Secured from PS Direct after being punked by Gamestop and Walmart earlier. Unacceptable that it's this hard to get/unable to just reserve a backlogged console but I'm glad I got it. Sony should care too because all those PS5s sitting in some scalper's basement COULD be generating more money for them
Sony makes more from PsPlus and games sales than hardware sales so backlogging would make the most sense. I think did it this way to help retailers. People wouldnt be giving these stores this much attention without the systems.