Looking for help and a few questions about ps4 preorders

[CoMaToast]

Well since this will (hopefully) be my first launch system since my N64, and ps2, I just had a few questions

Can I even pre-order anymore? Amazon seems to be the only place left.. At least at all the major resalers around me..

Does amazon ship or deliver on release day?


I guess I'll just stop there with the questions for now, since if I can't order or pick one up day one it won't help me much lol



I love xbl, the controller and having all my friends on there, so that was the only reason I was holding on to Xbox one. But not owning or even liking for that matter anything windows, I thought I would give ps4 and ps+ a try... I'm sure in the future I might own both, but for now ps4 seems to be at a clear advantage in pre-sales. And am hoping to pick one up.

[jgoldwood]

Walmarts around me have some available.

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[i007spectre]

Yes walmart.

[CoMaToast]

All of our Walmart are sold out of the pre-order slips... You mean Walmart online?

I don't care about the price as a lot of people do, so if I have to get a $550 package with a game and controller or something I'm fine by that too

[Lovemy3D]

Why have you waited so long to order one?

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by CoMaToast

Can I even pre-order anymore? Amazon seems to be the only place left.. At least at all the major resalers around me..

make sure what you pre-order at Amazon if it is "launch", you should be OK. but "standard" means that you will get it later (when more are available).

[Icemage]

It doesn't look like even Amazon has any PS4 pre-order allocation left, period. Even the Standard (non-launch) edition is out of stock there.

Amazon was sold out of standalone launch PS4's within a day back in June, and the launch bundles quickly went out of stock when they went up for sale.

Wal-Mart's online storefront says it still has some stock on PS4 bundles, and it "says" the PS4 will ship on 11/15 as a bundle...

http://www.walmart.com/ip/PS4-Consol...-Game/24911000

Maybe try that?

[CoMaToast]

Originally Posted by Icemage

It doesn't look like even Amazon has any PS4 pre-order allocation left, period. Even the Standard (non-launch) edition is out of stock there.

Amazon was sold out of standalone launch PS4's within a day back in June, and the launch bundles quickly went out of stock when they went up for sale.

Wal-Mart's online storefront says it still has some stock on PS4 bundles, and it "says" the PS4 will ship on 11/15 as a bundle...

http://www.walmart.com/ip/PS4-Consol...-Game/24911000

Maybe try that?

Great thank you all for the heads up


only reason I waited so long is just for the fact that Im 34 and not a die hard gamer anymore.. Kinda lost my steam and am usually to busy to play anyways, so It never crossed my mind.. Ill check with walmart and see what their bundles look like. As long as I can get it by black friday, that would be great, if not.. ehh

Im just curious to see how the stores have them stocked on the shelves. Our Wii U Deluxe was a PITA to find, but we did find one on BF last year at Target..

Also Ive been on XBL for 6 years so never had much interest in the ps4 but now.. lol things have changed a bit..


Also.. If I preorder a bundle from walmart, is that a launch release, or when ever they get it in?

[Lovemy3D]

Originally Posted by CoMaToast

only reason I waited so long is just for the fact that Im 34 and not a die hard gamer anymore.. Kinda lost my steam and am usually to busy to play anyways, so It never crossed my mind..

Yeah I know what you mean. I'm 42, and a half. My last game system was the Xbox original. But I love Racing and missed racing. So I wanted to get a modern game system for that. So I looked into it and saw that the PS4 was coming so I decided to wait for that. But now I'm all hyped up for other games as well. Such as Assassins Creed Black Flag. I always loved a good adventure game as well as racing. And with today's Graphics... I'm drooling with anticipation.

[CoMaToast]

i dont think drive club looks better than Forza, but i am interested... I REALLY wanna see what the next gen does w sports games.. especially the overlooked ones... sayyyyy, Tiger woods.... whats can they possibly do to a game that looks better than the 2010 woods models, and 2013/masters development?? Jesus, at some point we are talking reality here..

[Lovemy3D]

Originally Posted by CoMaToast

i dont think drive club looks better than Forza, but i am interested...

Well. I've not seen a lot of either yet so it's hard saying. But I do like Drive Clubs environments. That points kind of moot anyway. I'm going Playstation regardless. And there will be other racing games as well...

[Icemage]

Originally Posted by CoMaToast

i dont think drive club looks better than Forza, but i am interested... I REALLY wanna see what the next gen does w sports games.. especially the overlooked ones... sayyyyy, Tiger woods.... whats can they possibly do to a game that looks better than the 2010 woods models, and 2013/masters development?? Jesus, at some point we are talking reality here..

DriveClub isn't really in the same driving category as Forza.

Forza is a sim racer like Gran Turismo. The Xbox One release of Forza Motorsport 5 looks good and runs at a brisk 1080p/60fps but sacrifices a lot of what would make such a game next-gen. The lighting is baked (so you always race at the same time of day for each track), and the shadows cast by cars don't look very good.

DriveClub is more of an arcade racer. Evolution Studios says they're trying to get it up to 60 frames per second, but haven't guaranteed they'll get there. The lighting system in DriveClub is much more advanced than Forza 5's, as the position of the sun literally changes over time as you race, changing the look of the track drastically between night and day.

[CoMaToast]

I tried that Walmart bundle link but it wouldn't let me choose any options or games...

I'll keep trying and searching locally. Maybe I'll get lucky

[Lovemy3D]

Well, I just saw this link in another thread of the same topic. So maybe you will be able to find one in a store.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/09/...aefdec37000019

[The_Donster]

Looks like Target has bundles too. One is Battlefield and the other is TC: Ghosts. They aren't day 1 consoles and kind of feel like you are paying for the game and extra controller(or does it already come with two?). I miss bundles where I didn't realize I was doing that.

[CoMaToast]

Well target came through :-) got the last one, so now I need a must have launch game or 3.. I'm gonna pick up another controller and watch dogs for sure.

[Lovemy3D]

Congrats.

[CoMaToast]

Thanks, I'm pretty pumped :-)

Should be just in time to match up with my new 65" m series Vizio TV!

[Lovemy3D]

Originally Posted by CoMaToast

Thanks, I'm pretty pumped :-)

Should be just in time to match up with my new 65" m series Vizio TV!

Nice. The TV I'm going to start out with using is a 55" 3D TV. Excellent picture, but it's not so great with darker scenes. I was thinking about possibly getting a different TV for 2D gaming, especially for games I want to play that are real dark a lot of the time. But I don't really want to if I don't have to. And of course I have my sound system hooked up to this one. I'll experiment and see how this one works. And see if I can fix any darkness issues by adjusting the settings before seriously considering a new TV for games.

At least Assassins Creed looks like a mostly bright game. And the headlights in Drive Club I think will be sufficient for racing in the dark. However, I have the impression I can control the day night cycle in Drive Club if I decide I don't want to race at night. I hope it works out so it's fine to see at night though.

[The_Donster]

I recently had that issue too Lovemy3D and ended up adjusting my settings from game to cinema.