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PS5 and Series X are hot new consoles for the holiday season, and scalpers are making it much worse. With limited inventory and rising prices, can anything be done?
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I was just thinking, if I'm a developer for a game, if I release them game right now for those scalpers systems, why should I even bother releasing a game right now since most of these systems are being scalped and just sitting there? Wouldn't the sales not be up to expected because of these systems just collecting dust currently until this situation gets resolved? Seems the only way I could sell is by pc download only
This is all Microsoft and Sony’s fault for not being ready and should’ve had 100s of millions ready to be in stock instead of having 5 in stock every week
Solution: Get more PHYSICALLY stock!
I get it, pandemic. But stores are LEGALLY allowed to have shoppers follow guidelines, and if they don’t follow said guidelines, they have the authority to refuse service to you. Stores can force social distancing and lines to reduce the fighting over the products, they can actively reject the purchase of multiple consoles at once and limit it to one per person by requiring the buyer’s ID at purchase, and the best part of this solution, THERE ARE NO BOTS. Yes, there will be people who try to cheat the system, but it’s way more secure than online console purchases in which bots can just snatch the console up in like 5 seconds, reducing the ENTIRE stock to dust in mere minutes. And for those who do attempt to cheat the system (fake ID, theft, etc.) it’s very likely that they will be caught very soon if not immediately.
Consoles are typically sold at a loss at launch, if the consoles are just sitting collecting dust..the games and accessories which create profit are also collecting dust which hurts sony and Microsoft
Capitalism at it's simplest form,unfortunately…supply and demand…Sony and Microsoft create this problem…it's bullshit to think that Microsoft and say Walmart can't saturate the stores with consoles making scalping less lucrative…It's called SUPPLY and demand
it's not my problem they don't have enough money for food, i don't give any fucks
Food on the table? Never heard of a real job.
If Sony and Microsoft had’ve just made enough consoles for demand, we wouldn’t be having this problem
Haha 😂 dumb scalper with a bot totally deserved to waste all his Time
This is what happens when you launch a console online only. If they shipped them to the stores like “the good old days” we wouldn’t be watching this video…
I hate buying online and digital , I’d much rather go to the brick and mortar store , at least if you get in line early enough you know for sure whether or not you’ll get one .
Sony not making money off games tho , buying consoles over and over can only do so much for them, there are people who quit buying video games simply they too focused trying to get the next gen
Why you ppl pissed at scalpers? Its Sony fault entirely.
If you're into sneakers you already no this pain
Fuck the scalpers. Just want a ps5 and not buy it at 700 or 1000 dollars….but 500.
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How are you on the fence about scalpers? They're scum, simple as that.
I hope these scalpers actually get fucking robbed of all their money and every single console and then stabbed
Scalpers are successful because their buyers are very stupid people.
By now only their buyers have the power to stop the scalpers.
Yea because scalpers don't have money to deposit on preorders lmfao 🤦♂️
No it's named basic economics
Because of demand people go and buy the thing and sell it for a high price, you aren't forced to buy it you can just wait until the price drop, i get that people want a ps5 or xbox x but it's isn't illegal and the free market control the prices.
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OH GOD!
I'll wait till stores get inventory again. Hopefully these scalpers get caught holding onto a bunch of inventory and get screwed.
Im so fuckin angry with these assholes i want my Xbox
Ha I don’t even want this console anymore to be honest the company is absolute garbage they couldn’t even stop or prevent scalpers
If you paid more then 500 for a ps5 I feel sorry for u 🤣🤣
I’ve been seeing this behavior for little items too. Bath and Body Works had a Halloween collection of cool Haunted House wallflowers and they only stocked a few per store. They were gone within minutes according to shop workers I talked to. They ended up on eBay for double the price and I almost went for it cuz it was $60-$90 not $1800 like the PS5. I thought better of it when I realized it would encourage the scalpers
I understand to retailers that money is money, but cmon man… just put in 2 factor authentication ffs
Not enough money to put food on the.table or pay bills yet enough to buy a good few ps5 s, x box series x ooh the irony especially here in UK
Blame retailers for helping them
Hmmm? Having a hard time putting food on the table? Let’s go out and buy 5000 ps5’s that’ll fix my financial situation
Wouldn't Sony be hurting from all of these scalpers because it's keeping consoles from legit gamers? I've always heard they don't make as much money from console sales, but instead make the bulk of it from software and accessory purchases. Of those said consoles are just sitting in storage instead of in legit consumer's hands, would that hurt Sony more in the long run?
There's no good games yet anyways..
I just grab my 🍿 and watch dis until it calms down and grab one then.
Series S is literally looked past and you can see this when shopping on every website like Walmart and even the Microsoft website which is very confusing but also makes sense because the main seller for Microsoft was the series x
Is not the scalpers, it’s all the idiots that pay those prices.
is it me or are thare mor pepol buying ps5 than xbox just beacuse it has a led/RGB light on it WHY?????????????????? 🤔🤔
people when you see a scalper, throw rocks at them
This practice should be illegal.
The economic way to address scalping is for the manufactures (in this case Sony & Microsoft) to sell the consoles at a higher price at first.
No warranty when you buy from a scalper. Exactly the same is happening with Lego sets. Very annoying.
I read from a news scalpers alrdy earn 28m so far based on ebay
"Put food on the table" said every bandit, thief and drug dealer
Honestly I don't mind if people get two consoles and sell one for some profit so they can keep the other one for free. Scalping has been happening for years in the sneaker market
You know what they should do is release half at a higher price, scalpers will buy them up then drop the second half alot cheaper leaving the scalpers at a loss.
or start meeting up with the scalpers and give them a good old fashioned bashing lol
but why do I care PC master race lol