Gaming News PS5 Pro: How to avoid paying more than $ 1,000 for your console because of scalpers? Japan has found a solution!
“Currently unavailable” is the message received by players interested in the special 30th anniversary package with the PS5 Pro. An offer that falls victim to its success… or scalping.
A practice that diminishes the enjoyment of fans
Okay, what is that? “scalps” ? It can be defined as Practice of buying items in bulk to resell them at a high price to make maximum profit. The act is not illegal here and is actually quite common. Furthermore, we can see this phenomenon with the 30-year bundles of the PS5 Pro special edition, with the latter now no longer available for pre-order official PlayStation website. At the same time, numerous posts are appearing on resale sites like eBay offering these packages at inflated prices. Currently, in France, the only way to combat this parallel market is not to maintain it, that is, not to buy items at prices higher than those of the manufacturer. That’s easy to say, but less so if you’re a true PlayStation fan motivated to purchase the latest nostalgic console at any price. The PS5 Pro will be released on November 7th in its classic form and on November 21st in its 30-year limited edition.
The Japanese model
Things are different in Japan: PlayStation has created conditions to pre-order the PS5 Pro 30 Years Edition package. You must have a registered PSN account in Japan and have played at least 30 hours on PS4 or PS5 between February 22, 2014 and September 19, 2024. This approach sparked numerous reactions online.
If it is higher, real PlayStation fans should have significantly more than 30 hours of playing time.
And why was this only done in Japan and not other regions?
– Charlie (@ghost_motley) October 1, 2024
(The number of hours) should be higher, real PlayStation fans will have over thirty hours of gaming fun. And why is this only available in Japan and not in other regions?
However, the pre-order service is also available in other regions including France, the United Kingdom and the United States, three countries where the PS5 Pro special edition bundle is out of stock. Japanese buyers must submit the pre-order request form before October 14th. Not a bad idea: You must live in Japan to benefit from thisas PlayStation Japan’s delivery service only operates domestically. PlayStation warns about this Japanese site What “If the number of pre-orders exceeds the expected number of units sold, a lottery will be conducted.”
Why is Japan better equipped than us to sell its share of the 12,300 total packs of PS5 Pro 30 Year Edition? Quite simply because At the end of 2018, the country passed a law against it “scalps”. The text was originally created in the context of the preparation of the Tokyo Olympics to combat the resale of tickets to sporting events or other performances. Additionally, the law also applies to the resale of items such as the PS5 Pro 30-year edition package. Resellers face a prison sentence of up to one year or a fine of up to 1 million yen ($6,180), or both.
