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SOURCE 1: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ps5-and-xbox-series-scalpers-have-reportedly-made-over-28m-on-ebay/
SOURCE 2: https://dev.to/driscoll42/an-analysis-of-the-80-million-ebay-scalping-market-for-xbox-ps5-amd-and-nvidia-f35
SOURCE 3: https://dev.to/driscoll42/an-analysis-of-the-143-million-ps5-scalping-market-414d
SOURCE 4: https://www.vgchartz.com/article/447067/ps5-vs-xbox-series-xs-vs-switch-launch-sales-comparison-through-week-9/
SOURCE 5: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/uk-politicians-call-for-action-against-ps5-and-xbox-series-scalpers/
SOURCE 6: https://news.sky.com/story/shortage-of-ps5-and-xbox-consoles-drives-calls-for-scalping-to-be-criminalised-12209606
SOURCE 7: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/uk-government-minister-says-its-discussing-potential-action-against-console-scalpers/
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This is even worse than I expected, and the scalping situation already looked pretty bad.
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I sat for 45 mins on preorder day to get series x and s. Got them both from MS. As for ps5. Not interested. Got the better deal. £450 + £11 a month fir game pass. Job done. Happy dad and son. Unhappy woman😂
thanks to the idiots out there . why anybody would pay over the msrp is stupid
Solution? Sony to not allow sale of consoles online. Make them only available in stores to pick up and 1 per customer.
Whatever is left from my stimmy munnies will be going towards buying a gaming pc.
so, nine times out of ten, if you cannot buy a console, it is just due to demand being crazy. Scalpers are only a part of the picture. The extreme demand is a bigger problem by far. Console makers would usually have sold about a million consoles by this time into previous console cycles. This time, 5 million units has not been enough…
Yeah let criminalize everything, because governments have a good track record of not fucking up even the good intended things.
All those people have no insurance on their PlayStation 👌😂
Us should make it criminal as well.
I bought a scapled ps5 from ebay and you know what? I fucking love it. Great console. I paid x2 the price but its only money. Money doesnt matter. Memories do. I know scapling is shitty but i dont see these consoles being easily available for awhile.
There is no way the number is that low. 50% at least
I don't get the need to rush, every PS5 owner in my friends list is playing PS4 games all day
Isn't selling at x% above msrp already considered unlawful in some countries?
I do not consider these consoles being released yet, and everyone who has one is a time traveller from future
10 to 15% is much less than what I thought it was
10-15%???!!!
And the rest. No c unt can get one.
Now show me game sales. Thats the real number of consoles sold.
hey just a quick note, you do not need an apostrophe when talking plural. So "PS5s" not PS5's" and so forth
I've had a ps5 since launch, the games I've played that are exclusive and amazing are as follows-
-Demon's souls
That's all, and it's a remake not a brand new game, playing ps4 games on it has been nice enough I guess, spiderman miles was eh, but the point I'm trying to get across is don't pay more than it's worth for it. You're not missing out on anything, and more stock will come about as time passes and games actually come out.
The only way to defeat scalpers is to stop purchasing from them for the love of Zeus
The only way to stop this is to bottom out the market, if Sony etc aren't doing anything. So the only way to stop them is if genuine people risk using the scalpers bots against them in order to purchase ps5s and then sell them on ebay (etc) for the RRP. People will pick the cheaper option regardless rendering the scalpers operation void. Ironically this would be a good business move and would gain instant consumer appreciation.
getting a ps5 just to play ps4 games plus dealing with scalpers? nah ps5 can wait.
the only, and i mean THE ONLY people who do not want scalping criminalized is scalpers.
I waited for my choice processor. Never give into them.
Keep trying people, I got lucky on PlayStation Direct last week and got one
Ordered mine mid september, got it today
This is why im against (Atleast for now) games being exclusive to ps5 and xbox series X. The upcoming ratchet and clank for ps5 for example. Because of this bullshit, a very large portion of fans and consumers will miss out on the newest next gen games cause of disgusting people like scalpers. For the next 2 or 3 years (or until they get this scalping under control) all games should be cross gen. On top of that, the major companies like Microsoft and Sony are missing on a TON of LEGAL sales. Getting rid of this problem will benefit BOTH consumers and companies alike. THIS HAS TO STOP!
This shouldve been what the united states did from the start. Listen. If you wanna sell it for 100, maybe 200 over when it first comes out and make a buck, i get it. But you can not double its value. no one that has a brain cell will pay for it and its ripping people off. its just morally fucked to do to begin with and allowing it to happen legally is worse. It affects more than just the consumers. It ends up causing profit losses for companies beyond sony. Less people are playing the games that developers are making and its screwing up the entire ecosystem.
Its kind of like getting rich in any other manner. If you want to be rich and not fuck over entire ecosystems to do it, no one is really gonna care.
It should have illegal to begin.
I bought one xbox series x and Im playing it!!!
I don't care enough for new consoles or games at this point.
That 15% is a straight up lie. Every time a restock goes live, the website either crashes or goes from available soon, to out of stock.
Hell some bots are able to buy the available stock BEFORE it goes live! How the hell is shit still legal? This whole shortage wouldn't be happening if companies like Walmart best buy etc would do a 1 per person IN store. Sick and tired of this online bullshit
…ye, glad I just built a pc.
At the moment the PS5 isn't even worth the amount that the scalpers are asking for.
There isn't even any new games out for it yet and all the games on it can be bought for PS4 as well.
Even Spider-man Miles Morales which was made for PS5 can be bought and played on a PS4.
If there was more then 1 new game that didn't also get released on the older gen console then it would have value other then being a paper weight until more games come out for it.
Kill scalpers.
I'm not sure it should be illegal. Do not get me wrong, I think it is only pondscum sucking assholes of the lowest kind who does this, but no law is really being broken.
I'm just going to wait until retail stores have steady stock near me. No scalper should be rewarded for selling a NON LIMITED EDITION item that is STILL BEING MANUFACTURED for 3 times the MSRP.
I am just surprise that u.s government not doing anything about this. I know that us government love there tax and this scalpers are not paying.
I was wondering
What if someone use the same bot as the scalpers, but to buy only one console for himself???
PS5 isn't even worth the msrp right now.
Ain't nothing out right now that's worth the price.
I'm content with my Pro.
Must be way worse than 10-15% in the UK for sure cause you can't find a ps5 in aaaaaany website other than ebay from scalpers. Literally no other way to get it. Big retails, amazon, argos, game, small local ones. Even stores that have no online buying methods are closed so there's no way to get them there so it's probably closer to 70 at the very least.
Straight to jail.
Guys a hack, buy it on Mexico and pay for the shipping, there are a lot of stores here like coppel that have stock at MSRP and shipping through a 3rd party is not really expensive to the US.
I got my two next gen consoles at MSRP.
They should just do in store only, make the scalpers have to walk in there and purchase 22 consoles and try to get out with all 22 in front of everyone else.
Never been a big fan of scalpers. I found out you can even scalp sporting tickets here in Minnesota. Few years back Vikings coach got in trouble for scalping tickets given to him for free. Knowing how bad he was at his job give the man credit he's just trying to make money for the future cuz he didn't work much longer. But when it comes to technology like this it really should be either limited or Bard completely. I know we usually talk about politicians or other Elites. But this is definitely a case of the rich get richer
People are tired of waiting for Sony to release them into stores. No one wants to wait until next year because sony is being stupid.
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Hahaha, I'm very happy playing my Xbox 360. You idiots!
Sony and microsoft are going to do exactly fuck all about this situation. You think they care? As long as they are getting money they don´t give a rats ass.
It’s really unfair
A friend of mine caught a series x shipment in stock and snagged one for me. Within a half hour of his purchase the stock was gone. It is really sad. I guess the only way to fix it is to reduce online purchasing of the systems and make it heavily in person purchasable with a purchase limit. I dont see another way of combating this, and i def dont see scalpers stopping anytime soon with the amount of money they are making