The PlayStation 30th Anniversary Collection it looks awesome. A lot of people seem to think so. And when retro nostalgia clashes with rabid console fans, items tend to sell out quickly. Unfortunately, we still don’t know exactly when pre-orders for everything from the 30th anniversary PS5 Pro to the PS1-style DualSense will go live. It looks like that’s likely to be 10 a.m. ET (7 a.m. PT). Regardless, here are some steps you can take to try to get an edge on the scalpers.
PS5 30th Anniversary Merchandise Will Be Available for Pre-Order on September 26th on the Site Boutique PlayStation Direct and includes the following elements:
- All-Digital Limited Edition PS5 Pro Bundle
- All-Digital Limited Edition PS5 Slim Bundle
- Portail PlayStation
- DualSense Edge
- DualSense
Pricing has yet to be confirmed, although the PS5 Slim bundle would apparently be $500, while the DualSense costs $80. More importantly, we still don’t know exactly what time on September 26th the Boutique PlayStation Direct will begin accepting pre-orders. Until Sony confirms this, your best bet is to check the website at key times and follow the Compte Twitter PlayStation for alerts.
When will pre-orders for the 30th Anniversary Collection be available?
While Sony has yet to officially confirm the pre-order time, we can make some educated guesses. Pre-orders are likely to go live no earlier than midnight, midnight ET (9 p.m. PT) on September 26. After that, the pre-order window tended to be late morning. Pre-orders first posted online on the PlayStation Direct store for the original PS5 later today at 1:00 p.m. ET (10:00 a.m. PT).
The shortcut reports that a major retailer in the US has said that its inventory for pre-orders of the regular PS5 Pro, which will also be available on PlayStation Direct tomorrow and go on sale starting at 10:00 a.m. ET on October 10, is “exactly two weeks after Sony.” So one interpretation is that stock of the PS5 Pro and Sony’s 30th anniversary will go on sale starting at 10:00 a.m. ET (7:00 a.m. PT) on September 26. Or maybe it has nothing to do with the time at all.
The official Compte PlayStation UK tweeted that pre-orders will start at 10:00 AM but didn’t specify the time zone. If it were local time, it would be 5:00 AM ET (2:00 AM PT) in the US. Regardless, it’s a safe bet that pre-orders will go live within the specified time, so as long as you check before each one, you won’t be caught off guard.
3 Things to Do to Increase Your Chances of Getting the Pre-Order You Want
There are other steps you can take to increase your chances of getting a PS1-style PS Portal or one of the ultra-rare 30th Anniversary PS5 Pro bundles limited to 12,300, which comes in an all-white box. Here are some steps that you can take to better prepare before pre-ordering:
- If you have a PSN account, make sure you are already logged in in your web browser.
- Have an active credit or debit card on file that can handle the full prepayment for the sale and that does not expire within the next two months.
- I hope your internet connection doesn’t go down at the last second.
Once pre-orders are actually live, you simply click on the store listing, select the pre-order option, hope it gets added to your cart, and then proceed to checkout. If the site crashes or there’s a queue, refreshing the page can sometimes reset your place in the queue or the entire process, so don’t hit F5 unless you’re out of options. From there, what happens next is up to the Sony gods.
I hope everything goes well and that it will not be a repeat of the situation. PS5 pre-order debacle in 2020 which was so bad that Sony apologized to fans. Thankfully, the first round of 30th Anniversary Collection pre-orders are being done exclusively through the PlayStation Direct store, so no one has to worry about the chaos of navigating the websites of half a dozen decades-old online retailers. We’ll update this story when and if Sony shares more information on what to expect from the 30th Anniversary Collection pre-order process.
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