions of more people are trying to get these consoles. It is pure luck if you get a console because you have to be hyper vigilant and compete with everyone else.
You say your friend had no hassle but needing to check online stores every day is a hassle. Who has time for that?
This comes off as bragging.
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GameStop does a lot of promos they did an extra $50 a few weeks ago which put it at $225. That what I ended up doing. Coulda got more probably but just didn't want to deal with it. Used the credit for Xbox gift cards and have plenty of credit for digital games
Let us know you're not a robot - Sam's Club
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XSX up at Sam's Club.
Managed to grab one myself. Good luck all!
Grabbed one myself too. Finally. Thank god for Wario.Let us know you're not a robot - Sam's Club
XSX up at Sam's Club.
Managed to grab one myself. Good luck all!
I went through the checkout process and it was gone. Damn.Let us know you're not a robot - Sam's Club
XSX up at Sam's Club.
Managed to grab one myself. Good luck all!
So I am finally getting a 4K TV tomorrow (LG C1). Now I am officially on the hunt for a Series X and PS5. Is best strategy just to have notifications on for Wario64 tweets with accounts already setup at all the major retailers to expedite checkout?
Accounts, payment methods, and maybe apps for the larger retailers. Be prepared to potentially purchase a bundle.
If you're checking 1-3 times a day and get it after a week you're just extremely lucky. These things sell out in no time.