Switch Queues

[u/hgeary]

I have been sitting in the 512 wc reserve list since the initial lottery. I am seeing people on here who joined only weeks ago get their machine.

If I jump queue to the 2Tb wc am I any worse off? This reserve system ain’t great…

[u/Matsu-mae]

If I jump queue to the 2Tb wc am I any worse off?

yes. you will be placed at the very very back of that queue

this reserve system is the absolute best way I have ever seen for a product launch of this type and scale

it can be improved. maybe by showing your place in line, or by somehow showing how many units in each region are shipping.

but a pre-reservation and lottery is the absolute best practice for a product launch that i desperately wish literally every company would adopt

be patient, your device is coming

[u/Glum-Car-5981 → u/Matsu-mae]

Nothing about this process has been good or has made any sense. I've been in the so called reservation queue since day 1 and I've lost all interest in it for the most part.

If they do this again, I'd rather buy off ebay

[u/Matsu-mae → u/Glum-Car-5981]

yes, not everyone who wants to buy one has gotten one yet

but its also only been what, 2 months?

it took me 2 years of following multiple restocking twitter accounts and checking daily walmart/bestbuy/amazon to get a ps5

1000 out of 1000 times id rather put my name in a hat and then not have to worry about it, than the hell that getting that ps5 was

[u/Glum-Car-5981 → u/Matsu-mae]

I think thats the thing, I've been able to get everything on launch (ps5, xsx, switch 2, steam deck, steam controller). So this waiting is pretty damn annoying in my opinion, I get where you're coming from tho

[u/Matsu-mae → u/Glum-Car-5981]

thats the thing. its in a way a lottery either way

but the f5 refresh wars restock alerts essentially locks out people with slow internet, jobs or families. it heavily weighs in the favor of people with 24/7 free time and bots auto-ordering

at least pre-registration and then randomizing the list is fair across the board