Resellers Nab PS5 Pro 30th Anniversary Edition Preorders, Post on eBay for $4K+

In case you’re determined to purchase Sony’s PlayStation 5 Professional thirtieth Anniversary version, it’s possible you’ll must take out a mortgage.

The limited-edition console went on sale early Thursday morning for $999.99, however customers needed to undergo a protracted digital queue. We waited over an hour, but it surely rapidly offered out as resellers additionally tried to snag the uncommon product. 

A few of these scalpers have since put the console on eBay, with costs topping $4,000. As proof, they’ve included their gross sales receipt because the machine gained’t ship till Nov. 21. 

(Credit score: eBay)

One daring reseller is making an attempt to promote the console for $10,000. However in keeping with eBay’s Terapeak software, nobody has ponied up for any of the listings. In the meantime, different resellers have listed their items beginning at $3,000.

The scalpers are banking that determined Sony followers can pay up contemplating the corporate solely manufactured 12,300 PS5 Professional thirtieth Anniversary items. (The 12,300 quantity represents the month and date for the first-gen PlayStation console launch, which initially occurred in Japan in 1994 earlier than the US launch within the following yr.)

Regardless of the presence of scalpers, it appears to be like like some customers have been nonetheless in a position to nab the product early on Thursday morning by means of Sony’s web site. The opposite excellent news is that Sony additionally kicked off preorders for the PS5 Professional on the identical day, and it appears to be like like the corporate nonetheless has items obtainable on the market through the PlayStation Direct web site.  

(Credit score: Sony)

The PS5 Professional formally launches on Nov. 7, however the product’s $699 value and the curious resolution to take away the disc drive, could have turned off a few of the demand. Keep tuned for our evaluate.

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