Is scalping a pricing issue?

[oakbeatle]

Just like the title said, I'm curious to hear different perspectives on this. Obviously as a costumer you don't wanna pay 1200 bucks for a ps5 but peopel buying the console at that price show that 499 isn't the consoles real price.

 

[Mike Straw]

It's kind of a open-ended/loaded question, but at its base, scalping, to me, is a FOMO issue. People want to always make sure that they have the latest and greatest immediately, that they're willing to be irresponsible with their money in order to get it. From consoles to even concert tickets, everyone is so desperate to be a part of something that they'll make really bad decisions

 

[J1mb0w]

Supply and demand. If people stopped buying from scalpers then it would go away. People, not just in gaming, know they can have an outlay of X amount and over a short period of time can recover than plus more.

It wont go away, and if people have that money sitting there to spend who am I to judge it.

 

[Cosmonaut117]

I'm not sure I understand the question. Scalping is just certain people's way of taking advantage of the latest and greatest products and trying to make a quick profit.

In the case of the PS5 at launch it was ridiculous. It seemed like you had to be super lucky to find a console (partly cause of supply chain), and the scalpers were of course gouging hard.

Somehow I received not one but two emails from Sony for a direct purchase of the PS5 from their website at launch.

 

[Azerka]

The hardware supply should be enough for scalpers to kot be able to buy all the stocks, at least for the launch window

 

[oakbeatle]

I'm not sure I understand the question. Scalping is just certain people's way of taking advantage of the latest and greatest products and trying to make a quick profit.

In the case of the PS5 at launch it was ridiculous. It seemed like you had to be super lucky to find a console (partly cause of supply chain), and the scalpers were of course gouging hard.

Somehow I received not one but two emails from Sony for a direct purchase of the PS5 from their website at launch.

I mean if people are willing to pay 1000+ dollars for the ps5 maybe the real value of ps5 isn't 499 and maybe it should've been priced higher.