The restricted version thirtieth Anniversary PlayStation 5 {hardware} that was introduced final week went up for pre-order, and statistically talking, you in all probability weren’t capable of get one. On prime of possibly TOO restricted portions of the very cool retro-style variations of the PlayStation 5, PS5 Professional, PlayStation portal and each DualSense and DualSense Edge, the entire on-line pre-order system turned out to be one thing of a catastrophe. Individuals ready in queues for an hour or extra, simply to be advised every thing was out of inventory. Or worse, having the ability to add stuff to their card, however blocked from buy by technical issues. Contemplating how a lot of a large number the launch of this era was due to scalpers, you’d assume Sony would’ve dealt with this higher. Really they did, however solely in Japan, the place pre-orders of the extremely sought-after particular editions had been restricted to PSN account holders with greater than 30 hours logged enjoying video games, which presumably helped make issues a bit extra orderly. We additionally scratch our heads in regards to the pricing of Horizon Zero Daybreak Remastered, which is simply ten bucks for individuals who personal the sport on PS4, which mysteriously doubled in value in a single day on the PlayStation Retailer. And like, we get it, but additionally: c’mon. In different information, Murderer’s Creed Shadows’ delay into subsequent yr places in a literal Samurai Shodown with Ghost of Yotei, and that in all probability isn’t nice for both sport. We additionally mirror on the way it’s going to be tough to slim down what this yr’s sport of the yr will likely be. Regardless of a handful of actually good video games, there don’t appear to be any clear crowd-pleaser standouts.