The Walmart site will go down again as the PS5 order goes up


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Walmart crashed several times on Thursday as people tried to buy the PS5.

Screenshot by CNET

Walmart is making its PS5 inventory available for purchase on its site on Thursday in several timeslots, but its site Overwhelmed Rush for Sony purchases by customers Next-gen PlayStation During the first wave. CNET staff and people on social media said they had a console in their cart with shipping information before the site crashed and said it was out of stock.

A message on Wal Walmart’s site featured a photo of a dog with a reindeer antelope and read: “Oh, deer. The whole North Pole is trying to save the big one right now, so please try again in a few minutes. Yule loves our holiday. Deals. ”

There is a new console Expect to sell quickly at every major retailer, But unlike some other retailers, Martmart is building its PlayStation 5 inventory Available in segments During the day, at 9:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. Walmart is offering a digital 400 digital-only version of the PS5 as well as a $ 500 model with Blu-ray.

During another static release on PT at 12:00 pm, the site crashed more quickly, with the “add to cart” button not appearing for several minutes while the page loaded. Error messages were generated after pushing the button, while reloading the page led to the message “Could not connect to server”. Once the page reloads, the message “This item is no longer available and has not been added to your cart” will appear. Many others on Twitter reported once more Added to their carts before the console is removed After a long load time.

Walmart customers had the same experience during the third drop with PT at 6:00 p.m. The PS5 is obviously sold out In seconds

At 4:00 pm on the fourth and final drop, customers complained that they were allowed to click “Place Order” only to have to re-enter their Walmart account password and go through four different captchas – and at that point they Jumped. It was out of hoops, console stock. One person on Twitter said they Clicked “Place Order” and also gave the delivery date before the error message was delivered.

There are also hundreds of complaints on Twitter, blaming bots for scooping up consoles in every round.

Walmart did not respond to a request for comment.


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