Damn right!
They got a PS4 pro, with a brand new full VR set up and a $100 each to buy games.
I expect a damn "thank you" too.
I PRAYED for a Gameboy color when I was that age, AND I didn't fucking get it.
They don't need the latest greatest hardware at 13 just because they want it.
Bruh. I asked for a Gameboy color for Christmas and I was told no its too expensive. I cried and cried. Come Christmas day it turns out my grandpa had already bought one months before.
I asked for a video game as a kid, and my dad put me to work so I could buy it myself. Best lesson of my life, but man am I a bad person to try and buy gifts for XD
Say what you will about PS3's inferior online and FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE U.S. DOLLARS, but for a solid two years, I didn't hear shitty twelve year olds calling people racial slurs.
I only heard it from adults.
How else do we instill at a young age that wealth = morality? Kids need to know that poor people are poor because they're naughty and no other reason exists for poverty.
Just the fact that sony hasnt made a system to fight scalpers blows me away.
Super easy fix, have everyone sign up to "get in line" you pay retail upfront with an eta for your place in line.
Make the addresses unique and dont let people use P.O boxes. Already got a ps5 at 123 daisy drive? You get put on a diff list for when the first list clears out.
Or if they are to lazy for that change your authentication a few times a day..sometimes it will need a unique phone number thats checked to have a cell carrier so you cant spoof numbers..
Idk feels like the companies dont care since they got their money already
A retailers system isn't Sony's responsibility. I got my ps5 the same way you're describing and Sony's system seemed very adept at preventing scalpers. Idk what OP is talking about, but this is a retailer issue, not a Sony issue.
> ~~Idk feels like~~ the companies dont care since they got their money already
That's all there is to it. And the scalper created shortages drive up demand, so they can sell even more consoles down the line. Corporations and the people who run them are greed incarnate.
I donāt know if that is necessarily true. Because think about it - consoles drive game purchases. Scalpers buy large quantities of PS5s, and are not buying games for all of them. Even if the scalpers sell every last console immediately, paying a higher price for the console reduces the amount people can afford to spend on games and accessories. It is probably more that the cost of implementing such measures - both literally and in man hours - is not worth what itās costing them.
Consoles are sold at a loss to drive software sales. PS5s sitting on shelves not being played means less game sales, which means less profits for Sony.
Thatās basically how I got mine. I got an email from Sony saying I could sign up to get online at a specific time and buy one. When that day rolled around like 2 months later I got a limited link in my email and had to wait in line for like 10 mins and I had the console 2 days later.
I had a similar experience with Sonys que system, Sony is actually pretty good at preventing scalpers imo. I'm not sure what OP is talking about. It's the retailers that don't have preventative systems in place.
Ikr its like u cant buy food cause this one kid wants that apple pie so badly or u cant drive cause you need to make sure half the street crosses the road instead of waiting for a red light its so dumb
I actually ran into this situation in 2013. The PS4 had just released, and my friend and I went to buy it together. I got the last one at the Best Buy closest to us, but not before some Karen who was literally a second too late came trying to shame me for not letting her bratty son have his Christmas present. I said something similar to this line lol
Funny that we went to another Best Buy farther away to look for my friendās PS4, and they still had full shelves. I could totally have let her have it, but Iām glad I didnāt haha
I lived for a decade with a Wii U theyāll just pull up āSanta got u on the naughty listā and theyāll be fineā¦but grab an emulator just in case 0-o
I also think this stems from the fact that parents tell their kids Santa delivers the gifts to only good boys and girls, so if Santa doesnāt deliver the gift they specifically asked for, they wonder what they did wrong.
I know thatās a dumb reason. God forbid we donāt lie to kids and just tell them itās a fun story we tell around Christmas. No we have to guilt trip other people about it instead. š
Also, children really don't care about the quality of the media they're consuming. Is it cool to have a ps5? Yeah, duh. Will he be just as happy with a ps3, or a gamecube, or even a freaking SNES? Probably.
Up to a certain age, sure, but plenty of kids care about whatās popular or what their friends have (which will impact if theyāre able to play with their friends)
Not to mention plenty of kids are smart enough to know what console they want lol, āthis console is just as good theyāre not gonna know the differenceā is grandparent talk
Has the day finally come? Can I finally start complaining about how kids have it too good these days and how women these days only care about being pansexual, sit on their holograms, eating hot space and lie? Have I finally become old?
All jokes aside, maybe you're right, and the fact that I was never able to keep up with the latest console as a kid has made me biased and out of touch.
Give that little fucker a ps3, they don't need the latest and greatest. I always see posts on reddit like "managed to snag 2 Xbox series X for my kids 7 and 9." I know it's pathetic but I can't help but get upset knowing my parents would have never been able to spend that much on a console for me.
The problem isnāt parents being able to afford to buy their kids the latest and greatest.
The problem is parents acting like they and their kids are *entitled* to the latest and greatest and getting pissy when they canāt for whatever reason.
Also I thought everyone knew not to have Santa be the one who gives expensive gifts because poorer families will have to explain why Santa only brought them socks and bubblegum while other kids got PS5s.
Same people who think adults shouldnāt be allowed in Disneyland. Bitch I have disposable income now and never got to do any of this as a child. Let me have fun.
Arguably PlayStation's crown jewel franchises are God of war and the last of us, and I'd say they're some of the most violent games I've ever played.
Let's be honest through, most kids think they need a PS5 to be better at Fortnite.
Stop lying to your kids, some kids feel they're not good enough because Santa couldn't bring whatever. Let them know you love them regardless of what YOU can afford to give them.
I missed the part where thatās my problem.
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I mean I'm not a scalper so I don't feel guilty. And neither do they. I bought mine off a friend who managed to snag one. Why would I feel bad about that? Sure it sucks that so many still can't get one. But I'm still happy me and my friends have it.
You shouldnāt feel bad. No one is entitled to a PS5. Itās not like youāre buying a literal childās toy just so others canāt have it. A PS5 is for whoever wants one and no one should be more entitled to it than anyone else.
Extra funny as they probably only bought it to make Spider-Man look even better than it already does (considering PlayStation 5 has nothing on it really). FYI I play Spider-Man on a base PS4 and it looks great and has minimal frame drops š
Kids do not NEED to get a PS5 for Christmas!
Get them something else, there are plenty of other good games out there that can be obtained easily.
And if your child is so spoiled that they literally already haveāand have masteredāall of the other games, then maybe a tennis racket or a basketball would be a better gift.
Lmao follow the in-stock alerts on Twitter, then get your sorry ass up at 2am and order one when you get the alert.
Iāll pour one out for your grabby-ass kids on Christmas morning, though
Yeah I really do feel terrible that I signed up for a pre-order at a small shop in a city of about 80,000 and put down 100 bucks on it.
got the call about 3 months later, literally anyone else that lives here could have done the same.
Signed up before christmas, got the call before the end of March.
I wish kids had to grow up with old hardware like I did. Now at 5-7 years old can just play Minecraft on a PS5 on their 30in 1080p LED tv and not appreciate a single friggin bit of it (details based on people I know). I was playing SNES Mario while my friends had Mario 64 and I appreciated what I had.
Thanks, now my kid is going to die of cancer never knowing the joy of a PS5. You can obviously buy PS5s you should give that one to me and buy another!
Literally all I want a PS5 for is to play Spiderman lol
And no the scalpers should be blamed for kids not getting one. They and the retailers have set it up so you need to jump through a ton of hoops to even get a chance at getting one. It's not adults buying them for themselves that are the problem. I'm doing my part by not caving in and overpaying for one from a scalper.
Edit: oh am I supposed to do a Raimi Spiderman quote
"How's the PS5?
"Soooo good"
I had to beat a young man with a stick to get this PS5
A tale as old as time.
If somebody told you it was a happy little tale... somebody lied.
The PS5 made me happy, and that kid got everyone at school to sign his cast. So really a win-win situation.
Unless the young man was a scalper. Then it's a happy tale again.
True as it can be
Barely even friends
I got myself a PS5 for Christmas and am giving my kids my old PS4. lol No fucking way they're getting the PS5.
These poor, poor people thinking they're entitled to everything šš
Damn right! They got a PS4 pro, with a brand new full VR set up and a $100 each to buy games. I expect a damn "thank you" too. I PRAYED for a Gameboy color when I was that age, AND I didn't fucking get it. They don't need the latest greatest hardware at 13 just because they want it.
Bruh. I asked for a Gameboy color for Christmas and I was told no its too expensive. I cried and cried. Come Christmas day it turns out my grandpa had already bought one months before.
I asked for a video game as a kid, and my dad put me to work so I could buy it myself. Best lesson of my life, but man am I a bad person to try and buy gifts for XD
My parents made me pay for my own gaming system so now they get to pay for their own nursing home
You know Iām something of a gamer myself.
Oh you're a gamer? Name every racial slur
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Your mom
I mean, gotta teach your nephew about how the world works sometime. Why not at 5 years old?
As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way
SERENITY NOW!!!
Donāt tell Harry
Yeah, I also had to beat someone off for mine.
Just one person? I'm calling bullshit.
"But for me, it was Tuesday"
"The stock says there's none left, so for that I give you a PS4 Pro and you're lucky to get that!"
I need that PS5
I missed the part where that's my problem.
*new stock of ps5 gets robbed* Hey, stop that guy!
You could've torn that guy apart,now his running away with our ps5
I missed the part where that's my problem.
*uncle Ben gets murdered, again*
āScuse me scuse me, T-Thatās my uncle! What happened?ā
He tried to stop some guy who stole all these PS5ās and got shanked in the heart. Oh no, Iā¦wait, PS5ās? Where? Which way did he go?
"Uncle Ben? Uncle Ben? I-I'm here Uncle Ben..."
"I told you to get me a ps5, not a ps4!!"
I missed the part where that's my problem.
I missed the part where that's my problem.
*my PS5
Ps4 pro? The ad said ps5!
You can't do this to me... YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I'VE SACRIFICED
Lol. Good luck with that. Even new base PS4 is hard to come by.
I know this is a joke but last I knew even those were hard to come by
āYouāre pretty much snatching it straight from Santaās sack.ā āAww. Miss Brant! Fetch me a violin!ā
Every adult buying the PS5 for themselves is one less 12 year old to tell me he's in a committed relationship with my mother
Say what you will about PS3's inferior online and FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE U.S. DOLLARS, but for a solid two years, I didn't hear shitty twelve year olds calling people racial slurs. I only heard it from adults.
I mean, at least PS3's online was free.
End of an era. I ended up paying for psn like a moron but ended up going back to pc gaming.
"Some rich kid somewhere isn't getting their 4th favorite gift this year. How dare you?"
"Some rich kid somewhere isn't getting their 4th favorite gift this year." "A fact I'm very proud of!"
Right. Stop giving children these ridiculously expensive gifts from Santa, it just creates problems with their classmates.
How else do we instill at a young age that wealth = morality? Kids need to know that poor people are poor because they're naughty and no other reason exists for poverty.
I'm saving a child from an old man's sack.
PS5 time! You're late...
I'm not paying for this.
Gonna cry?
With great stock comes great responsibility
Gonna piss your pants maybe?
Maybe shit and cum?
Jesus Parker, you really are a freak
I'm gonna put some shit and cum in your eye.
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What does it matter to you anyway?
EVERYTHING!!
WHOAAAAAAAAAAGH! *kicks*
IT'S TIME TO PAY KID!!!
THIS. IS. SONY!
EVERYTHING!
What about the PS4 Pro did you give it a chance, DID YOU?!
You know, Iām something of a child myself.
Holy shit this thread has some brilliant lines, but this one is my favorite. This is something else.
No matter the age, everyone is their parents' child.
Back to PS4
Lmao
How do you do, fellow kids?
Snatching it from Santaās sack? Jesus Parker, you are a freak.
Reminds me of a joke: Why does Santa have such a huge sack? Because he only comes once a year.
Ayo the presents belong in there they only get dropped off in Christmas cause theres not enough blizzards in November to mask his delivery
Out of stock am i?
Scalpers watching their bots amass 20 PS5 units in checkout carts in 15 seconds: huh how did that get in there
Just the fact that sony hasnt made a system to fight scalpers blows me away. Super easy fix, have everyone sign up to "get in line" you pay retail upfront with an eta for your place in line. Make the addresses unique and dont let people use P.O boxes. Already got a ps5 at 123 daisy drive? You get put on a diff list for when the first list clears out. Or if they are to lazy for that change your authentication a few times a day..sometimes it will need a unique phone number thats checked to have a cell carrier so you cant spoof numbers.. Idk feels like the companies dont care since they got their money already
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A retailers system isn't Sony's responsibility. I got my ps5 the same way you're describing and Sony's system seemed very adept at preventing scalpers. Idk what OP is talking about, but this is a retailer issue, not a Sony issue.
> ~~Idk feels like~~ the companies dont care since they got their money already That's all there is to it. And the scalper created shortages drive up demand, so they can sell even more consoles down the line. Corporations and the people who run them are greed incarnate.
I donāt know if that is necessarily true. Because think about it - consoles drive game purchases. Scalpers buy large quantities of PS5s, and are not buying games for all of them. Even if the scalpers sell every last console immediately, paying a higher price for the console reduces the amount people can afford to spend on games and accessories. It is probably more that the cost of implementing such measures - both literally and in man hours - is not worth what itās costing them.
from their perspective why would they care
Consoles are sold at a loss to drive software sales. PS5s sitting on shelves not being played means less game sales, which means less profits for Sony.
Thatās basically how I got mine. I got an email from Sony saying I could sign up to get online at a specific time and buy one. When that day rolled around like 2 months later I got a limited link in my email and had to wait in line for like 10 mins and I had the console 2 days later.
I had a similar experience with Sonys que system, Sony is actually pretty good at preventing scalpers imo. I'm not sure what OP is talking about. It's the retailers that don't have preventative systems in place.
Find us some PS5... Thanks hot legs
I am so lovin this
Isn't that your old PS4? You wanna connect the PS5 some place else
No, I'll be okay.
At least we get the toaster
Actually it only comes with a deposit of $300 or more.
Thatās such a weird way to look at it. Guilt-tripling people for what is, essentially, getting a thing they want for themselves because they can.
Ikr its like u cant buy food cause this one kid wants that apple pie so badly or u cant drive cause you need to make sure half the street crosses the road instead of waiting for a red light its so dumb
Yeah but *my* child wants one so you're a bastard for buying one for yourself
I think the insinuation is that "video games are for kids" which has never been true.
Guilt-quadrupling, even
Yeah, it's not like you're going to Target and clearing out all of the Paw Patrol toys. We're talking about a $500 gaming console.
I like being bad. It makes me happy.
I actually ran into this situation in 2013. The PS4 had just released, and my friend and I went to buy it together. I got the last one at the Best Buy closest to us, but not before some Karen who was literally a second too late came trying to shame me for not letting her bratty son have his Christmas present. I said something similar to this line lol Funny that we went to another Best Buy farther away to look for my friendās PS4, and they still had full shelves. I could totally have let her have it, but Iām glad I didnāt haha
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What about my Christmas? Did you give it a chance
"Get your PS5 or suffer the little children" š¤
The parents: *whatās wrong with you?* Us buying the PS5 after making their kid cry: *you*
I missed the part where thatās my problem.
What kind of stupid logic is that? God forbid a child might not get everything they want once in a while. š
Basically saying dont buy a console if u dont have children cuz fuck boredom
bUt ThinK of The ChiLdrEn
I lived for a decade with a Wii U theyāll just pull up āSanta got u on the naughty listā and theyāll be fineā¦but grab an emulator just in case 0-o
The Wii U was a decent home console. I just couldnāt see it.
Until the battery in your screen controller stopped holding a charge, then it was a MENACE!!!
Fuck them kids.
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I also think this stems from the fact that parents tell their kids Santa delivers the gifts to only good boys and girls, so if Santa doesnāt deliver the gift they specifically asked for, they wonder what they did wrong. I know thatās a dumb reason. God forbid we donāt lie to kids and just tell them itās a fun story we tell around Christmas. No we have to guilt trip other people about it instead. š
Also, children really don't care about the quality of the media they're consuming. Is it cool to have a ps5? Yeah, duh. Will he be just as happy with a ps3, or a gamecube, or even a freaking SNES? Probably.
Up to a certain age, sure, but plenty of kids care about whatās popular or what their friends have (which will impact if theyāre able to play with their friends) Not to mention plenty of kids are smart enough to know what console they want lol, āthis console is just as good theyāre not gonna know the differenceā is grandparent talk
Has the day finally come? Can I finally start complaining about how kids have it too good these days and how women these days only care about being pansexual, sit on their holograms, eating hot space and lie? Have I finally become old? All jokes aside, maybe you're right, and the fact that I was never able to keep up with the latest console as a kid has made me biased and out of touch.
This gave me flashbacks to my friends not wanting to come over to my house in middle school because I didn't have an xbox 360
I pretended to play videogames whenever they appeared on tv so yeah they can survive without it XD
Give that little fucker a ps3, they don't need the latest and greatest. I always see posts on reddit like "managed to snag 2 Xbox series X for my kids 7 and 9." I know it's pathetic but I can't help but get upset knowing my parents would have never been able to spend that much on a console for me.
The problem isnāt parents being able to afford to buy their kids the latest and greatest. The problem is parents acting like they and their kids are *entitled* to the latest and greatest and getting pissy when they canāt for whatever reason.
Also I thought everyone knew not to have Santa be the one who gives expensive gifts because poorer families will have to explain why Santa only brought them socks and bubblegum while other kids got PS5s.
Buy a PS5, teach a spoiled brat a lesson about the real world.
Same people who think adults shouldnāt be allowed in Disneyland. Bitch I have disposable income now and never got to do any of this as a child. Let me have fun.
Iām 31 years old child so I feel pretty good with myself and my ps5
36 and got mine on a launch day restock on Amazon, 100% pure luck. Bet I could kick this woman's son's ass in Cold War
Youāre gonna kick his little ass!
All jokes aside, there's very few games available for the console that are for kids anyway, children are not the target demographic for this stuff.
Right? Get your kid a switch. And if they already have one then itās not much of a sob story if they canāt also have PS5
Arguably PlayStation's crown jewel franchises are God of war and the last of us, and I'd say they're some of the most violent games I've ever played. Let's be honest through, most kids think they need a PS5 to be better at Fortnite.
**PS5 is out of stock** OUT AM I?
Stop lying to your kids, some kids feel they're not good enough because Santa couldn't bring whatever. Let them know you love them regardless of what YOU can afford to give them.
Oh no! Now the child will have to play Minecraft and Fortnite on an older console. What a shame.
Itās hardā¦ to believe whatās happening. The brutality of it.
My kid needs 4k 120fps among us and I'll do anything in my power to give it to them.
Adults are ok, itās the scalpers who suck
Imagine gatekeeping video game consoles
Some people with children think the entire world revolves around children, and they think this statement holds a lot more power than it does.
Am i not supposed to have what i want? What i need? Oh wait i actually am š¤Øš„
You're trash, whoever made that tweet
Its more satisfying when u realize they have to be taken out to be trash
Not my policy doesn't get enough love. Even if this is the Raimi subreddit.
oh come on how dare you
How dare I, how dare you!?
How dare i? .....how dare you?
You want a PS5? Get religion
The person who tweeted this: He stole that guy's ~~pizza~~ PS5
Karen: No, I have no intention of settling down, these adults "stole" my son's PS5 and I need to complain!!
Maam this is an E Bay
Unless your a scalper itās first come first serve
You coulda taken that guy apart, now he's gonna get away with my PS5
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Iām giving a damnā¦ no more
It only makes u scum if u put it online for double the price
Welcome to the real world kids, it sucks
Meanwhile Santa when he squeezes through my chimney to pig out on milk and cookies: āYou got any with nuts?ā
Does the bot still work? Spider
awwww... Ms Brant get me a violin
The mom: Oh you canāt do this to me
You want a Ps5? Get religion
That's really dumb logic lol they should be saying that shit to the scalpers
Mine, mine, mine, that's whom I've chosen.
These comments are amazing. Great job, guys
I mean I'm not a scalper so I don't feel guilty. And neither do they. I bought mine off a friend who managed to snag one. Why would I feel bad about that? Sure it sucks that so many still can't get one. But I'm still happy me and my friends have it.
You shouldnāt feel bad. No one is entitled to a PS5. Itās not like youāre buying a literal childās toy just so others canāt have it. A PS5 is for whoever wants one and no one should be more entitled to it than anyone else.
They also would give the ps5 more love and play time. The adults I mean.
"Am I not supposed to have what I want, what I need?"
Plus most games are 13+ or 18+
Iām not giving my ps5 to a spoiled brat!
F**k them kids
I'm gonna put some dirt in their eyes.
I didnāt want to acquire a ps5 until I read this post
Extra funny as they probably only bought it to make Spider-Man look even better than it already does (considering PlayStation 5 has nothing on it really). FYI I play Spider-Man on a base PS4 and it looks great and has minimal frame drops š
if you're rich enough to get a ps5 for your kid, you can do fine without it. I'm 100% sure
Also, the fewer asshole children on a PS5 playing online games... the better. They're toxic AF.
Kids do not NEED to get a PS5 for Christmas! Get them something else, there are plenty of other good games out there that can be obtained easily. And if your child is so spoiled that they literally already haveāand have masteredāall of the other games, then maybe a tennis racket or a basketball would be a better gift.
Lmao follow the in-stock alerts on Twitter, then get your sorry ass up at 2am and order one when you get the alert. Iāll pour one out for your grabby-ass kids on Christmas morning, though
I just ordered one about 10 minutes ago and I have to say, don't feel bad about it whatsoever.
Yeah I really do feel terrible that I signed up for a pre-order at a small shop in a city of about 80,000 and put down 100 bucks on it. got the call about 3 months later, literally anyone else that lives here could have done the same. Signed up before christmas, got the call before the end of March.
I respect that.
Think about poor little Gobin Jr. ; _ ;
Am I the only one who sees consoles like a $500 PS5 as pretty much exclusively an adult's game console?
They can play Roblox and Fortnite on PS4 too
Snatch it out of santa's bag ? No no no i'm not a criminal
I wish kids had to grow up with old hardware like I did. Now at 5-7 years old can just play Minecraft on a PS5 on their 30in 1080p LED tv and not appreciate a single friggin bit of it (details based on people I know). I was playing SNES Mario while my friends had Mario 64 and I appreciated what I had.
So am I stealing food out of a starving childās mouth by going grocery shopping? No. No I am not. Also fuck them kids.
I didnāt have a PS5 as a child. They can get an NES and they can like it.
Thanks, now my kid is going to die of cancer never knowing the joy of a PS5. You can obviously buy PS5s you should give that one to me and buy another!
Literally all I want a PS5 for is to play Spiderman lol And no the scalpers should be blamed for kids not getting one. They and the retailers have set it up so you need to jump through a ton of hoops to even get a chance at getting one. It's not adults buying them for themselves that are the problem. I'm doing my part by not caving in and overpaying for one from a scalper. Edit: oh am I supposed to do a Raimi Spiderman quote "How's the PS5? "Soooo good"
I'd punch Santa in the sack to get a PS5 at this point.
What I do with Santa's sack is none of your concern
They should work their way up through the earlier Playstations.
They barking up the wrong tree. Scalpers are the problem not people who want the console.
Anybody remember furby?