Today marks the official launch of the PS5 in several countries around the world, however many players have had a hard time getting their hands on the console. With pre-orders being difficult to come by only a few short months ago, players have been finding it even more difficult to order a PS5 at sites like Walmart on launch day. Some select influential figures have had an easier time than others, though, with PlayStation sending its new console to individuals like hip hop artist T-Pain.
Grammy Award winning artist T-Pain took to his Twitter sharing his excitement at receiving a PS5 from Sony. The video begins with T-Pain encouraging viewers to “shoot [their] shot…well not at [him]” as he revealed the PS5 in its box, fully protected by a plastic case. Laughing, he then exclaims what a great week its been for him and then thanks Sony for the console.
This week has definitely been a major week for the artist. Not only did T-Pain receive his PS5 today from Sony, but earlier in the week he received an Xbox Series X from Microsoft. If this wasn’t reason enough to be excited, he also received an Oculus Quest 2 from Oculus and Facebook.
While T-Pain’s primary claim to fame is his incredibly successful music career, he has a long history with gaming. T-Pain regularly streams on his personal Twitch channel where he plays a multitude of games like Call of Duty: Warzone, Among Us, and Watch Dogs: Legion. Viewers can also find him crafting royalty-free beats for streamers on Twitch and YouTube to use in the background of their streams, which seems increasingly more helpful as Twitch increases its vigilance on content that may violate DMCA guidelines.
T-Pain isn’t the only hip hop artist to be receiving free consoles over the past several weeks. Near the end of October, hip hop legend Snoop Dogg received an Xbox Series X from Microsoft, as well as a new fridge shaped like the Series X. Snoop has been a long time promoter of Xbox and received the fridge and console in celebration of his 49th birthday.
While these influential figures have received their consoles as gifts from their various creators, others have had an increasingly more difficult time finding one for themselves. Because of the scarcity of PS5 stock at different outlets, scalpers have begun selling their PS5’s online for ridiculous sums of money. These increased prices have some players paying as much as $1700 for a PS5, over 3 times the original price of the console. Unfortunately, it seems that it may be a while before most players will be able to purchase their own PS5 and experience the excitement that others have been able to share on social media.
The PS5 is available now.
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