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Matt Piscatella reply to Tom Warren: Just stick to hyping AI crap no one wants instead of opining on perceived “Bad PS5 Pro early sales”
- Thread starter Lunatic_Gamer
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Astray
Member
The Xbox (and weirdly enough, PC fans) mantra:
The PS5 Pro doesn't exist.
And even If it exists, it won't be good.
And even if it's good, it definitely won't sell.
And even if it sells..
They're still working on it just give them time.
XXL
Member
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
Because they don't have an infinite number of consoles and won't just keep selling through their website and then tell retailers to suck it if they sell their entire supply. Ergo, they have not sold out the number that they have decided to sell direct.
So, it's not sold out. To some degree, you could say that some people would rather buy from Amazon or wherever for various reasons. But, given that Sony are the only people selling, that is of some significance that they haven't sold out.
Klayzer
Member
As always. Start shit, play victim, repeat.
jm89
Member
Uhm what goalpost is he moving?
Considering the price, the state of the economy and ps4 pro performance i highly doubt they thought it would sell out.
Thebonehead
Gold Member
Uh...this is the same world where Mat Piscatella and Daniel Ahmad are not raising eyebrows so.....
Topher
Identifies as young
Hero of Spielberg
Member
In Australia at least, I think sales are going to be really low.
Massive cost of living crisis and an upgraded version for $1,200+ will be a tough sell.
I’ll check again today but on the weekend was still available from all retailers. They’re even selling it at Target which surprised me as Target basically don’t sell games / consoles here anymore. I’d be surprised if Target moved over 10 pros Australia wide since launch.
Massive cost of living crisis and an upgraded version for $1,200+ will be a tough sell.
I’ll check again today but on the weekend was still available from all retailers. They’re even selling it at Target which surprised me as Target basically don’t sell games / consoles here anymore. I’d be surprised if Target moved over 10 pros Australia wide since launch.
Calverz
Member
How did he put it in a bad light?
demigod
Member
No it wasn’t sold out at launch. I had a preorder at Best Buy, walked into Gamestop and bought 2 more ON LAUNCH DAY, my nephew also bought 1 so thats 3 non preorders.
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Ronin_7
Member
He has a punchable face too
demigod
Member
So it went from "hard to find" to now being "not always readily available on shelves", hilarious. Keep spinning cupcake, your master has taught you well.
MisterXDTV
Member
The whole discussion is absolutely pointless.
Normal pre-orders are not even open until October 10,
I'm buying mine from GameStop to trade in my current PS5
A lot of people don't even know what Playstation Direct is...
And even if they do, they probably won't buy the console from that site for $700/€800 cash....
Normal pre-orders are not even open until October 10,
I'm buying mine from GameStop to trade in my current PS5
A lot of people don't even know what Playstation Direct is...
And even if they do, they probably won't buy the console from that site for $700/€800 cash....
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demigod
Member
Please explain to me the difference between those statements. Would love to hear the way you spin it.
mayham2199
Member
I can understand that I would like games to be smaller as well. Hell just spent 108 hours beating Trails through Daybreak and I still need to go back through it for the plat. This isn't an issue with consoles though there are plenty of indies on consoles. Sony in fact has been releasing smaller games lately with Miles Morales and Astrobot. I think Vemon will be something similar.
EverydayBeast
ChatGPT 0.001
2020 series x and ps5 were neck and neck than Sony made big things happen (gt7, spider man, kratos) right now Xbox is in jeopardy.
I think Tom hasn't been that bad lately. he might possibly have been neutral on that post but I think this is a case of his reputation not doing him any favours. He wasn't making a big deal of PS5s selling out or Series S failing to sell out to jump to conclusions on power and consumer needs. He was even claiming Series S will perform better than a PS5. It's his reputation letting him down.
"AI crap nobody wants" as in the spyware known as MS Recall that people didn't want anything to do with. Not "AI things people like".The best thing is that Piscatella criticises Warren's hyping of "AI crap" when the PS5 pro makes image enhancements... ...Through AI.
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
PS5 Pro is out of stock now.
Insanemaelstrom
Member
Fuck, I told my brother to hold off and wait for it to come to Amazon as there was no chance it was going to be sold out. He is going to be pissed
PS5 Pro is out of stock now.
ap_puff
Banned
shouldn't retailers be taking preorders now?
Insanemaelstrom
Member
It's still not available on Amazon, last I checked. And since it's sold out on direct, ps might be waiting for official launch before it is available on retailers, considering that it is launching in just 3-4 weeks.
ap_puff
Banned
what timezone you on? i saw in the other thread retailers are taking preorders now
RyanEvans21
Member
Goodluck! Most retailer only have limited units.
hinch7
Member
In the UK the base PS5 Pro is priced to an equivalent to $913, including tax. And $1076 once you add in disc drive and stand. Which is insane.
Thats practically double the price of a standard PS5, if anyone is wondering why its still in stock there. Its also just getting into stock from major retailers here.
Thats practically double the price of a standard PS5, if anyone is wondering why its still in stock there. Its also just getting into stock from major retailers here.
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Insanemaelstrom
Member
Est. Saw the other thread, seems Amazon is the only one who hasn't started it yet. Hopefully it starts soon and Amazon has enough inventory
Hero of Spielberg
Member
$1,199 in Australia and preorders still available from every retailer who is selling them.
hinch7
Member
Damn, probably works out similar once you add taxes. I know you guys pay a lot more for your goods but yeah its A LOT for a console. The rest of the world prices makes the US prices look like a bargain in comparison.
Its also pretty much unprecedented pricing in the UK since the 80-90's with PC-like consoles and I'm guessing elsewhere as well. Maybe something like the Neo Geo in eclipses that. But that was more of an niche and expensive arcade machine.
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Hero of Spielberg
Member
Yeah, with the exchange it works out about the same (plus the usual fuck you tax we get). I think it’s more the cost of living crisis here and the psychological $1,000 barrier makes it a tough ask. I think the Saturn was around ) $1,000 and didn’t sell well and the PS3 was $999 until they started bundling it in with every Bravia TV.
Will be interesting to see the sales here but can’t imagine it will set the world on fire
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Freeman76
Member
You dont have to be an Xbox shill to do that, I think its the other way round, you need to be a pretty hardcore Sony fan to defend it!
justiceiro
Marlboro: Other M
Isn't PS5 pro AI crap nobody wants?
Astray
Member
Lol no. Everyone wants good AI upscalers.
What Mat is talking about is Tom's constant shilling of Microsoft Windows AI assistants and features, things like Copilot etc.
HeisenbergFX4
Member
PS Direct always said preorders were up until today
PS5 Pro is out of stock now.
I think its just taken offline for retailers to have stock
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
Retailers are taking pre-orders now. And I also suspect that Sony will restock the Pro on Direct. Don't lose hope, brother. You're not completely fucked yet
