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

If you happen to’re determined to purchase Sony’s PlayStation 5 Professional thirtieth Anniversary version, chances are you’ll must take out a mortgage.

The limited-edition console went on sale early Thursday morning for $999.99, however shoppers needed to undergo an extended digital queue. We waited over an hour, but it surely shortly 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 for the reason that system gained’t ship till Nov. 21. 

(Credit score: eBay)

One daring reseller is attempting to promote the console for $10,000. However in line with eBay’s Terapeak software, nobody has ponied up for any of the listings. In the meantime, different resellers have listed their models 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 models. (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 12 months.)

Regardless of the presence of scalpers, it appears like some shoppers had been nonetheless capable of 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 like the corporate nonetheless has models obtainable on the market by way of the PlayStation Direct website.  

(Credit score: Sony)

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

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