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Walmart’s Attempts to Sell PS5 on Launch Day Ends in Disaster

Hello, folks. RJ Writing Ink here. As many of you are aware, today is the launch day for the highly sought-after PlayStation 5, or PS5. For months now, gamers have been utterly frustrated by the inability to pre-order the console due to a severe shortage due to COVID-19. Then, a few days before Launch Day, Walmart came out with this brilliant idea.

Throughout launch day today, people were able to go onto Walmart’s website and purchase a PS5 for themselves. I was one of those people who tried to get one for myself. And I have to say that it was one of the worst online shopping experiences of my life.

Walmart proved itself to be incredibly unprepared for the sheer volume of traffic that it would be getting on the PS5 Launch Day. Every time I tried to go on and get a PS5 for myself, the website would crash, and by the time it recovered enough, it was too late. The consoles were all sold out.

SCREW YOU, WALMART!

So, it looks like I’m going to wait until Black Friday to get another shot at getting a PS5. But at least I can comfort myself with some of these reactions from my fellow gamers.

As for all the scalpers who are selling the consoles for unfair prices on eBay, I hope you all burn in hell.

The year’s only half over, and so far, it feels like 2020 couldn’t end soon enough. Even with all the chaos going around, though, there are still some bright spots left in the world, especially for gamers. And it just got better yesterday, with Sony giving us our first real look at the next-gen console, the PS5.

The most striking thing about the PS5 is it’s overall appearance. Since the PlayStation 2 was released, the PlayStation has followed the same basic design aesthetics: blocky, black, and square. However, the PS5 seems to throw all of that out of the window and embraces the idea of looking like it’s from the future. It’s sleek, white, and signifies the next generation of consoles. Overall, I think it’s a major improvement over the blocky PS4.

Then there are the games that would soon follow the release. I’ll admit, I didn’t pay much attention to them. Except for one, that is.

I knew that we’d be getting a new Spider-Man game with the next generation of PlayStation. But never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that it would come out so soon! I’m buying the PS5 as soon as it comes out just so I can play this game!

So, the long and short of it is, I think that the PS5 is going to be an impressive console and that I can’t wait to get it when it comes out! But what were your thoughts on it? Let me know!