Scalpers grab thousands of PS5 consoles under the nail - and brag on the net.
But the nasty scam with the Playstation 5 could soon be banned.
Scalper bought the
Playstation 5 (PS5)
from
under
the nose of
many gaming fans
.
They bragged about it on the Internet and resold the
Sony console
at a high premium.
But the nasty scam with the
bots
could soon have consequences - that should please many consumers *.
Update from Thursday,
January 28th, 2021, 12:10 p.m.:
Many
PS5 fans
were rightly pissed off.
Because while many gamers no
longer got
a
Playstation 5
, others bragged about their
Sony consoles
.
But they didn't just buy one Playstation, they bought hundreds.
Instead of playing the latest games with the console themselves, they only had one
thing
in mind: to
sell the PS5 on
as expensive as possible.
This practice is called scalping.
A group of
scalpers
from Great Britain took a particularly bold
approach
.
By their own account they had dealt with
bots
Around 3,500 consoles caught (see initial report).
But gamers can hope for improvement: Scalping could soon be banned.
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The Playstation 5 is sold out within minutes.
The reason for this are so-called "scalpers".
© SAEED KHAN / AFP
At least if some British politicians have their way, mass buying up the
PS5 should
soon be illegal.
You submitted a written request to Parliament in London.
The goal: "Newly released
gaming consoles
and computer parts should be available to all customers, for the price that the manufacturer recommends and not for more," says the application.
Reselling computer parts and consoles, such as the Playstation 5, at an exorbitant premium should be prohibited.
In addition, the politicians are calling for the use of automated
bots
to be made illegal for purchase.
PS5: Scalper have no regrets after buying 3,500 Playstation 5 consoles
The group of
scalpers
, who bought around
3,500 PS5 consoles
, has so far been unapologetic - despite much criticism from Playstation fans.
In a statement they declared: “We have no regrets”.
The portal "Video Games Chronicle" reported on this.
After all, the profit helped bring in money for its members, including their families.
However, if scalping becomes a criminal offense in Great Britain, this could also be an incentive for other countries such as Germany to take action against it.
Playstation 5: This is how “scalpers” secure the PS5 - gamers are upset
First report from Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020:
Offenbach - On November 19th, the time had finally come.
The new
Playstation 5
should appear.
But then came the shock for many game console fans.
Within minutes, the
PS5 was
sold out almost everywhere.
It looked similar with the pre-orders in September: In the end, many fans looked into the tube.
But it was not just the imbalance between the supply from
Sony
and the massive demand from
gaming fans that
was to blame for the misery.
So-called "
scalpers
" and their
bots
played their bad game with the fans.
PS5: Playstation 5 is almost impossible to get for fans - that's behind it
Because while the production of the
Playstation 5
at
Sony
could
hardly
keep up
because of
Corona
, the "
scalpers
" made it
even more difficult for PS5 fans
in a particularly brazen way.
They are dealers who try to buy as many products as possible in order to then resell them - of course with a hefty surcharge of often several hundred percent.
But how do scalpers manage to buy so many game consoles when
gaming fans
tirelessly try to get a Playstation?
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The Playstation 5 is sold out within minutes.
The reason for this are so-called "scalpers".
© SAEED KHAN / AFP
To do this, the dealers use a particularly clever system.
They don't buy empty stores themselves, they let
bots
do the work.
This is a computer program that automatically repeats the tasks that have been assigned to it.
Using the example of the Playstation 5, the bots have queued en masse, automatically avoided waiting times, automatically filled in payment and delivery data and filled their shopping carts with the
PS5 at breakneck
speed
.
In this race between man and machine, it comes as no surprise that many
gaming fans got
the short straw.
Name of the gaming console |
Playstation 5 (PS5) |
|---|---|
generation |
9th generation of consoles |
Manufacturer |
Sony |
Release |
19th November 2020 |
price |
499 euros (with drive), 399 euros (without drive) |
Playstation 5 (PS5): Scalpers use Run on Sony gaming consoles for their machinations
How drastic the impact of
scalpers
and their
bots is
on the range of
products offered by
the
PS5
can be seen from the example of a group of scalpers from Great Britain.
Here, too, the run on the Playstation 5 was great.
No wonder, because while Apple and Co. bring out new devices every year,
Sony
and the like only go that far once or twice a decade.
As the news site "Business Insider" reported, a group of British
scalpers snatched
almost 3,500
Playstation 5 game consoles
.
Playstation 5 (PS5): Dealers use bots to grab Sony gaming consoles en masse
They also have only one goal, namely to
sell
the
PS5
on for as much profit as possible.
The news magazine also found out exactly how the group proceeded.
The group behind this massive purchase of the
Playstation 5
is made up of twelve core members.
You have not only focused on the PS5 from
Sony
, but on a variety of products from which you expect the highest possible profit.
Other participants could also buy in with an entrance fee of $ 40 to $ 530 in order to be able to access services that enable them, for example, to purchase a PS5.
The group managed
to buy
almost 2500
gaming consoles
on the day of publication and secure 1000
PS5
by pre-ordering.
This group of
scalpers
now has a larger number of
Playstation 5 consoles
in stock than most retailers.
It remains to be seen when
Sony will keep up
with the production and the fans who were unlucky so far can finally play the new games and games on the PS5.
(Sophia Lother)
* op-online.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.
List of rubric lists: © SAEED KHAN / AFP
