Sony's plans to make the PlayStation 5 launch-day online-only pre-orders have sparked outrage in the community, but experts say it's the best move to minimize the spread of Covid-19.

Sony recently announced plans to offer online-only launch day purchases for the highly anticipated PlayStation 5 in a post on the PlayStation Blog. The announcement immediately sparked a fair amount of backlash in the comments, with some fans even taking to Twitter to share their disgust at the decision. Twitter users like @Mfant13 responded to the original tweet about the launch day plans with concerns about availability.

“In previous years, PlayStation fans would camp out in their thousands outside stores to get their hands on the latest version of the console on release day,” COVID-19 expert Dr. Jeff Toll wrote to us via email.

Dr. Toll referenced a Market Watch article that described the long lines we saw in 2013 when the PlayStation 4 came out, something he said we would see again with the PS5. Long lines in real life don’t lend themselves to social distancing.