Playstation 5: Nasty scam: Bots take thousands of PS5 consoles

Many Sony fans want to secure a Playstation 5 (PS5). But the dream of the game often explodes. One reason is a nasty scam by the “scalpers” and their robots. What’s behind it?

Offenbach – The time had finally come on November 19th. The new Playstation 5 it should appear. But then came the shock for many gaming console fans. In a few minutes it was PS5 sold out almost everywhere. It looked similar with the September pre-orders – eventually, many fans looked into the tube. But not just the imbalance between the supply of Sony and the mass demand for Game enthusiasts it was the fault of misery. So called “Scalper” and yours Bot they played their bad game with the fans.

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Because during the production of the Playstation 5 to Sony because of Crown just arrived after, the “Scalper“And the PS5 fans In a particularly bold way, it’s also difficult. They are retailers who try to buy as many products as possible and then resell them, obviously with a hefty surcharge of several hundred percent. But how do scalpers buy so many game consoles where? Game enthusiasts but also tirelessly trying to get a Playstation?

To do this, dealers use a particularly intelligent system. They don’t buy empty shops on their own, they leave Bot finish the job. This is a computer program that automatically repeats the tasks assigned to it. Using the Playstation 5 example, bots queued en masse, automatically avoided waiting times, automatically filled in payment and delivery details and their cart with the PS5 filled up. In this race between man and machine, it comes as no surprise that many Game enthusiasts got the short straw.

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How drastic the effects of the Scalper And yours Bot on the offer of PS5 can be seen in the example of a group of scalpers from Great Britain. Here, too, the ride on the Playstation 5 was fantastic. No wonder, because while Apple and Co. release new devices every year, this is it Sony and so far spouse only once or twice in a decade. As reported by the news site “Business Insider”, a group of Brits Scalpern knapp 3.500 Game console for Playstation 5 caught.

Playstation 5 (PS5): Retailers use bots to grab Sony game consoles en masse

They too are pursuing only one goal, namely PS5 resell with the greatest possible profit. The news magazine also found out exactly how the group proceeded. The group behind this mass purchase of Playstation 5 stand, consisting of twelve main members. You didn’t just jump on PS5 Sony, but rather focus on a large number of products from which they expect the greatest possible profit. Other attendees might also purchase with a $ 40 to $ 530 admission ticket to be able to access services that allow them to buy a PS5, for example.

So the group managed to get almost 2500 Gaming-Konsolen to buy on the day of publication and get 1000 PS5 safe with pre-order. So this group of Scalpern now a larger number Playstation 5 console in stock than most retailers. It remains to be seen when Sony keeps up with production and fans who have been out of luck so far can finally play the new games and games on the PS5. (Sophia Lother)

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