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At this point I don't even know if PS5 really exist. It's impossible to find in the store and there are some people whose job is find PS5 at MSRP in the stores
by amir734jj 5y ago
At this point I don't even know if PS5 really exist. It's impossible to find in the store and there are some people whose job is find PS5 at MSRP in the stores and resell it.
- tragictrash 5y agoI've been able to buy two at MSRP in the last month. It's possible, you just have to try.
- erwincoumans 5y agoWhere/how did you buy the ps5 at msrp?
- KerrAvon 5y agoI did this late last year. Got it within the month at MSRP. https://www.playstation.com/en-us/ps5/register-to-buy/ https://www.playstation.com/en-us/ps5/register-to-buy/ The only issue is that there aren’t a lot of PS5-exclusive games.
- tragictrash 5y agoThere's deal alerts, specials at various retailers with a subscription like Walmart. You just have to continuously try and change up your game if it doesnt work.
- henrikschroder 5y agoRegular stores sometimes announce restocks, so you go queue before opening hours to get in line for one. We grabbed a PS5 in January from Gamestop by queueing for a couple of hours.
- ohgodplsno 5y agoFind local Discord servers with bots and people tracking stocks and sales going on. Within less than a week, you should be able to get your hands on one. Yes, it's absolutely stupid to have to commit to this for a full week to just be able to buy a console.
- Hamuko 5y agoI managed to buy a PS5 for MSRP-ish. I bought the console for 599€ and it came with a "free" second DualSense controller. The PS5 itself is 529€ and a controller is 70€.
- rdtwo 5y agoCostco bundle
- johnebgd 5y agoSales numbers on the PS5 seem to indicate demand is unprecedented. Even if supply can be ramped up the demand is still unmet. The world has never had so many people seeking in home entertainment simultaneously. I guess I am also part of the problem. I hate the idea of a scalper but I bought one from a high school student who is scouting them out and buying them then reselling them at a $100 markup over MSRP to make money for college. They learned to code for this. I figured it was the right kind of entrepreneurship to support even if the entire supply chain issues we face are allowing less scrupulous people to profit akin to how this student is.
- MegaButts 5y ago> I figured it was the right kind of entrepreneurship to support You're supporting a scalper. You're teaching him that there's money to be made by positioning yourself as a middle man. There's no value creation here, just value extraction.
- nawgz 5y ago[flagged]
- voakbasda 5y agoValue extraction is what all the big tech companies do. Don’t hate the player. Hate the game.
- yepguy 5y agoThat would only be true if there were actually enough PS5's to go around, but the scalpers bought them all up anyway. There's real value in the products actually being available to buy at all, and the only reason they're available is because they're being resold at a higher price.
- burntoutfire 5y agoThey were also available to buy before the scalpers bought them - that's how they bought them. The scalpers injecting themselves as middle men didn't change anything except the price.