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All destined to be sitting on a scalper's shelf where they'll be consuming zero power. I hate this console generation.

• gruez 4y ago
  That's not how scalpers operate. They're interested in getting the product off their hands as fast as possible. Given that PS5s are produced in mass quantities, and that supply disruptions are easing, buying and holding PS5s is almost certainly a money losing proposition.
  • cptcobalt 4y ago
    The Retail -> Scalper -> Buyer flow this console generation is frankly ridiculous. In an informal friend survey, more friends bought PS5s through a non-retail market (eBay, scalper, w/ mild inflated prices) then retail direct. TBH, MS and Sony should just have a direct sell console waitlist (if they don't?). Steam Deck distribution was slow during the initial ramp, but data currently seems to show that they'll bust through their backlog for holiday demand. Valve did it well.
    • cpburns2009 4y ago
      Sony has a direct sell waitlist for the PS5 on the Playstation website. I signed up for it back in June. I received an email in August saying I had a 5 hour window to purchase it the next day.
  • downrightmike 4y ago
    Sony should have mandated one per person. The fact that scalpers can scalp is bullshit in this day and age.
    • rtpg 4y ago
      At least in Japan loads of stores are doing this (through requiring point card use, lots of history, and ID checks) It’s not at all perfect but it did mean I was able to “just” get a PS5 the other day