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[Radical_3d]

Any luck, UK dwellers?

Edit: Oh, never mind, you’re one hour before Europe time. We’ll fight first.

 

[panda-zebra]

Any luck, UK dwellers?

Seems like direct is gaining some traffic, I'm in a queue. Still don't think it's happening until 10am

 

[Gerdav]

Do you have to stay in damn queue until 10am

 

[Radical_3d]

Seems like direct is gaining some traffic, I'm in a queue. Still don't think it's happening until 10am

Damn! I didn’t find the virtual queue and I’ve find out for a Discord alert. But 9 minutes too late.

 

[TheTony316]

Do you have to stay in damn queue until 10am

Yeah i'm in a queue for the anniversary edition. I want the regular Pro but idk if i should just get the anniversary now

 

[ManaByte]

Thread title is wrong. It’s 7am not 7pm.

 

[hollowcupra]

Yeah i'm in a queue for the anniversary edition. I want the regular Pro but idk if i should just get the anniversary now

I 've been in the direct uk site since before midnight and refreshing every 10 mins. I haven't seen any queues. I am always seeing the main page.

Are you using https://direct.playstation.com/en-gb? or is there any other more direct link?

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Nice, Dutch Playstation Direct just put me in queue

 

[CloudShiner]

I 've been in the direct uk site since before midnight and refreshing every 10 mins. I haven't seen any queues. I am always seeing the main page.

Are you using https://direct.playstation.com/en-gb? or is there any other more direct link?

Same here, been on UK direct since about 6am. Think the queue has only started for people logging in recently. We're good.

 

[panda-zebra]

I 've been in the direct uk site since before midnight and refreshing every 10 mins. I haven't seen any queues. I am always seeing the main page.

Are you using https://direct.playstation.com/en-gb? or is there any other more direct link?

I've been refreshing that since 3:30am (couldn't sleep!) every 5 or 10 minutes. Shortly after 8am I was put in a paused queue and it says this:

You have been temporarily placed in a waiting room.
​

The queue is paused.
Get Ready for PlayStation® 30th Anniversary Collection and PS5 Pro!

We're currently experiencing a large volume of customers to our site. We're working hard to get you back in so you can place your pre-order direct from PlayStation.

 

[welshrat]

I have been logged in since 7 but am now in a queue.
:-(

So much for no interest

 

[CloudShiner]

I have been logged in since 7 but am now in a queue.
:-(

haha I spoke too soon...been put in queue also (UK)

 

[Rob_27]

UK temporary waiting room? The queue is paused.

 

[SegaSnatcher]

I still don't see any mention of Pro on US site

 

[hollowcupra]

Now I am also in the queue

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

PS5 Pro secured.

 

[cormack12]

Random queue? So you can queue for 2 hours and then be put behind someone who queued 2 mins before live

 

[TheTony316]

I 've been in the direct uk site since before midnight and refreshing every 10 mins. I haven't seen any queues. I am always seeing the main page.

Are you using https://direct.playstation.com/en-gb? or is there any other more direct link?

I'm in Germany. I wasn't looking for a specific link, they just put me in a queue.

It says my queue is secured even if i leave the page and that i should keep my payment information ready, lol.

 

[cormack12]

Does this work on phone too of I'm switching between tabs etc and phone is going to sleep

 

[hollowcupra]

I'm in Germany. I wasn't looking for a specific link, they just put me in a queue.

I was added to the queue eventually

So what does that mean? That we have priority on purchasing it or it's just a random hold to manage the site traffic.

 

[emivita]

Italy PS Direct here - no queue, but I have been refreshing since 7am. Got 400 bad request a couple of times, it seems to refresh fine now.

 

[Archie501]

Random queue? So you can queue for 2 hours and then be put behind someone who queued 2 mins before live

Kind of, as far as I'm aware it's allocated in groups. So if you are within the first group then yes your position is randomised. However if you only arrive 2 minutes before launch you would most likely be out in a much later group and thus not be in front of the first group.

 

[TheTony316]

I was added to the queue eventually

So what does that mean? That we have priority on purchasing it or it's just a random hold to manage the site traffic.

Sounds like it.

I wasn't even looking for the Anniversary edition but i'm thinking about it now.

 

[Midn1ght]

 

[near]

Good luck, have fun. The war starts at 10am here.

 

[Hyphen]

Does this work on phone too of I'm switching between tabs etc and phone is going to sleep

It's currently working for me (multiple tabs open, and phone sleeps).

 

[TrebleShot]

fuck, in line, uk time, I was going to casually join the line at 9.55 lol

 

[lakmee]

Austria PS Direct

You are temporarily in a waiting area.

Get ready for PlayStation® 30th anniversary collectibles and PS5 Pro!

We are currently experiencing high customer traffic on our website. We're doing everything we can to get it back up soon so you can place your pre-order directly with PlayStation.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

When the countdown reaches zero, you will be assigned a random place in the queue.
Don't worry - your place in the queue is safe. Opening multiple tabs or manually refreshing the page will not affect your place in the queue. The page will refresh automatically.
Please have your payment details ready. We accept Visa, Mastercard and Paypal.
You will need a PSN account to purchase directly from PlayStation. Have your login ID ready.

 

[near]

 

[lh032]

My country ps5 pro Preorder is on now , gotta rush back home and preorder today

 

[cormack12]

If you all close your browsers, turn your router off and rejoin the queue you get priority.

 

[Bartski]

sorry guys looks like all your EU stock has been allocated for planet Polska

 

[Radical_3d]

I'm in Germany. I wasn't looking for a specific link, they just put me in a queue.

It says my queue is secured even if i leave the page and that i should keep my payment information ready, lol.

Germany and queues. Name a more iconic duo.

 

[cormack12]

There will probably only be 5% of LE set aside for individual purchase and the rest will be bundled

 

[DJ12]

I'm in the queue in the uk, wish good luck for all UK gaffers, may one of us be successful at least.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Well i logged in and im in a queue no chance for 30th anniversary

 

[Elios83]

I'm in the queue but seems to go really slow. No updates since 20 minutes ago.

 

[RayHell]

Just bought a PS5 PRO bundle with the disk drive and the stand included from Costco. I give it a try for the special edition later but at least I have one secured.

 

[DenchDeckard]

I'm in the queue in the uk, wish good luck for all UK gaffers, may one of us be successful at least.

I dont think there is going to be any stess in getting a standard version from somewhere for launch

It says the queue is paused in the UK

Ahhh well. I didn't want one anyway so its all good. Just the 30th anniversary

 

[Doctor Hades]

I'm in the queue here in the UK. Was not expecting to see anything but the normal PS Direct page until close to 10am. It's only 8:38am here and I'm at work. Oh well, if I manage to pre-order a PS5 Pro then great but otherwise I'll just try Amazon, GAME etc on 10th October.

 

[sono]

I have been logged in since last night and then at 830 uk it now placed me into a queue

 

[near]

I'm in the queue in the uk, wish good luck for all UK gaffers, may one of us be successful at least.

I normally have the worst luck with these sort of things. I also have a meeting at 9:30am. So I’ll be ordering via my phone, and hopefully no one notices me not paying attention.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

I dont think there is going to be any stess in getting a standard version from somewhere for launch

It says the queue is paused in the UK

Ahhh well. I didn't want one anyway so its all good. Just the 30th anniversary

I believe the queue is paused everywhere.

 

[FingerBang]

Well, guess I'm screwed, I wasn't at my laptop and just joined the queue lol

Edit: nvm it says I'm going to be put in a random place

 

[sono]

• When countdown reaches zero, you’ll be assigned a random place in the queue.
• Don’t worry – your place in the queue is secure.

Your place at 100,000 is secure

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

Sounds like it.

I wasn't even looking for the Anniversary edition but i'm thinking about it now.

As you can see on your queue page (mine looks exactly like yours), your last status update is from 09:06 local time. Given (?) that the servers handling the HTTP requests coming in have been live since around 09:00, you can savely assume that by then, thousands of bots had already hammered this endpoint to receive a favorable spot in the queue. Since there's only 12300 units being produced, I think we can deduce from that that you'll get a regular Pro if you're lucky. Does anyone know if Sony also checks for duplicate shipping addresses during this process? Not that people with a host of proxy servers and different addresses would be held back by that...

 

[cormack12]

• When countdown reaches zero, you’ll be assigned a random place in the queue.
• Don’t worry – your place in the queue is secure.

Your place at 100,000 is secure

Got to let all the influencers and celebs in first

 

[sono]

Got to let all the influencers and celebs in first

But I have gaf gold ?

 

[GHG]

Well i logged in and im in a queue no chance for 30th anniversary

Told them to keep putting you to the back so someone who actually wants it gets one.

 

[CloudShiner]

Well, guess I'm screwed, I wasn't at my laptop and just joined the queue lol

Not necessarily, thanks to the 'random place given when countdown reaches zero' thing. Though it kind of sucks that it's not a legit queue rather than a lottery-style grouping. Good luck.