![]() Gaming fans posted angry messages on Currys’ Twitter feed after the company first said it would launch the PlayStation 5 at 9am, then moved it to 11am and then finally admitted it had sold out. Seven years of pent-up demand since the launch of the PlayStation 4 and the prospect of a long Covid winter drove huge UK demand for the new console, which follows last week’s release of the rival Xbox Series X from Microsoft. The PS5 worldwide launch followed a debut in North America, Japan and a few other other select territories on 12 November. However, thousands of consoles were rapidly available on the auction site eBay for more than double the list price, with some sellers asking for more than £1,000. When its servers could not cope with the traffic, which caused some failures across the whole site, it delayed the sale by an hour and then sold out within five minutes. With much of their stock sold in advance via pre-launch orders, Game, Currys, John Lewis and Argos all sold out of the £449 console by 10.10am on Thursday.Īmazon promised customers a small number of consoles would become available at midday on Thursday. Amazon also experienced site problems under the weight of traffic. Currys introduced a queuing system, with tens of thousands of customers waiting in a virtual line. Once you manage to secure a PS5, make sure to check out some of our roundups for games, accessories, and more to help you get the most out of your PS5.Web pages dedicated to the launch of the PS5 at Tesco and Game also crashed on Thursday morning. ![]()
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