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Scalpers Are Already Ruining The PS5 Pro Launch

Pre-orders for the PlayStation 5 (PS5) Pro and the special 30th Anniversary Edition PS5 Pro went live on Thursday, and scalpers have already swooped in to ruin it for everyone else.

In less then a few hours, listings of the 30th Anniversary Edition of the PS5 Pro have gone up on eBay for thousands more than retail price. These listings range from a (modest) 173% markup to an incredible 952% markup depending on the listing.

PS5 Pro Scalpers

It’s worth noting that this is before the pre-orders in the United States are live as these are based on UK pre-orders that opened earlier today. There’s a good chance things only get worse when the US market opens sales.

The PS5 Pro launches officially on November 7, 2024. Should you be able to get the standard PS5 Pro console at a traditional outlet, it will cost you $699/£699.99/€799.99 before taxes. If you are looking to get a limited edition 30th Anniversary PS5 Pro, it’s going to cost you well over $900 based on the UK price being £959.00.

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#1 Sep 26, 2024

Not surprising, but disgusting. I hope I don't have issues getting in for the standard Pro. If so, more retailers are selling it next month as well.

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#2 Sep 26, 2024

Too bad it's always the same thing. Kinda pathetic, but hard to stop this.

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#3 Sep 26, 2024

The site is going to be cooked for the launch I can feel it.

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#4 Sep 26, 2024

What to expect. I would blame Sony for this unnecessary scarcity. 12,300 for global sales are just ridiculous. Lets assume that PS5 Pro will sell around those 15m units. 30th edition PRO will take up 0,08%. Seems that Sony wanted to have such "high value" collectible and not to give option to have something special for gamers.

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#5 Sep 26, 2024

Not sure what is going on. I went to PS Direct, and I had to wait in a queue. Then when my time was up, it pushed me into the PS Direct website. But now what? From here do I just have to keep the webpage open until 9am CST? And hit REFRESH on the PS5 page?

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#6 Sep 26, 2024

There should be 30TH anniversary banner in main page. Whenever it gets active you should press it (pre order/explore) and select what you want from the list.
But you can expect that you will be kicked out of direct page to queue again whenever it goes live.

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#7 Sep 26, 2024

I am in now.

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#8 Sep 26, 2024

£959.99 here in the uk was actually a really good price for all the stuff in the bundle, it's a shame they ran out INSTANTLY

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#9 Sep 26, 2024

I got mine pre-ordered. Now the long wait....

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#10 Sep 26, 2024

What to expect. I would blame Sony for this unnecessary scarcity. 12,300 for global sales are just ridiculous. Lets assume that PS5 Pro will sell around those 15m units. 30th edition PRO will take up 0,08%. Seems that Sony wanted to have such "high value" collectible and not to give option to have something special for gamers.

Sony might have bought up some of the stock themselves to scalp off and make back the concord money 😂

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#11 Sep 26, 2024

It took just hours for scalpers to ruin the pre-order start of the PS5 Pro and 30th Anniversary Edition PS5 Pro online.

Read the full article here...

It sucks but it's kind of funny just because of people hating the normal pro and now they're all over the anniversary edition pro.

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