It won't let you complete the purchase until your turn in the queue comes up, but it's a good way to make sure that when it is your turn your cart is all set up and don't have to waste any time.Īt 11:05 the queue page showed a pop-up with a link to the Direct store landing page saying it was my turn. This seems to be a common experience, the wait time always starts at "more than an hour" and then lowers very quickly.ĭuring this time I followed a tip I saw about pre-adding the console to my cart ( read it here). It took about a minute for the estimated wait to load, and then started at "more than an hour" but by 11:03 that had dropped to 5 minutes, then a minute later it was at 1 minute. When the timer reaches zero the page automatically reloads showing the queue page. The waiting room had a notice posted at 9:05am so I think they open it a couple hours early, but I don't think there's any benefit to opening it that early, honestly 5 minutes before the event starts is probably fine. I was asked to do a recapcha picture test and was then given a timer counting down to the start of the event.
At 10:45 I clicked the link on the email and was taken to a waiting room. The event opened this morning at 11am PST.
The invitation email says that opening the link early or using multiple devices might lock you out, just FYI. The queue itself seems to be something of a crapshoot, so I think all the advice saying to use multiple devices/browsers/incognito mode/etc is superfluous. If you want to purchase any additional accessories or games you can add that to your cart ahead of time as well. You can make a purchase beforehand and save your credit card info at that point, but if you have autofill on your browser that's probably just as efficient. The most important thing is to make sure you're logged into your PSN account on the Sony Direct store site ahead of time, and to have your credit card info ready (if you have it saved to your PS+/PSN accounts already note that it WILL NOT automatically transfer to the Sony Direct site). Yesterday I got an email invite for today's PS Direct PS5 event and did a lot of research on tips for success but had a hard time finding posts with just basic info on the process, so here's my attempt at writing the post I was trying to find.
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