Almost two years after its release, the PS5 is still a very rare and coveted item today. To facilitate orders and put an end to the “F5 wars”, Amazon has just set up a queuing system on its store.
As the PlayStation 5 slowly approaches its second birthday, Sony’s next-gen console (along with its fierce rival the Xbox Series X) still sees no end to the scarcity situation it’s been mired in all along. this time. And even as the tech industry at large today sees encouraging signs of an easing in semiconductor supply, it’s still quite difficult for gamers to get hold of a console in physical stores, and more to find one online.
Faced with this situation, Amazon has decided, as of this Thursday, August 18, 2022, to change the method of selling its machine. Instead of simply putting each supply on sale without warning, then letting the crowd of potential buyers snatch the few available parts with great F5 blows, the distributor now offers everyone to register in a queue queuing — or more specifically, to request an invitation to join the queue. Indeed, Amazon authorizes itself a right of inspection on each request received. It is assumed that he thus seeks to fight to the best of his ability against the robots and scalpersto better serve “genuine” customers.
The company’s press release ensures that each invitation request will receive a response, positive or negative, within 72 hours. It is of course always recommended to register as soon as possible: the sooner the process is completed, the higher you will be in the queue. Finally, note that this system concerns, for the time being in any case, only the standard PlayStation 5, and not its Digital Edition variant without a disc drive.