God of War’s review embargo lifted today, heralding a modern masterpiece and sending floods of PlayStation 4 players in the direction of Amazon UK as they sought to secure pre-orders. However, the exclusive is unavailable at the popular website – and has been for some time. Is this simply a stock issue in the wake of such anticipation? It’s available at virtually all other British retailers.
In fact, dig deeper and the plot thickens: Detroit: Become Human, due out in little over a month, and Spider-Man (pegged for September only last week) are also unavailable. We contacted Amazon UK support to try and get some answers, but they told us there’s no estimate when any of these games will be “back in stock”.
We’ve also reached out to Sony to try and get some clarification on the matter, but at the time of publishing, we’ve not heard anything back. The good news is that, as mentioned, God of War is widely available from practically all other retailers, so you’ll still be able to secure your copy on launch day. But with Amazon UK proving such a popular choice for so many consumers, this is an issue that will need resolving sooner rather than later.
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i thought something was going on, my guess it will be like last time this kind of thing happened on Amazon and be some kind of contractual issue
at least i hope it sorts out, Amazon is my only option to buy physical games
Microsoft boycoting PS since they have 0 interesting exclusives and lost this generation 100% xD
I pre-ordered Detroit: Become Human and Spider-man along time ago on Amazon when they were first announced and I have had emails since from them with updated release dates and prices... I think this could be a stock issue and they don’t have enough to sustain new orders
Shopto it will have to be then 😣
@Rooty1985 It could be but I don't understand how they can be having stock issues for, say, Spider-Man. The game's not out until September, so surely Sony hasn't determined how many copies it will produce yet? They'll do that based on demand later in the summer.
@get2sammyb this has happened before albeit with Manga UK and DVD's but the problem was that the distribution company used (the one who sent the stock from Manga to Amazon) was unable to fulfil the contract with Amazon and thus they had to put a hold on pre-orders as they didn't know if they could fulfil them or not
perhaps the same thing is happening here
Never bought anything on Amazon so im not missing anything. It sucks for the people who have no choice.
@FullbringIchigo Interesting. That makes sense, but it's really odd for something like that to happen with a company as massive as PlayStation. Would certainly explain it, though.
Digital is always in stock.
@FullbringIchigo You have no other option? Where do you live may i ask?
From Resetera, God of War...
Amazon Rankings
US - #1 Hourly/20th Yearly
Canada - #1 hourly
France - #1 hourly/12th Yearly
Japan - #2 hourly
German - #3 hourly/47th Yearly
UK - 26th Yearly - Currently sold out
When it comes to preorders Amazon is the go to place. GAME requires a £5 deposit- which I paid earlier today & the alternatives are few and far between and often cost more.
Still they should've stocked more. This isn't Yakuza 0 or Persona 5 which are niche, but also sold out. God of War is arguably the biggest game/franchise on PlayStation.
Don't know about Detroit & Spider-Man though.
Semi-related...@get2sammyb I think it's pretty clear that Yakuza 6 was delayed, because they wanted to have more Collectors editions available Day 1. It was sold out for months, recently restocked on AmazonUK and it's about to sell out again.
@Fight_Teza_Fight Bad move IMO.
I just contacted Amazon support who told me they are not expecting any more stock for both God of War or Detroit until the 26th May.
@get2sammyb Yeah I've got my collectors edition coming, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to drop Yakuza 6 as soon as GoW is out.
@Flaming_Kaiser in the middle of bloody nowhere
it's a quiet little town in the midlands, i would rather not give out the actual name if you don't mind, call me cautious but i prefer to give out as little as possible online
anyway the location isn't the issue (well we have no shops in town that sell games) but more with payment, for some reason a lot of shopping sites either wont except my payment details or it's a huge hassle, Amazon is pretty much the only place that does with no issues
For anyone looking to order online, I can highly recommend The Game Collection, SimplyGames, and ShopTo for pre-orders. I've used all three for years, prices often cheaper than Amazon, and I'm yet to receive a single pre-order from any of them that hasn't come early or on day of release (must be early on 95% of occasions, though).
@Simon_Fitzgerald Well that's truly bizarre. Thanks for sharing that.
I hope Sony get back to me.
@get2sammyb they said it was a supplier issue, not great for them as they would have sold so many copies of God of War.
When I pre-ordered Far Cry 5, Amazon had every version of the game but the bog standard, read cheapest, one. I thought that was a bit fishy.
@Simon_Fitzgerald Thanks for letting me know.
@get2sammyb no probs, I always use Amazon to preorder games but I guess that may change
If it helps I preordered on Base.com. Been getting games from them for a couple of years now and they haven't let me down yet and they tend to sell a bit cheaper then elsewhere but I think GoW will be an exception.
I received this from Amazon two days ago... Please be advised that we have a revised delivery date for the items you ordered on August 10 2016 (Order ###############).
"Detroit: Become Human (PS4)"
Estimated arrival date: May 25 2018
For more details, please visit the Your Account section of our web site
shame really about amazon, although through base.com you can pre-order ...
Well Yakuza 6 is still there. Isn't that a PS4 exclusive.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yakuza-6-Song-Life-PS4/dp/B07528JZ8B/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1523553518&sr=1-1&keywords=Yakuza+6
Seems weird, I wonder whether there's anything going on between Sony and Amazon behind the scenes. Hopefully it gets resolved soon.
@Agramonte I think this is more to do with Sony's own actual games rather then every exclusive.
Trump?
Brexit?
Trexit?
Brump?
Gotta love a good conspiracy theory.
Seriously though, all available on Amazon US so it could be Brexit depending on who Amazon UK's supplier is.
@AFCC What does Microsoft and silly fanboy arguments got to do with this article?
@adf86 oh yeah... I hope they fix this soon. Really want GOW to be a hit in every territory like Monster Hunter was.
I always shop with Amazon and I tried preordering both God Of War and Spider-Man but was unable with either of them.
So unfortunately I had to go elsewhere and now have both special editions preordered with Game..I just hope I get to receive them on time..
@Agramonte I hope so too, I think it's good that people not rely on amazon all the time if they can actually get copies elsewhere.
god of war is £43 on shopto - i pre-ordered and paid for it whilst i was still a silver member, so think it was just under £41 iirc. it's £45 on gameseek. both of which i'd recommend WAY before amazon..
Ok that sucks i can understand that you wont tell the adress was more like a indication . 😁 😉
@crimsontadpoles why does a silly joke make your head spin so much?
Wow. Links back to what we have been discussing in the forums. If you want anything niche, you need to go Amazon or GAME, and if it's Nintendo its online only pretty much.
But lately we've been looking around, its angling that way too. No supermarket near us stocks games, period, outside of maybe FIFA and CoD, you know the usual yearly sellers. Niche stuff, youre going online I'm afraid, even GAME doesn't stock the niche after a month or so it appears.
I had to rely on third party sellers via GAME for Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5, a year old game on the PS4 I may add, because neither GAME, nor Amazon or any other store had it.
A year old.
Good , be nice for the smaller retailers to get a few sales . I try to use anybody but Amazon when I possibly can.
You can shove your Echos and Alexas etc , what a load of nonsense .
It's not a game I'm planning on getting, but I can also recommend TheGameCollection.net
After Amazon, they're usually the cheapest, and you get the game on release day. That said, their current price is higher than ShopTo, but they're usually lower... I've not bought from ShopTo in a while, as they seem to have become quite expensive compared to Amazon and TGC.
Pre ordered my copy of God of War a while back on Amazon as they don't take any money until the item is dispatched. I've also gone ahead and pre ordered every game I'm interested in playing day one for the rest of the year!!! lol
@Neolit yeah as soon as digital has a decent price point at launch (why they charge more even though there is no production or distribution involved) has a proper trade in and returns system and can guarantee that in the future i will still be able to buy it then i'll go digital
until then while it is cheaper and is a product i actually have some control over then i'll stick with physical thank you
Amazon have never let you Pre-order games just before they're released. Pre-order has always been a well in advanced option. I think u answered your own question when you explained people flocked to Amazon. When the Gabe was announced and the first pre-ordered went up people, such as myself, went to Amazon.
I've since cancelled my preorder at Amazon as Smyths, who deliver free of charge, had it at only £40.99 (you get £5 off at the checkout). I'm not sure I'm guaranteed the game on the actual release date but I can only play games on weekends really... (The life of a Dad....)
@Neolit yeah i'm OK not playing a game on release day, i still have a big backlog to get through anyway and i don't mind paying full price day one but when the Physical version is £50 but the digital is £65 it seems a bit strange, you would think the physical version would be the more expensive at they require disc's to be manufactured and then distributed to stores and the digital ones don't
@Neolit thing is while physical is cheaper the majority isn't going to buy digital unless the next generation forces it on us but i don't see that happening because it would mean no DVD or blu-ray playback and limited backwards compatibility (if it has BC that is)
With Amazon not likely being an option for GoW, it's gonna be either shopto or digital for me. The digital version is more expensive, but at least I know I'll definitely be playing it come next Friday morning
I've only just discovered base.com and in my first two orders (gold headset and gal gun 2) I've already saved £15 compared with Amazon launch prices. Even received gal gun 2 a day early.
Sorry to hear about the situation, hope Amazon fixes this for pre-orders.
Just checked and you still can't pre-order any Sony published games on amazon
just thought people would like to stay updated
@get2sammyb the situation still hasn't changed and it's been a month now
have Sony or Amazon STILL not made any official comment on this?
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