Retailers, and PS Direct itself, appear to have oversold PlayStation 30th anniversary PS5 / PS5 Pro console and DualSense controllers. We’ve seen enough reports of players having their preorders canceled to deduce that these aren’t isolated incidents,

A retailer cancels some of the pre-orders customers thought they secured for the PlayStation 5 30th Anniversary Edition console.

UK retailer Argos has started canceling preorders for the PS5 Slim Digital 30th Anniversary Edition, citing an inability to fulfill the orders. Customers affected by the unexpected cancellations are being automatically refunded to their original payment methods.

As beautiful as PS5’s range of 30th anniversary hardware is, limited edition items such as this inevitably always lead to anxiety. Last week, Sony made the PS5 Slim Digital Edition console available to third-party retailers,