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PS4 In Stock? Xbox One, PlayStation 4 Availability Okay With After Christmas Sales

Finding a PS4 in stock is a matter of luck right now. Xbox One availability and PS4 availability are on gamers minds while hunting for the best 2013 after Christmas sales. But, is it possible to find any good PlayStation 4 deals at all or are we all being ripped off?

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whoyouwit043789d ago

That site obviously tracks a few stores, because regardless of what it is posting Ps4 and Xbox ones are in plenty of bulk at several stores. Like I said they are paying people to say they are sold out.

DigitalRaptor3789d ago

Yeah man sure.

They are "paying people to say they are sold out". Repeat that to yourself a few more times to realise how ridiculous that is.

hellzsupernova3788d ago

It's sold out.

Where's my check?

Seriously every shop in my country is sold out until who knows cause all the stock for playstation 4 is back ordered and they still haven't filled the pre orders yet. So the next shipments coming in are already bought up

Funky Town_TX3788d ago

Your whole country? If you know that you must be in a small country. Where do you live? I can't find a PS4 in the Dallas, Texas area in the USA. I see X1 every where.

hellzsupernova3788d ago

New Zealand population of 4million people. So yeah it is small.

Anon19743788d ago

Just one guy's story, but out Christmas shopping in Canada, I saw Xbox One's in stock everywhere. From Best Buy to Toys R Us, while shopping there didn't seem to be an issue. Now there may have been limited quantities, I don't know, but this was the Friday before Christmas.

I didn't come across one PS4 in my travels. In my city, people would tweet if they found stock of a PS4 and there were none. I'm still on a waiting list at my local Play N Trade and from what they told me yesterday they hope to have enough to get to me on the list by mid-January.

I'm just one guy up in Canada. I don't know if someone is paying someone else to say systems are out of stock. To me, that seems like nonsense. I know what I saw. Plenty of Xbox One's, no PS4's anywhere and plenty of people on local classified (kijiji) trying to sell PS4's at 50% more than retail.

hellzsupernova3788d ago

@vinnie help people out. Where are they?

H0RSE3788d ago

@vinnie

I'm anxious to see how many disagrees you get for your picture, or people trying to debate or justify it...

VINNIEPAZ3788d ago

"@vinnie help people out. Where are they?"

They where at a WalMart in fayetteville NC lol

Anon19743787d ago

I don't think anyone is saying shipments of PS4's aren't trickling in. I just stated when I was out and about Christmas shopping with my wife, I didn't see one. In my city I put myself down for a PS4 through Play N Trade. They're working down the list as units come in and I'm hopefully they'll hit me sometime about mid-January. By comparison, I have no doubt I could walk into a Best Buy and get and Xbox One tomorrow if I wanted as there are plenty sitting on shelves. In fact, I just checked store stock online in my city and see they're available at my closest Best Buy.

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specialguest3788d ago

I don't know where you live, but it is literally sold out in Dallas Tx(US). There are the occasional rumors of restocked ps4 at certain stores, but it usually disappears before ever having a chance to snag one.

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djplonker3788d ago (Edited 3788d ago )

Amazon uk

ps4 - sold out

ps4 bundles - sold out
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xbox one day one edition - in stock

xbox one w/fifa - in stock

xbox one - in stock

ushman3788d ago

Depends on what part of the country you live in I would imagine as I've seen both consoles regularly in stock in Iowa.

H0RSE3788d ago (Edited 3788d ago )

The aspect that everybody seems to be missing here, is context.

Everyone seems to be assuming that PS4 is selling out due to simply being that much more popular/in demand than the X1. Although I don't doubt that PS4 is the more popular choice (at least now) I don't believe the issue is as cut and dry as that.

First off, just speaking in terms of demand, many among the gaming community see the PS4 being sold out as some sort of "proof" that it is the better console, apparently not taking into account 2 huge factors - 1) it's $100 cheaper, and 2) after the DRM fiasco, many gamers are simply buying PS4's out of spite for MS. Neither of these account for the PS4 being "better" than the X1, from a gaming perspective. If you want to bring "superior hardware" into the debate, it still doesn't really prove anything, since better hardware doesn't equate to better games. A game look like like a million bucks on a platform and still be a terrible game, although, it does appear that the rhetoric or illusion that the "hardware hype" has generated, is doing well for Sony.

There's also another issue that seems to be getting ignored - supply and demand. It is likely that a company as huge as MS (much larger and richer than Sony) is simply better with keeping up with demand. There have been numerous claims that stores will sell out of X1's, only to get restocked and sell out again, while at the same time receive next to none PS4's.

Articles like this are plaguing the community, and serve absolutely no positive purpose. There is a lot of grey area in this topic, but everyone is focusing only ion the black and white.

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All Hopes I Had For A Prey Sequel Have Been Crushed — Well Done, Microsoft

The magnificent Prey was once again abandoned as Microsoft disregarded Arkane Austin's achievements and crucified it just for Redfall.

RaidenBlack18h ago

well, not entirely ... the main Arkane studio i.e Arkane Lyon's still there ...
Its only that, the sequel will take more time now ... after Blade & Dishonored 3

-Foxtrot17h ago(Edited 17h ago)

Not even this Prey

Still longing for a sequel to the original Prey with Tommy

The studio didn't even want to call this Prey, it was just Bethesda being dicks to them for some reason.

RaidenBlack11h ago

MS closed Roundhouse Studios (ex-Human Head Studios) as well

Yui_Suzumiya1h ago

Yeah, that's who was going to do the original sequel.

isarai8h ago

Came here to say this, my hooes for a Prey sequel died when this "Prey" came out

LostPotato16h ago(Edited 16h ago)

Keep dreaming then as Prey and Dishonored 2 did not sell well enough to get sequels.

Hence we got Deathloop and Redfall instead.

RaidenBlack11h ago

lol, Deathloop came from Prey: Mooncrash idea

Unknown_Gamer579449m ago

To everyone who cheered MS’s acquisitions, we told you so…

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9.6

Persona 5 Royal Review - Gamerhub UK

Atlus wins over gamers yet again.

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Rutaprkl17h ago(Edited 17h ago)

Persona 5 Royal is my top 10 game of all time. A true masterpiece.

Barlos8h ago

Same here. Not only is it one of my favourite RPGs, it's also one of my favourite ever games. I keep coming back to it time and time again.

CrimsonWing694h ago

4.8? This game is literally one of the best modern JRPGs. I’d give it the perfect score.

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Top Spin 2K25 Review - TheGamer

TheGamer Writes "The tennis sim is as good as ever, but is lacking basic features that make this worthwhile at this stage."

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smolinsk17h ago

The gameplay is fantastic. Not sure what can be more important then that?

HankHill9h ago

I like how one of the cons is that it's the only tennis game on the market. What does that have to do with the game?