Sony suspends pre-orders for PS4, fearing Christmas stock shortages
For Sony, PS4 pre-orders are going so well that the company has reportedly directed major retailers in the UK to stop accepting them. As The Telegraph reports, the instruction was given in order to avoid stock shortages, particularly in the lead-up to the all-important holiday season, when the two consoles will go head-to-head in the battle for Christmas sales.
Some retailers believe that Microsoft will soon follow Sony’s lead, by instructing that pre-order books be closed for the Xbox One.
Neither console has a confirmed release date yet, although global retail giant Toys R Us apparently let the cat out of the bag a couple of weeks ago, when its website claimed that the Xbox One would be made available on 29 November, two weeks ahead of the 13 December availability date that it cited for the PS4.
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KatsumiPosted:
Cokes Don't blame them. Shopping season will be huge for them.
Supply simply will not be able to meet demand the way that pre-orders are going at the moment, i think that it's a good idea for sony to stop now in order to avoid running into shortages
KatsumiPosted:
Bubblez Too bad most of them will regret it cause the xbox one will be better.
Is there really a basis behind what you are saying? how will the Xbox One be better
Fuzzeh_XPosted:
Bubblez Too bad most of them will regret it cause the xbox one will be better.People like you are why i'm getting my PS4 out first.
gtapro151Posted:
invBubblez Too bad most of them will regret it cause the xbox one will be better.
This.
yes i will regret paying 100$ less for a better piece of technology that is still focused on gaming and not banning peoples accounts.
TaigaAisakaPosted:
Lets I don't really blame them, so many people will be buying the next-gen consoles and with that said so many games will be bought that they just simply won't have enough of. I hope the xbox one won't follow the same route though, since I haven't even pre-ordered any games yet aha
I don't know how many pre-orders the Xbox One has right now, but if it becomes too much, they might have to do that.
DissPosted:
I don't really blame them, so many people will be buying the next-gen consoles and with that said so many games will be bought that they just simply won't have enough of. I hope the xbox one won't follow the same route though, since I haven't even pre-ordered any games yet aha
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