So just buy a gaming pc, got it. Thank you, Woods. Gaming consoles are getting too tricky these days. I swear Nintendo will probably be the only console I will buy. Everything else just releases on pc.
honestly most non gaming companies are doing the same as well. Taking things out and selling them to you for extra if you want it. Ps5 works just fine to be honest, yet people’s egos flip out because they believe “I CaN AfFoRd iT aNd yOu cAnT haha I aM bEtTeR” smh
@@antares3518Switch to PC? Then what? cry again if Nvidia scalps y'all PC users? HAHAHHA Kinda wish there is a crypto boom again for y'all not gonna have any GPUs to buy
I totally agree with you. If you buy something called PRO, it should be a full range product. If you buy a collection edition, it should be a disc version and not a digital one. Buying a digital collection version of a game is like buying air. It's so frustrating.
@@teamofone1219 no duh? You’re an idiot. I was talking about the use of his / her to be politically correct. Not the changing to scalper. Original was his “His wings” what’s the first three letters of assume spell. You just made an ass of yourself for assuming. Hee haa, Hee haa
Im glad scalpers are gwtting hung with them, but the reason is because people don't want to pay $700 for a PS5 Pro, let alone scalper markup. I don't think the specs are that out of line with where they should be for the price, but the actual real world advantages over the regular PS5 just aren't worth it. Based on the gameplay demos at the reveal, the difference in gaming experience and graphics is negligible. We're talking about $700 for a console without a disc drive (an additional $80), when you can buy a PS5 disc edition bundle with a game for $450 on sale, or refurbished for $350 on sale. Unless you're just bleeding money, the Pro just isnt worth ~double the money.
Gotta honest Wood, this is my favorite channel of yours. It's not that I don't like your other channels but its nice to see you free from the Nintendo content shackles. I also like that you're less "family friend" and more real and uncut when it comes to your opinion about a subject. This is the Wood I wanted to see Keep up the good work!
exactly, this channel is great. as someone who no longer plays much Nintendo games I had a hard time watching his stuff recently, glad he's making these
Well they can screw themselves, they can't force a digital only console without any consumer protection so that they can't take away my digital purchases or licences which they are getting a lawsuit for recently they have no right to take the drive away, it's a pretty scummy thing to do 😡
@@HUYI1 oh they can and they will! Remember when PCs in the 90s and 2000s had CD drives? Then digital stores like steam happened and now the only way to even use a disc drive in a moder PC is to get an external USB powered one. Not like it matters as most CD games after the 2010s are just digital download keys or install the digital version from physical disc anyway. Digital is the ultimate future whether you like it or not. Now I do agree that there needs to be more and better consumer protection laws regarding digital products. Physical is dead no matter if we get good consumer laws or not. The best we can fight for is good and consumer friendly terms regarding digital ownership and digital product sales. But physical is dying and will 100% be almost nonexistent by 2030. And ompletely gone by 2040.
True, they really are forcing digital games for more control of prices, but they seriously can't stop stocking the disc drives, how the hell is anyone who bought disc games in the last few months meant to play their games? Forced to buy them twice? No way!
yup, and average income in most European countries is way lower than the US, still the price is higher. Fucking hell, in Portugal, the base price of the PS5 Pro is exactly the same as the current minimum wage, higher if you add the stand and disk drive, can't wrap my head around that... Will keep my base PS5 for many years to come.
The opener to this video reminded me of an old quote "You like revenge, right? Everybody likes revenge. Well, let's go get some." lol. Scalpers must be feeling pretty idiotic right now he he 🙂
When those executives at Sony are in doubt on wtf to do next, just show them this video. Sums up perfectly the f*cked up situation the gaming industry is rn.
I really hope Ninteno doesn't go down this route. They are doing greedy and stupid things too but I hope at least they won't make a digital only console. I'm mad that laptops don't come with disc drives anymore. They are a lot more expensive but have less functions. I still write CDs to listen to in my card, I still buy DVDs and Blurays so it would be nice to be able to use discs in my laptop. The good thing is my current laptop is from the time where they had disc drives built in. The bad thing is it has W10 and isn't suited for W11. Even if it would be, I'd need a new one because this one is prett slow even after a reinstallation of Windows. So now I have to waist even more money on an external drive and it will take one of the few USB connections as well.
i mean why would scalpers think that the normal ps5 pro would be hard to get. this isn't 2020 again with the virus and chip shortages. the only version that i expected to get scalped is the special edition ps5 pro specifically the $1000 bundles that's limited to 12300 copies and the disc drive which was already being scalped before the ps5 pro launch.
I'm pretty sure if the Ps5 pro was actually a GOOD product, it would have been sold out everywhere. But it just isn't.. I am a tech nerd and don't care at all for the pro. The CPU is severely holding the whole console back.
I feel the rant at the end. I have NEVER played Monster Hunter Stories 1 or 2 on the 3DS, just kind of missed them lol. When it was announced for the Nintendo Switch to rerelease I was beyond excited! Then found out ONLY Monster Hunter Stories 1 is on the cartridge and the 2 one is a code 😑🤧My hopes and dreams of owning them both physically is crushed! I ranted about it to people for WEEKS!!!
Reminds me of the story of the white elephant. Gift your enemy a white elephant, it's high maintenance and is literally useless for anything, but you can't get rid of it or else it's seen as offensive.
In my town I always see tweakers that have either stole these or sculpted them and then try to scam people into paying an overpriced amount for it on Facebook or something. It’s absolutely pathetic.
You make it sound like good games only existed in the 80s and 90s. There where actually at least descent games in the 2000s and early 2010s the downward spiral is a relatively new thing in the last 5-10 years.
I got a disc drive from walmart two weeks ago and there was one left in the case. Few days later there were two drives in the case. Idk why people keep saying theres no disc drives. You cant trust online, you have to check stores in person. Especially walmart.
No because I was having a convo with my friend about video games the other week and I said “idk I’m just not that satisfied with modern gaming, I’d rather just play the stuff on my 20 year old systems” and she looked at me like I’M the crazy one 💀
Like did I overpay for this copy of Pokemon Crystal I got earlier this year? Probably! But at least it doesn’t come with microtransactions and I can just pop it into my gameboy with no problem.
I know that the bit at the end with AOT was a joke but now you have to make the review. I would watch that in an instant, i typically don't watch reviews on animes but I would love to know your opinion on it and any other ones. I have been watching your content for years wow. First video that i remember watching from you was one of the video's where you recommend what games to buy for the nintendo switch and ever since then i loved you energy and content. I'm in my 20's and still love your content by the way. Would love to see that Attack on Titan review! Keep up the great work.
I had a similar story about your Forbidden West CE with FF7 Rebirth. I managed to get my hands on the Sephiroth collector’s edition directly from SE. For some reason it was delivered almost 2 weeks late so I had to buy another copy on amazon. That sucked a lot because that CE was’t cheap at all😅.
I agree I Honestly wish Sony said “okay 30th anniversary stuff will be made until the end of the year.” Boom “free money” for Sony I would have picked some up
I would say be careful of scams. Don’t forget people can return these things. It makes no sense to sell something for less then what you can return it for.
You know what's still being scalped though, the duelsense edge stick modules. They are going for almost triple the price on ebay because they are literally not in stock anymore anywhere. It blows my mind Sony hasn't made a ton of these considering how easy it is for sticks to get stick drift. Not to mention it's a £200 controller in the first place.
What imbeciles would buy those from ebay...One would have to be actually beyond brain dead mentally deficient....I have literally gotten 5 years worth of stick modules from Sony Direct for $20 a pop and they're rarely ever out of stock.. Its mind blowing how some imbeciles can't manage to actually LOOK AROUND to get things and expect it to be in the first place they look
I hope you don't give up on gaming. Maybe a long break is needed. I am going through a similar issue buying games only on GOG or physical copies I can backup.
The day of release as soon as Ps5 pros came out on Ebay from sculpers for 2k AUD I messaged them saying "But why buy this when I can buy for $1200 AUD?". I couldn't help myself 😂 I'm someone who got the original PS5 on release day but I still HATE sculpers.
I was so bumped out that the switch + Mario odyssey was just a code. I don't know way I thought I was getting a physical copy, but I bought one secondhand. Hurray for physical media!
Honestly I think it’s because they know there are people who will double dip and buy the collectors, and the regular to get the disc. I could be wrong though.
Im so glad that i haven't cared enough about something to risk being scammed by scalpers. I did get a dvd tv series from a reseller, but it was cheaper than the 30 dollars at a store here. I like the switch, theres so many options, you can use a cartridge, hook it up to a tv or just use it as a handheld. And i don't play the realistic games anyway, also i have a basic 32 inch so it probably wouldn't look as good anyway.
Wait other countries actually do have cheaper digital games? Here triple A physicals are like $100 to pre-order while they are $120-$140 to buy digitally pre-ordering or not. In general physicals remain cheaper after day one too...
I think PlayStation required a user account that had more than 3-4 years or so of trophies history on their account, to help with new scalper accounts. Old scalper accounts still was able to get some, but I was able to get one directly from Sony.
Sony seems to be cutting down on disc production, likely counting on gamers to adapt to digital games and move away from physical copies for their profit. It's a pretty transparent strategy! That being said, I'm really enjoying the performance of the PS5 Pro.
I’ll never understand buying from scalpers. Unless it’s food or something I just don’t get it. Like “oh no the ps5 is out of stock, guess I’ll just wait instead of buying it for 200 extra bucks second hand
I went to Game Stop to just buy the disk of Horizon Forbidden West and the guy at Game Stop asked if I want the same collectors edition with the big elephant. He told me they had 3 in stock. I figured what the hell? I got sucked into it. The elephant is cool and so is the little Aloy figurine. 🐘
just want to point out at 3:38 that the first listing on the page is not actually a scalper, it says "Sony Authorized Retailer" so they're selling the consoles bundled with a controller at the regular MSRP cuz they got the product directly from Sony and are authorized to sell an entire stock's worth of products at normal price (most likely they're not allowed to mark it up due to their deal with Sony's distributers) I know the point you were trying to make, which is still true, but pointing out the one legit seller from the sea of scalpers isn't exactly damning evidence
Just about to point that out, but I think a better point would be that the authorised sellers can't even shift them they have to include an extra controller to sweaten the deal.
Definitely wasn’t a case that they made enough. The interest just isn’t there. The average gamer isn’t spending nearly $800 for a slight graphics boost.
By the way if you got the $150 version you didn't get the highest level version there was one for 230 or 250 but it was called the regalia Edition And yes I know because I own it still have that beautiful elephant There were some major differences between the two additions
hahahahahaha
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I am if you not gonna use the code I could lol.
So just buy a gaming pc, got it. Thank you, Woods. Gaming consoles are getting too tricky these days. I swear Nintendo will probably be the only console I will buy. Everything else just releases on pc.
hahahahahahahaha
it just doesn't sell, it's everywhere still on shelves.
PS5 Pro $960, disk drive $100, and stand $40. $1100 Canadian before tax. It almost feels like Sony is the true scalper.
keep crying, maybe sony will drop the price for you
honestly most non gaming companies are doing the same as well. Taking things out and selling them to you for extra if you want it. Ps5 works just fine to be honest, yet people’s egos flip out because they believe “I CaN AfFoRd iT aNd yOu cAnT haha I aM bEtTeR” smh
@@AlphariousOmegon-d5dno one's crying , we will simply switch to PC and watch Sony cry instead
Sounds like you need a base ps5
@@antares3518Switch to PC? Then what? cry again if Nvidia scalps y'all PC users? HAHAHHA
Kinda wish there is a crypto boom again for y'all not gonna have any GPUs to buy
I totally agree with you. If you buy something called PRO, it should be a full range product. If you buy a collection edition, it should be a disc version and not a digital one. Buying a digital collection version of a game is like buying air. It's so frustrating.
After 10,000 years we finally won
Won until you see that there are no drives to buy for a normal price. Now you can pay 100% or more :D
😂😂😂
Biggest win since stone tablet pro
Won until you see that there are no 30th anniversary bundles to buy for normal price
They have been scalping mammoth skins since 8000BC..
You can't scalp already scalped price.
OMG, Wood just losing it at the end in a downward spiral to essentially table-flipping the gaming industry away just made me lose it! 🤣
Every time a Scalper loses money, an Angel gets his or her wings😁
OMG 🤣 thank god I wasn't drinking any liquid, laughed so hard!
His
You got the quote wrong. It’s, “His Wings”
@@fritospie7982No duh Sherlock.
@@teamofone1219 no duh? You’re an idiot. I was talking about the use of his / her to be politically correct. Not the changing to scalper. Original was his “His wings” what’s the first three letters of assume spell. You just made an ass of yourself for assuming. Hee haa, Hee haa
This was inevitably going to happen to the scalpers some day. Been saying this for years now. And now it has finally happened, it is glorious
untill u find out that they bought the disc drives and the ps5 digital 30th annivasery edition
Next Collector Edition will be digital figurine, digital artbook, digital map, digital tumbler and digital game
Is it already a thing with the deluxe edition of game on Steam? The collection stuff already has digital artbook, digital map and digital ost.
NFT
the problem with the pro is that the scalpers have bought all the disc drives and have started selling them for £200
Yes correct, it's the drives they are going after, not the pros 😢
The head tilt after “there’s no disc inside!!” 🤣🤣 oh man I remember the first time that happened to me. I was fuming 😤
They actually lose even more money when you take into account ebay seller fees, which are like 10 percent...
Im glad scalpers are gwtting hung with them, but the reason is because people don't want to pay $700 for a PS5 Pro, let alone scalper markup. I don't think the specs are that out of line with where they should be for the price, but the actual real world advantages over the regular PS5 just aren't worth it. Based on the gameplay demos at the reveal, the difference in gaming experience and graphics is negligible.
We're talking about $700 for a console without a disc drive (an additional $80), when you can buy a PS5 disc edition bundle with a game for $450 on sale, or refurbished for $350 on sale. Unless you're just bleeding money, the Pro just isnt worth ~double the money.
unfornatly scalpers got the disc drive and the 30th anniversary ps5 edition
Gotta honest Wood, this is my favorite channel of yours. It's not that I don't like your other channels but its nice to see you free from the Nintendo content shackles.
I also like that you're less "family friend" and more real and uncut when it comes to your opinion about a subject.
This is the Wood I wanted to see
Keep up the good work!
exactly, this channel is great. as someone who no longer plays much Nintendo games I had a hard time watching his stuff recently, glad he's making these
There is a very good reason SONY does not want the disk drive to be in stock. They want all sales to be digital through their online store.
Well they can screw themselves, they can't force a digital only console without any consumer protection so that they can't take away my digital purchases or licences which they are getting a lawsuit for recently they have no right to take the drive away, it's a pretty scummy thing to do 😡
@@HUYI1 oh they can and they will! Remember when PCs in the 90s and 2000s had CD drives? Then digital stores like steam happened and now the only way to even use a disc drive in a moder PC is to get an external USB powered one. Not like it matters as most CD games after the 2010s are just digital download keys or install the digital version from physical disc anyway.
Digital is the ultimate future whether you like it or not. Now I do agree that there needs to be more and better consumer protection laws regarding digital products. Physical is dead no matter if we get good consumer laws or not. The best we can fight for is good and consumer friendly terms regarding digital ownership and digital product sales. But physical is dying and will 100% be almost nonexistent by 2030. And ompletely gone by 2040.
True, they really are forcing digital games for more control of prices, but they seriously can't stop stocking the disc drives, how the hell is anyone who bought disc games in the last few months meant to play their games? Forced to buy them twice? No way!
@The_hot_blue_fire_guy Yep, not looking forward to the digital future 😢
In Europe the console is 900$ with no disc drive... i feel like the stores are scalping 🤪
yup, and average income in most European countries is way lower than the US, still the price is higher. Fucking hell, in Portugal, the base price of the PS5 Pro is exactly the same as the current minimum wage, higher if you add the stand and disk drive, can't wrap my head around that... Will keep my base PS5 for many years to come.
It's 800 in Netherlands.
The opener to this video reminded me of an old quote "You like revenge, right? Everybody likes revenge. Well, let's go get some." lol. Scalpers must be feeling pretty idiotic right now he he 🙂
I see someone is cultured around here. 😉
When those executives at Sony are in doubt on wtf to do next, just show them this video. Sums up perfectly the f*cked up situation the gaming industry is rn.
The problem with digital games vs. physical is that the digital is still 70 dollars. Should be much cheaper.
The irony is that ps5 was selling for 1000 dollars 2 years ago and now they can't sell a ps5 pro at cost!!!!
Playstation said "Can't scalp what has already been scalped" LOL 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The thing is no one wanted the ps5 pro
if it were a bigger upgrade it would have been worth it.
That's the biggest thing behind it. People with ps5 rarely play them so why upgrade?
2:27 Dammit Wood got me choking on my tea 🤣🍵, I laughed so hard 💀
I don’t get what’s so funny
"im back off my knees" had me dead
I really hope Ninteno doesn't go down this route. They are doing greedy and stupid things too but I hope at least they won't make a digital only console.
I'm mad that laptops don't come with disc drives anymore. They are a lot more expensive but have less functions. I still write CDs to listen to in my card, I still buy DVDs and Blurays so it would be nice to be able to use discs in my laptop. The good thing is my current laptop is from the time where they had disc drives built in. The bad thing is it has W10 and isn't suited for W11. Even if it would be, I'd need a new one because this one is prett slow even after a reinstallation of Windows. So now I have to waist even more money on an external drive and it will take one of the few USB connections as well.
One advantage to buying a console from someone local for the same price as in store prices is that taxes isn't included in the local price
If the ps5 pro came out with a disk drive and upgraded to the pro controller I would’ve bought one
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Bro the pro controller (dual sense edge) is 250 by its own
@@cnb2216which is a lot, could be much less
@@cnb2216exactly. What he said made no sense
@@Lily-uo6hp it makes sense the pro controller is hella overpriced
i mean why would scalpers think that the normal ps5 pro would be hard to get. this isn't 2020 again with the virus and chip shortages. the only version that i expected to get scalped is the special edition ps5 pro specifically the $1000 bundles that's limited to 12300 copies and the disc drive which was already being scalped before the ps5 pro launch.
I'm pretty sure if the Ps5 pro was actually a GOOD product, it would have been sold out everywhere. But it just isn't.. I am a tech nerd and don't care at all for the pro. The CPU is severely holding the whole console back.
@@VonDutchNL the ps5 pro is a good product tho based on it's spec. it's just not worth $200 over the base ps5.
I feel the rant at the end. I have NEVER played Monster Hunter Stories 1 or 2 on the 3DS, just kind of missed them lol. When it was announced for the Nintendo Switch to rerelease I was beyond excited! Then found out ONLY Monster Hunter Stories 1 is on the cartridge and the 2 one is a code 😑🤧My hopes and dreams of owning them both physically is crushed! I ranted about it to people for WEEKS!!!
Reminds me of the story of the white elephant. Gift your enemy a white elephant, it's high maintenance and is literally useless for anything, but you can't get rid of it or else it's seen as offensive.
If im going to buy a PS5 brand new then im not going to a scalper to get one ill wait whatever how long it takes till i get one from the store.
YOOOO REACT EM UPS. Haven’t even started the video but had to say I love this channel with all the news and everything Les goooooo
In my town I always see tweakers that have either stole these or sculpted them and then try to scam people into paying an overpriced amount for it on Facebook or something. It’s absolutely pathetic.
Back in my day, videogames were soooooo fun.
You make it sound like good games only existed in the 80s and 90s.
There where actually at least descent games in the 2000s and early 2010s the downward spiral is a relatively new thing in the last 5-10 years.
Baldurs Gate 3 elden ring final fantasy 7 remakes armored core 6 Dragons Dogma 2 rise of the ronin
If you are selling the collection. I’ll start the bid at $15
$15.50 😂😂😂
@@SEAMUSPM1 $15.51 😂
11$
@@janbogosyan909 10$
Simbolic 1$!
Black myth Wukong also had a collector’s edition with a steel box for the game. But the game was only released digitally
8:33 YEP! That infuriated me beyond believe, and that the fact Sony kept it HUSH! HUSH!
Revenge is the best revenge.
We need a channel shirt. Love you, Wood.😊
I got a disc drive from walmart two weeks ago and there was one left in the case. Few days later there were two drives in the case. Idk why people keep saying theres no disc drives. You cant trust online, you have to check stores in person. Especially walmart.
We are so on the same page, Wood! I appreciate your rant! 💙
Here in Poland, it’s now 290$ for just the disc drive from scalpers 😅
Same in China
Scalpers don't got a lot to work with this PS 5 Pro cause, it's not in high demand like the base in 2020! Lol
I loved the delve into insanity this episode, it perfectly encapsulates my same feelings lmao
I mean when your console is already absurdly expensive and in very low demand, there's not much scalpers can do
Lol I heard about this, I'm surprised the PS5 Pro is even selling at all
When they announced it has no disk drive I was out, nobody I know wanted a console they couldn't play their older disk games on.
Was a hell of a rant, collectors editions has you going out of the way to collect what should be inside
the disc drive in Europe is being on marketplace for 400 euro :o
Same thing happened with the Spiderman 2 Collectors edition game code only.
Also Anime recommendation
Code geass
Have this series on DVD. Love it 🥰
I feel this guys pain
At least you finally addressed the elephant in the room 😄
That’s so wild… collectors edition… no disc. #ragemode
How many times do we need to teach you this lesson old man
No because I was having a convo with my friend about video games the other week and I said “idk I’m just not that satisfied with modern gaming, I’d rather just play the stuff on my 20 year old systems” and she looked at me like I’M the crazy one 💀
Like did I overpay for this copy of Pokemon Crystal I got earlier this year? Probably! But at least it doesn’t come with microtransactions and I can just pop it into my gameboy with no problem.
They selling that PS5 pro for 3 grand and people still
Buying them is crazy
I’m glad I have head and shoulder shampoo now I don’t have to be scalloped.😂
The disc drive thing is unfortunate. When the Pro was announced, I ordered one from target that day. Glad I did.
I know that the bit at the end with AOT was a joke but now you have to make the review. I would watch that in an instant, i typically don't watch reviews on animes but I would love to know your opinion on it and any other ones. I have been watching your content for years wow. First video that i remember watching from you was one of the video's where you recommend what games to buy for the nintendo switch and ever since then i loved you energy and content. I'm in my 20's and still love your content by the way. Would love to see that Attack on Titan review! Keep up the great work.
Literally the elephant in the room 😂😂😂
I had a similar story about your Forbidden West CE with FF7 Rebirth. I managed to get my hands on the Sephiroth collector’s edition directly from SE. For some reason it was delivered almost 2 weeks late so I had to buy another copy on amazon. That sucked a lot because that CE was’t cheap at all😅.
I agree I Honestly wish Sony said “okay 30th anniversary stuff will be made until the end of the year.” Boom “free money” for Sony I would have picked some up
I absolutely agree that it's ridiculous for a _Collector's Edition_ to come without a game, like what?
Black Myth: Wukong gets a disc version Dec 12th!
I would say be careful of scams. Don’t forget people can return these things. It makes no sense to sell something for less then what you can return it for.
You know what's still being scalped though, the duelsense edge stick modules. They are going for almost triple the price on ebay because they are literally not in stock anymore anywhere.
It blows my mind Sony hasn't made a ton of these considering how easy it is for sticks to get stick drift. Not to mention it's a £200 controller in the first place.
What imbeciles would buy those from ebay...One would have to be actually beyond brain dead mentally deficient....I have literally gotten 5 years worth of stick modules from Sony Direct for $20 a pop and they're rarely ever out of stock..
Its mind blowing how some imbeciles can't manage to actually LOOK AROUND to get things and expect it to be in the first place they look
I think this is my favorite video on this channel 😂 I love the rant and everything coming back full circle.
No disc drive in a 50km radius here... Only ones in existence seems to be bundled with the console. Such a failed strategy...
I hope you don't give up on gaming. Maybe a long break is needed. I am going through a similar issue buying games only on GOG or physical copies I can backup.
The day of release as soon as Ps5 pros came out on Ebay from sculpers for 2k AUD I messaged them saying "But why buy this when I can buy for $1200 AUD?". I couldn't help myself 😂
I'm someone who got the original PS5 on release day but I still HATE sculpers.
in australia its $1200 for console and $160 for disc drive, oh plus $50 for vertical stand lol
yeah if you can even find a disc drive in store lol
Glad my GameStop don’t have those workers like that id be pissed if I had pay again to get my HFW collectors edition 😢
Imagine if Nintendo did this, I wouldn't hear the end of it from the internet.
Mass effect legendary edition didn’t have a disc either which is insane
I'm just GRATEFUL that I have a PS5 SLIM ever since May of this year
Same I bought slim this October and now supposedly the prices will go up cuz of trump
I was so bumped out that the switch + Mario odyssey was just a code. I don't know way I thought I was getting a physical copy, but I bought one secondhand. Hurray for physical media!
Honestly I think it’s because they know there are people who will double dip and buy the collectors, and the regular to get the disc. I could be wrong though.
Im so glad that i haven't cared enough about something to risk being scammed by scalpers. I did get a dvd tv series from a reseller, but it was cheaper than the 30 dollars at a store here. I like the switch, theres so many options, you can use a cartridge, hook it up to a tv or just use it as a handheld. And i don't play the realistic games anyway, also i have a basic 32 inch so it probably wouldn't look as good anyway.
Next phase I can surpass my limits
Wait other countries actually do have cheaper digital games? Here triple A physicals are like $100 to pre-order while they are $120-$140 to buy digitally pre-ordering or not. In general physicals remain cheaper after day one too...
The disc drive was actually a $100 in target
I think PlayStation required a user account that had more than 3-4 years or so of trophies history on their account, to help with new scalper accounts. Old scalper accounts still was able to get some, but I was able to get one directly from Sony.
Sony seems to be cutting down on disc production, likely counting on gamers to adapt to digital games and move away from physical copies for their profit. It's a pretty transparent strategy! That being said, I'm really enjoying the performance of the PS5 Pro.
With the disc drive the plates don't fit correctly your going to be disappointed...
And here I was thinking he was going to get into Warhammer
I’ll never understand buying from scalpers. Unless it’s food or something I just don’t get it. Like “oh no the ps5 is out of stock, guess I’ll just wait instead of buying it for 200 extra bucks second hand
It’ll be funny if further down the line Sony decides to release a new sku of the ps5 pro bundled WITH the disc drive
It feels so weird being this early 😂
I went to Game Stop to just buy the disk of Horizon Forbidden West and the guy at Game Stop asked if I want the same collectors edition with the big elephant. He told me they had 3 in stock. I figured what the hell? I got sucked into it. The elephant is cool and so is the little Aloy figurine. 🐘
This need to be said. Give me the disc in collectors and give me the disc drive in a damn pro console!
just want to point out at 3:38 that the first listing on the page is not actually a scalper, it says "Sony Authorized Retailer" so they're selling the consoles bundled with a controller at the regular MSRP cuz they got the product directly from Sony and are authorized to sell an entire stock's worth of products at normal price (most likely they're not allowed to mark it up due to their deal with Sony's distributers)
I know the point you were trying to make, which is still true, but pointing out the one legit seller from the sea of scalpers isn't exactly damning evidence
Just about to point that out, but I think a better point would be that the authorised sellers can't even shift them they have to include an extra controller to sweaten the deal.
Love this video so much. The mental breakdown is so funny. He looks like Harry Styles.
Next video will be just Wood in an empty basement...
Definitely wasn’t a case that they made enough. The interest just isn’t there. The average gamer isn’t spending nearly $800 for a slight graphics boost.
By the way if you got the $150 version you didn't get the highest level version there was one for 230 or 250 but it was called the regalia Edition
And yes I know because I own it still have that beautiful elephant
There were some major differences between the two additions
Oh sweet justice!
They made enough units even a store in Norway has got it
Love the direction this video took hahahaha
I got 1 disc drive today at my walmart I was thankful. GS had 3 yesterday and sold them all yesterday
They can’t use the chip shortage excuse this time.