Amazon UK PS3 pre-orders go up….and down

Most UK retailers have already started their pre-orders. Pop into any GAME, PC World, Currys, Dixons – they all have PS3 pre-orders on the go. Even online retailer Play.com have starting taking Pre-orders, promising to deliver PS3’s on release day for those who get their orders in early. But the UK’s favourite online retailer was a little slow in opening up PS3 pre-orders.

Amazon UK were supposed to start accepting pre-orders on February 15th at 9am (a time still later than other sites), but in fact nobody was allowed to place pre-orders until 1:35 that afternoon. Gamesdog reports that this morning at 10:30am GMT there were still PS3’s available, but after checking Amazon UK as of now (21:45 GMT), there are no PS3’s available.

However, Amazon have stated that they will be doing the same as Play.com and only allowing the amount of PS3’s they will have for release day to be pre-ordered. The message from amazon right now is “We expect to have more PlayStation 3 consoles available for pre-order during Monday 19 February. Check back here for further updates.” Maybe they’re negotiating more units from Sony? Whatever the reason, we’ll be back with another update from the Amazon camp on Monday.

Via Gamesdog

Most UK retailers have already started their pre-orders. Pop into any GAME, PC World, Currys, Dixons – they all have PS3 pre-orders on the go. Even online retailer Play.com have starting taking Pre-orders, promising to deliver PS3’s on release day for those who get their orders in early. But the UK’s favourite online retailer was a little slow in opening up PS3 pre-orders.

Amazon UK were supposed to start accepting pre-orders on February 15th at 9am (a time still later than other sites), but in fact nobody was allowed to place pre-orders until 1:35 that afternoon. Gamesdog reports that this morning at 10:30am GMT there were still PS3’s available, but after checking Amazon UK as of now (21:45 GMT), there are no PS3’s available.

However, Amazon have stated that they will be doing the same as Play.com and only allowing the amount of PS3’s they will have for release day to be pre-ordered. The message from amazon right now is “We expect to have more PlayStation 3 consoles available for pre-order during Monday 19 February. Check back here for further updates.” Maybe they’re negotiating more units from Sony? Whatever the reason, we’ll be back with another update from the Amazon camp on Monday.

Via Gamesdog