The happy owners of the PlayStation 5, marketed in Europe since Thursday by Sony, had to do it in advance.
Available for pre-order from September 24, the console sold out in just a few hours.
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And the few models available this Thursday on the sites of resellers such as Micromania, Boulanger or Fnac were stormed by Internet users, to the point of saturating some of the online platforms.
It is therefore impossible to get your hands on the coveted new PlayStation, except on certain second-hand sites, but not at any price.
On LeBonCoin, there is a model at 2,800 euros in Marseille, or even 2,500 euros in Thionville, in Lorraine.
A photo of the box acts as a certificate of authenticity and the console, normally sold at 499 euros or 399 euros depending on the model, will only be delivered
"by hand"
.
Another is available for 2000 euros in Clermont-Ferrand, as well as in the 5th arrondissement of Paris.
"Never open"
provides yet another ad at 1900 euros.
The same goes on the Rakuten site where a PS5 is sold in
"like new" condition
for 1000 euros.
An ad offers a PlayStation 5 at a price of 2,800 euros Screenshot le bon coin
On another ad, the PlayStation 5 is sold in "new" condition for 2,500 euros.
Screenshot the right corner
For those who would prefer to acquire it at its original purchase price, it will be necessary to wait.
"
We are doing everything possible to strengthen our production capacity, but the situation will not improve before March, or even beyond,
" said on Wednesday Jim Ryan, head of Sony's video games division at
Le Figaro
.
Enough to make the classified ads flourish at exorbitant prices.
