When the PlayStation 5 launched in November 2020, obtaining the console seemed elusive. That¡¯s how it always is. A new piece of hardware is released, hype ensues and the console becomes incredibly hard to get. Eventually, things settle down.
By July 2021, the PS5 Sony¡¯s fastest-selling console ever, reaching the 10 million sales mark quicker than the PS4. People were still buying Sony¡¯s latest gaming machine in droves, and so getting one wasn¡¯t easy.
This wasn¡¯t my first rodeo, so to speak, as I¡¯ve been buying game consoles for decades. To snag a new PlayStation on launch day in years past meant waiting overnight in front of an electronics store. More recently, I¡¯ve started to shy away from such exhausting stunts, thinking that I can just wait until the consoles are readily available.
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