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After selling out within minutes, Limited Edition PS5 Pro consoles are already listed on eBay for up to £10,000.
Lambogenie
Member
Unsurprising.
PS4 still goes for around 1k itself. The only advantage here is that it is PS4 compatible. Other than that, meh, the PS4 console edition one is miles better.
PS4 still goes for around 1k itself. The only advantage here is that it is PS4 compatible. Other than that, meh, the PS4 console edition one is miles better.
reinking
Gold Member
Hotel Security
Member
Sometimes I think these sellers don't even have the product they're selling. They just put out the 10K price tag to get clicks and attention. They know they won't get an actual sale so they don't need to actually have a PS5 Pro.
And, of course, it works...
And, of course, it works...
Sadly, this means they'd only go to the players who get like 20 International copies of "Bluey's Adventures" because they can get a Plat in the game in under 15 minutes. These are sad, sad people.
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existensmaximum
Member
Who in their right mind would buy it for that price?
FrankWza
Member
The people who buy these on ebay aren't busting their piggy banks open. They are rich enough to pay other people to waste their time and they're buying the convenience. If you're maxing out your cc on this you're an idiot
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
If you get a single digit unitI looked at sold items and a lot of pro pre orders are going for 3-6k and slims going for over 1k. Madness to know I could pay off over a year of mortgage if I sold this thing.
BUT I'M NOT FUCKING SELLING!
The people complaining about others spending that kind of money on a console have a hard time grasping the idea how little money that actually is to those people
Chatting in Discord I already know 2 people going to pay those prices simply because they make multiple millions of dollars per year, this is pocket change
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Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
It's gray dude. Sell it lol. PS6 will be out in a couple years. It's just honestly not even worth it if the whales are this crazy. Might as well just start harpooning. There's no logical way it's worth it to even keep it and use it.I looked at sold items and a lot of pro pre orders are going for 3-6k and slims going for over 1k. Madness to know I could pay off over a year of mortgage if I sold this thing.
BUT I'M NOT FUCKING SELLING!
Kerotan
Member
It's going to be so cool opening it. They've basically sold 12,300 lottery tickets where a few lucky punters win big.If you get a single digit unit
Top 10 obviously holds value but what about other numbers.
Top 50 or 100?
The actual number 50, 100, 250, 500, 1k, 2k etc etc.
If I got a really good number I'd still play it until the PS6 launched and then sell it. Or if it was worth like 20k then I'd keep it in pristine condition and buy another pro to play.
Shake Your Rump
Member
Requiring full payment for the item when ordered would be a step in the right direction. Allowing preorders with zero commitment isn't helping.
Kerotan
Member
Nah bro I don't need the money and I don't want to become a scalper. Could have bought 3 or 4 ps5 at launch for profit but I didn't.
FrankWza
Member
Rich enough not to waste time is a thing. Time >money
FrankWza
Member
It wouldn't have mattered with the 30th edition. Not enough. It's basically guaranteed profit and zero risk
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
I know I am a part of the problem because I will eventually buy one of these from someone
Or just wealthy enough to not care what they spend on hobbies even if they tried putting in the time to snag one and didn't get lucky enough
FrankWza
Member
Each time I have bought a launch console in store I have gone to pick it up that morning so it doesn't get sold from under me. there's always a few people who will pull up and offer someone on line well over ebay price for their console. It happensI know I am a part of the problem because I will eventually buy one of these from someone
Or just wealthy enough to not care what they spend on hobbies even if they tried putting in the time to snag one and didn't get lucky enough
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
I dont blame you at all
I was walking out of a WalMart once with a Wii very early on in its life and had a guy try to buy it from me
chokotoureiki
Member
When Switch 2 comes out and iit's out of stock bc of scalpers, then it will also be Nintendo's fault.
BehemothBlade
Member
Car industry is infected by cancer like flipping/hoarding and dealership markups.
BlitzerRadic
Member
I know I am a part of the problem because I will eventually buy one of these from someone
Or just wealthy enough to not care what they spend on hobbies even if they tried putting in the time to snag one and didn't get lucky enough
Brother, Im with you there but dang $4000 def out of my price range. Regretting purchasing new shoes for my car earlier this year now
Rhazer Fusion
Member
I’m am shocked by this news. Watch they sell out immediately.
Silver Wattle
Gold Member
What a shocking revelation! Who could have possibly predicted this outcome when they made so many! Surely there are still plenty available at retail price?
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Could I interest you in the same colored plates off Amazon AND that stupid amount of money?As someone who is keeping theirs, I just got offered a stupid amount of money for it.Won't lie, it's pretty tempting but I think nostalgia wins this fight
ResilientBanana
Member
0% attachment rate.
rubik's dude
Member
>Buy up all the $10,000 Anniversary PS5 Pros
>Resell them for $20,000
Checkmate scalpers.
>Resell them for $20,000
Checkmate scalpers.
n0razi
Member
More regulation... the problem is that more regulation can lead to corruption, so you need a balance.
Radical_3d
Member
I didn’t want to. I wanted it for me. But it’s not my fault that people are crazy rich and willing to spend anything.
Quantum253
Gold Member
So you sell the pre-order with a promise to ship once you receive it, or change the shipping address on the order?
OverHeat
« generous god »
Local sell
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Any of my offers are off the table
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
Lots of people. this is going to get sold out very quickly. a small price to acquire a sacred piece of hardware of the gaming industry history
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LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I think you should look in the mirror because I just noticed your existence and think you are what you say you are and we are letting you off the hook.
asdasdasdbb
Member
I feel like if there was actual legitimate demand for the AE, Sony would just make more.
RCU005
Member
By the way Sony are acting nowadays, it wouldn't surprise me if they themselves are the scalpers.
Also, they are unbelievably petty. They have 100+ million PS4 customers, 60+ million PS5 customers, and they only make TWELVE THOUSAND of these consoles! That's 0.000205% of your PS5 fanbase! This is ridiculous!
The Spider-Man console was not available outside pre-orders.
The Spider-Man DualSense was also nowhere available after pre-orders.
The Spider-Man Covers the same thing.
ASTRO BOT Dualsense hasn't been available since the first day it launched!
Fuck Sony and PlayStation!
And people complained that Nintendo released the 3D Mario Collection as limited edition. At least that was a game that many people could find and buy even after the discontinued date.
Also, they are unbelievably petty. They have 100+ million PS4 customers, 60+ million PS5 customers, and they only make TWELVE THOUSAND of these consoles! That's 0.000205% of your PS5 fanbase! This is ridiculous!
The Spider-Man console was not available outside pre-orders.
The Spider-Man DualSense was also nowhere available after pre-orders.
The Spider-Man Covers the same thing.
ASTRO BOT Dualsense hasn't been available since the first day it launched!
Fuck Sony and PlayStation!
And people complained that Nintendo released the 3D Mario Collection as limited edition. At least that was a game that many people could find and buy even after the discontinued date.
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phant0m
Member
Only offer sales to PSN accounts, active in the last year with at least 100 trophies.
Some will take the offer just to resell but at least you won't get too many career scalpers.
Should've at least made 30k for the 30th anniversary.
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DoomGyver
Member
Sony really missed the mark. All PS5 Pros for holiday 2024 should be the anniversary edition. It’s free money.
phant0m
Member
Would have been a VERY smart move & gesture of good will after the poor general reception for the Pro.
FunkMiller
Member
Publicity. Pure and simple. The rarer a product is, the more it gets talked about. Once you understand that limited editions like this are not for fans, but for marketing purposes and shareholders, then you get why they exist.
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Quantum253
Gold Member
It's for the payers' payers
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
Is this similar to what people called “artificial scarcity” back in the days when Nintendo Switch first launch?
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Topher
Gold Member
Especially when you number each of the things. That's the sort of thing that drives the value up greatly years after the fact.
Nah....that's just warrior rhetoric being used when someone doesn't like that a product is doing well.