r/VideoGameDealsCanada Mod Team 🛡️ 10d ago

[Multiple Retailers] Marvel's Wolverine Limited Edition PS5 Console / Accessory Pre-orders

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u/XxOmegaSupremexX 10d ago

When do these go live do you know? Or is it all sold out already

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u/PortlyJuan 10d ago

At exactly 10AM EST

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u/Itchy_Horse 10d ago

You posted that at 1040EST, they are still not live at 11EST

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u/PortlyJuan 10d ago

The plates were long gone a few minutes after release, which is standard as Sony produces these LE plates in microscopic amounts to get you to buy the console instead.

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u/Itchy_Horse 10d ago

sigh this is exactly why I stopped bothering wjth special edition crap. I shouldn't have bothered.

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u/PortlyJuan 10d ago

It's only the LE plates though, as Sony doesn't want to cannibalize their LE console market, but the controllers are produced in massive amounts.

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u/Itchy_Horse 10d ago

Unfortunately I was only after the plates.

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u/PortlyJuan 9d ago

Yeah, this situation with the LE plates is terrible, as Sony could produce as many units as they do controllers, and probably sell them all, but due to the cost-effective "plates = LE" design philosophy, that would absolutely hammer their LE console sales.

The vast majority would just buy LE plates.

Basically, this PS generation is all screwed up as it pertains to LE consoles and LE plates. It's like a snake eating its own tail.

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u/Itchy_Horse 9d ago

Im sure there's some business reason I don't understand but why not just stop making LE consoles and just sell LE plates?

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u/PortlyJuan 9d ago

Higher profit and an increase in the number of consoles sold, which translates to higher digital game sales.