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> Sony and Microsoft aren't trying to sell you a PS5 or Xbox Series X because it makes them money. In fact, they take a loss on them even in "normal" market con
by brodock 5y ago
> Sony and Microsoft aren't trying to sell you a PS5 or Xbox Series X because it makes them money. In fact, they take a loss on them even in "normal" market conditions.
And yet, they dont seem to care, as they could have implemented a system to limit one console per account sort of solution. I would bet someone is just "working their KPI" at some level.
- sodality2 5y ago> a system to limit one console per account sort of solution Resellers don't log in before selling, though
- paulryanrogers 5y agoCould be surprisingly tricky to do it well. Perhaps limiting to one per residential household, and it must match the physical billing address?
- spatterIight 5y agoaddress jigging is too easy - - you can add random letters, append 'Blvd', or make up floors/rooms in the case of an actual house
- paulryanrogers 5y agoCredit card processors already have tools to mitigate most of those attacks. Leveraging that should make it much harder. Stores or manufacturers could even send a physical letter ahead of time to further validate. Of course no one wants to wait to buy anything but a few days to get a letter may be preferred to waiting years (like EVGA customers) or paying scalpers.
- wolrah 5y agoMicrosoft kinda tried: https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/11/22430807/microsoft-xbox-series-x-s-xbox-insider-members-pilot-program-scalpers https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/11/22430807/microsoft-xbox-s... I got mine through this program. I don't know if it's still running or how long it ran for, but it was a straightforward system where I had to accept the purchase invitation from my account on my console.