What we all thought (and feared) was going to happen happened. Sony opened reservations for the PS5 Slim y Pro limited edition for PlayStation’s 30th anniversary and sold out in minutes. But not only that, but the scalpers They are already doing their thing on eBay, reselling them for several thousand dollars more than they cost.
Although the two consoles generated a lot of interest before the pre-sale was launched, the real object of desire of the fans was the PS5 Pro. This version to celebrate 30 years of the launch of the original PlayStation not only came in a package with several collector’s items, but also included a DualSense controller, a DualSense Edge and a charging base for both. All of these, with an allegorical design in homage to the PS1, of course.
In Spain, the 30th anniversary PS5 Pro It was launched in exchange for 1,099 dollarsalthough it is now impossible to get it at that price in the official Sony store. While the pre-order period through PlayStation Direct is extended until October 10, the device It already appears as “Not available”and the same thing happens in other countries such as the United Kingdom, Italy or Portugal, to name a few examples.
Let us remember that the Japanese reported that they would only make available 12,300 units of the 30th anniversary PS5 Pro for everyone. So it was logical that it would sell out quickly. On Minutes later, the first offers from resellers asking for crazy figures began to appear on eBay.
The 30th Anniversary PS5 Pro is now reselling for 5x its original price on eBay
At the time of writing this article, the scalpers who resell their limited edition PS5 Pro reservations on eBay they are asking up to 5,999 dollars. That is, more than 5 times the original price of the console. Several of the publications are above 5,000 dollars, and a few slightly below that figure.
One of the most curious cases is bidding open until October 6where there are already more than twenty interested parties with a price that is currently at 3,550 dollars, but that is rising every minute. The same offer indicates that if someone wants to buy the 30th anniversary PS5 Pro they have to pay right now 20.099 dollars. A brutality.
The case has once again put at the center of the scene the great problem that exists with resellers and speculators, which is repeated every time there is a launch of this type. Of course it is not exclusive to the world of video games, but to the technological field in general. At the beginning of this year, the Apple Vision Pro It was being offered on eBay for more than double or triple its original price due to its limited availability in the US.
Of course in cases like this you have to be very careful. Although some scalpers They often publish proof that they have possession of the product – or pre-order, in the case of the 30th Anniversary PS5 Pro – that they resell, scams can also occur. Freeloaders are always the order of the day, and that is out of the question.
