The Reason for the Chaos in PS5 and Xbox Series X Pre-Orders

Players have been around for a very long time next generation consoles and was waiting for the new features that would come with these consoles. Naturally, it was known that there would be high demand for the consoles as soon as pre-orders started. For this reason, everyone was aware that some problems might occur. Yet such a large chaos no one expected it.

Sales starting without notice, allegations of bots making serial purchases, turned into a fiasco black market control systems… Microsoft And sony It looks like this interesting chaos created by two experienced giants will be remembered for a long time. So why did this happen?

What happened?

The first fiasco was Sony's PlayStation 5 occurred in sales. Pre-orders for the console started earlier than expected. according to plan on September 17 sales will begin with almost no notice on September 16 was started. Within minutes, both versions of the console were sold out everywhere. 

Sony later apologized and said, “The process is much more smooth "can work" (“No dear?” we can almost hear you say) he expressed. Let's hope sony He must be right about this because some sellers All 2020 stocks It is claimed that it has already sold.

Microsoft He immediately talked about this situation and said, “Don't worry, you'll soon know exactly when pre-orders will start.” he said. Our ancestors said, don't laugh, it's good for your neighbors. And they were the ones who were proven right.

That's 'Xbox something X', that's 'Xbox something X'

Microsoft While the officials were dealing with their rivals who took advantage of the opportunity and were bullied by the retailers, they also suffered for the same reason. Among all those sellers, two of the biggest names, Amazon and Best Buy, did not make the products available for order when the pre-order time came. Allegedly Xbox Series XMany people who cannot see “This is probablyby saying Xbox One order gave. 

GameStop He made a well-intentioned but not deeply thought-out practice. The company gives players a preorder sequence number and explained that those who leave the queue or refresh the page will return to the end of the list. In theory bona fide This practice caused even more anger among people who were left in limbo and could not buy a console because there was no limit in the queue.

console black market

Now available for both consoles Those who managed to pre-order, sells the rights on eBay for very high prices. There are not many people in our country who will buy the already high-priced consoles at these prices, but there is a serious demand worldwide. black market in question. 

Well here the most basic problem What? When we look at the news we have made so far and the rumors, the main reason for the situation is that both companies waiting for a move from the opponent is pulling. Both giants waited for their opponent to make a move and create a deficit. It is a serious problem that both sides focus on their opponent rather than developing their own strategy. to the planning problem caused.

millions of them If you have a product to sell, organize your events and projects long before you must do. If one of the companies acted outside possible scenarios two companies at once He may have fallen into this chaos.

Console Wars: Attack of the Bots

Another claim here is that before people even touch the consoles, black marketeers using various bots It was reported that it was collecting PS5 and Xbox Series X much faster. These bots don't even let people know what they want. before I can write It was claimed that they placed an order.

Both companies stocks It will refill. In the meantime, not rushing and not giving premiums to the black market will prevent users from encountering such problems in the future.