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A buyer who attended Nintendo’s trade presentation tweeted, “We’re stocking up heavy on PS5 units. I mean, obviously,” sparking discussion on 5ch’s Hardware/Industry (Geha) board. The trade presentation is where publishers preview the next season’s software lineup to retailers, and the post was widely read as hinting that Nintendo’s own lineup looked thin. The thread split over the reasoning — some pointed to demand building ahead of GTA6’s release, others to unconfirmed rumors like a disc-less redesign, and some even floated rising purchases aimed at piracy as a factor.
Ni⚪tendo tr⚪de show
Arrived. Presentation’s in an hour. Guess I’m early.
12:36 PM · Oct 8, 2026
Source: x.com / Original post here
What people said
Because the pirate-playable version can't run GTA6
Pretty sure it hasn't.
This.
Seriously, looks like it's just going to get crushed by GTA and that's that, lol
Sadly the lineup must've been weak enough to deserve that "well, obviously" comment.
At that point it's questionable whether Kojima's still-undated title even counted as real info.
He still hasn't said anything concrete, right?
Over on Geha people were saying it's about ditching the disc drive.
There was also a rumor floating in from overseas posts that PS5 units shipped from January 2027 onward won't include a controller.
Might be that, but until it actually happens there's no way to confirm it either way.
The disc removal thing is also two years out, in January too.
And apparently related companies barely got proper advance notice on that either.
Makes you wonder if Sony would even bother announcing that one, doesn't it?
Honestly PS is just one piece of bad news after another at this point, impossible to predict.
He said something like "Sony's got more to announce after that one," right?
Wait, really? Was that it?
Then what else could it be?
Or because the Japanese version's price hike is coming around November…
Which is it?
No way GTA moves the needle at this point.
Sales have been stuck at four digits forever.
What risk? lol
It's already cracked, so there's no problem.
There's no reason it wouldn't.
Honestly, 55,000 yen for the Japanese PS5 is a steal.
It's barely selling, but that price is cheap.
So you're giving up on every future title, update, and DLC then?
You need an internet connection for that, you know.
That's the thing — you can do that without going through Sony's servers too.
Go actually watch some videos or check some sites.
If they expected a GTA boost and still only shipped 50,000 copies of Wolverine, that's not much of a boost.
Is Switch selling well because of piracy too?
It's not even selling that much.
Who's going to go buy a PS5 just for that? lol
Those guys probably weren't going to buy it in the first place anyway.
Is "a bit extra" really going to be enough?
This is GTA we're talking about. THE GTA is coming.
Back in the PS3 era it sold 300,000 in its first week.
Now, with fewer consoles out there than back then, even with a super generous estimate you're looking at 250,000.
"A bit extra" should be plenty, lol
Background and Key Points of This Story
A “trade presentation” is where a publisher walks its retail partners through the next season’s release lineup, directly shaping how much stock buyers order. The tweet quoted in the thread — “I mean, obviously” — was widely read as implying Nintendo’s January-March lineup looked thin, and that interpretation dominated the thread. What split opinion was the question of what’s actually driving PS5 demand upward: some pointed to the GTA6 effect, others to unconfirmed rumors like a disc-less redesign or other hardware changes, and still others suspected rising purchases aimed at piracy — but none of these go beyond speculation. As for the rumor that “PS5 units will stop including a controller,” that claim has only surfaced through overseas sources, and as of October 2026 there’s been no official announcement. One thing readers should be careful not to misread: the tweet itself is just one buyer’s personal take, not an official statement from either Nintendo or Sony.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry (Geha)) thread “Buyer After Attending Nintendo’s Trade Show: “We’re Stocking Up Hard on PS5 Units. I Mean, Obviously.”“
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