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After selling out within minutes, Limited Edition PS5 Pro consoles are already listed on eBay for up to £10,000.
reinking
Gold Member
Why do some people always assume that console buyers/players do not also have a PC? Or, that some people just don't like gaming on a PC? It's a hobby. Most people that participate are doing so with disposable income. Some people have more of that than others.
BlackTron
Member
There is no way I would buy this for any price and actually use it as a game console. The console is $700 the grey finish is 8k. For my own use I'd sooner paint my own.
Roufianos
Member
I mean, some people might want one and be lucky enough to have more money than they can ever spend. I doubt anyone who's buying these needs to watch their spending.
Xaeroxcore666
Member
Easy, not going like crazy to preorder minute 1 stuff you actually dont need, like it was something you cant actually live without. If no demand, no offer. But i can assure there will be fucking idiots buying the Ebay 10k ones, because nowadays stupid people are willing to do anything literally for that Instagram post/story with the gadget/experience "in vogue". It will be nice if people at least wont buy the scalpers...But its happening exactly as we all imagine.
MarkMe2525
Gold Member
These companies have got to get their shit together and reward their loyal supporters with first dibs on their upcoming products. This isn't just directed at Sony either, as MS, Nintendo, and a plethora of other companies could use their hardware releases as an opportunity to gain even more rapport with their customer base.
dragonyeuw
Member
I got you. It's also an effect of the economy we've created with side hustle culture. Lapping up a few video game systems to flip for a buck is relatively easy work compared to going out and earning money the traditional employment route. It's just another negative effect of modern tech.
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
Please enlighten me how Sony could stop this. They sold it on their official store only. A store where you need to have a PSN account. As far as i know you could only buy one unit.
Maybe simply A LOT of people that bought one always intended to sell it for profit? You simply can't stop this from happening. It happens with literally EVERY SINGLE RELEASE out there.
Same here...my cart even had an error and wasn't showing. Turns out it had no stock anymore
dragonyeuw
Member
People need to have some level of discipline when it comes to shit like this. Scalpers exist due to FOMO culture.
nightmare-slain
Banned
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Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Bert Big Balls
Member
Fuck scalpers. Jail them all.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
why pay £5k for the limited edition one when that can get you 7 standard ones
Imagine what you could do with 7 PS5s duct taped together.
That's like, the power of 57 Wiis duct taped together.
Which is the power of 114 Gamecubes duct taped together!
sainraja
Member
They went on sale already?Please enlighten me how Sony could stop this. They sold it on their official store only. A store where you need to have a PSN account. As far as i know you could only buy one unit.
Maybe simply A LOT of people that bought one always intended to sell it for profit? You simply can't stop this from happening. It happens with literally EVERY SINGLE RELEASE out there.
Same here...my cart even had an error and wasn't showing. Turns out it had no stock anymore
I got the message saying: "you're early" and pre-orders begin at 10 am EST (other timezones were listed also).
Audiophile
Member
As I mentioned before, they should've had a non-numbered 30th Anniversary Special Edition with no extras that's on the market for 6-12mths and then the numbered 30th Anniversary Limited Edition with extras and perhaps another embellishment or two that is limited to 12,300.
Alternatively a good middleground might've been 123,000 or even 1.23m with only the first 12,300 or 123,000 being numbered and/or with extras. They still would've sold, they probably would've netted them more profit on markups and more folks would get a chance.
Most folks don't care how something like this is limited or not, they just want a cool looking console.
Just 12,300 outright is a dick move for a relatively mainstream consumer device.
Alternatively a good middleground might've been 123,000 or even 1.23m with only the first 12,300 or 123,000 being numbered and/or with extras. They still would've sold, they probably would've netted them more profit on markups and more folks would get a chance.
Most folks don't care how something like this is limited or not, they just want a cool looking console.
Just 12,300 outright is a dick move for a relatively mainstream consumer device.
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ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
What's wrong with you? Don't judge people for how they spend their money. People have spend way more changing their premium phones every 2 years and other hobbies
U n i o n 0015
Member
I like that we've basically been living in 6+ years of scalper hell at this point, for everything from GPUs to game consoles.
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
Europe already got their chance.
hououinkyouma00
Member
Tell me how stuff like this is Sony's fault. It's a limited product and stock is the only thing you could possibly blame them for.
DryvBy
Member
$120k for the 1/12300 one.
Porcile
Member
The reality is that 10k isn't a lot of money for some people and that's why scalping works. There will be more than enough demand among people this product is targeted towards, especially people in tech and IT who have money to burn and absolutely fiend for nostalgia like a hooker addicted to fentanyl. This kind of product just isn't intended for the every day schmo or kid saving their pocket money anymore and the scalpers know that and Sony knows that too.
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Bernardougf
Member
Whales will be whales
Bernardougf
Member
Hey bro have you pre ordered yours at 6.999 reals ?
mejin
Member
Sethbacca
Member
They have engagement numbers. Sell it to people based on the age and usage of their account. Target emails of accounts of the people that will actually use it first.
I hope so, it's about time my hobby gets rid of the peasants.
Kupfer
Member
Gaben did a good job in my opinion.
Got a Deck on day 1 without much hassle, and everything throughout the process was communicated well.
Unlike fucking Sony, who can't even manage to provide clear, official, and transparent timing. If that's supposed to be their anti-scalper tactic, Sony can go fuck themselves with a cactus - though they probably already can. Sony has turned into a steaming pile of shit.
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GoldenEye98
posts news as their odd job
tbf this doesn't tell you much about long term overall demand. Almost every console launch generally sells out because there are probably several million people who would buy it on day one.
But does it sell as well as PS4 Pro?....that remains to be seen imo.
Bitstream
Member
Draugoth
Gold Member
Hey bro have you pre ordered yours at 6.999 reals ?
I bought a 3080 for less than half that price
The Last Ninja
Member
You know there are people out there where 10,000 dollars to them is like 10 dollars to you.
Synastry
Member
Bad mouthing Sony and PlayStation seems to be the theme lately have you not noticed.Please enlighten me how Sony could stop this. They sold it on their official store only. A store where you need to have a PSN account. As far as i know you could only buy one unit.
Maybe simply A LOT of people that bought one always intended to sell it for profit? You simply can't stop this from happening. It happens with literally EVERY SINGLE RELEASE out there.
Same here...my cart even had an error and wasn't showing. Turns out it had no stock anymore
And I agree with you if Sony as a 1 unit per how would Sony stop a person from selling there unit when they get it.
Bernardougf
Member
Im leaning towards this .... because if I buy this right now and than the ps6 in 4 years... thats about 14.000 reais or 2.500 dollars... with this money I can build a very good pc that will last me a long time and be better than the ps5 pro and probably the ps6
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saintjules
Gold Member
SentientStone
Member
Anyone got the insider info on.... Canada?
Bombolone
Gold Member
You would have to be a collector at that point.
$5000 for a mid experience. How do you show off your Pro to friends then when asked how much? They look at you like an idiot for spending $5000 on a mid experience.
Or hardcore fanboys who care about a $5000 box.
NeoIkaruGAF
Gold Member
But people told me I couldn’t build a better gaming PC cheaper than a PS5 Pro 
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Fixed that for you. This is a collectors item. With 12000 out in the wild and likely being preserved it's probably never gonna be worth millions, but it will in all likelihood increase in value.