Pre-orders went live in Europe for Sony’s highly desirable celebratory 500 million PlayStation 4 Pro today, which is limited to just 50,000 units worldwide. Naturally the console’s been selling out all over the web, and it hasn’t taken long for scalpers to start reselling the sought after system on eBay. We’ve spotted listings of up to £4,000, which is almost ten times the recommended retail price of the unit.
Even more irritating is that some are trying to charge a premium on the slightly less limited edition DualShock 4 and Gold Wireless Headsets – despite them still being readily available at most online stores. To be fair to the Japanese giant, it has tried to limit pre-orders to one per person, but we suppose it was inevitable that these things were going to get resold at a ridiculous premium.
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It’s all a crying shame really, isn’t it? We’re not really sure what the platform holder can do to prevent this from happening, and we suspect that the prices are only going to increase as the console becomes more and more of a collector’s item. Did you manage to get a pre-order? Are you planning to flip it for a profit? What do you make of this whole sorry saga? Find out how to buy a legit PS4 Pro through here.
[source ebay.co.uk]
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"We’ve spotted listings of up to £4,000, which is almost ten times the recommended retail price of the unit".
It could be a million pounds. It still wouldn't matter (same with P.T.)
It only matters if they actually sell any. If anyone manages to sell one for £4,000, then it's newsworthy.
@naruball Fair, but my point is that people are trying their luck with this.
@get2sammyb @naruball
So far the most expensive one sold was for $1,456.90
Scalpers being scalpers.
Sony shouldn't make the console limited
Anyone want a console with P.T on it for $2000 😜
It amazes me how much a bit of shiny translucent plastic that contains the same guts as the regular Pro (2TB hard drive notwithstanding) has driven people into a frenzy. I shudder to think how much this system will cost here when the normal 1TB Pro costs around $1200 Barbados dollars.
I'm not surprised, this always happens.
My PS4 has P. T. on it, so meh to them, lol.
Still trying to get hold of one, for keeps. The 500 million will sits handsomely next to my 20th Anniversary Edition. Hoping I will be able to get one...
The platform holder could simply make more of them, problem solved
Scalpers are selling them for high prices its Sony who is to blame. If sony cared about players actually getting the console rather than people just buying them to re sell then they would not have limted the run.
What they should do with these is offer them to people with long-standing, active accounts first of all - the people who have most likely actually helped them reach that goal. Then sell what's left on the open market. At least that way it would prevent the scalpers ripping off actual fans.
So I won't be able to get one. My hopes just went through the basement.
its the world we live in it is always about money and greed
What differences is there to this limited edition Pro to the standard Pro apart from the shell and 2TB hard drive? People are entitled to do what they like with their money but then others are also entitled to label them as mugs, which lets be honest, they really are. To those who managed to one at the retail price, lucky you but those who spent over the odds, you mugs, your actually encouraging those who are ripping off yourself and others.
@Neolit I would never sell my account was just joking. I am more of a physical copy kind of guy so it wouldn't be too many games that I would lose.
@Neolit done lol
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