Pre-orders for the limited edition of the PlayStation 5 30th Anniversary range will come with an extra layer of protection against resellers in Japan, Sony said, following the rampant re-listing of exorbitantly priced consoles on eBay that has been seen elsewhere.
Japanese PlayStation fans now you can pre-order for the 30th Anniversary Collection, but a PlayStation Network account with at least 30 hours of gameplay is required to be eligible. This is a different method than other places, where any PSN account can be used.
In Japan, fans have much more time to register a reservation (from now until midnight on Monday, October 14) to reduce queuing problems.
After that time, all eligible pre-orders will be placed into a lottery system to give each potential customer a fair chance (if the number of pre-orders ends up exceeding the amount of stock, which, of course, is inevitable).
Any shares not purchased by lottery winners will be entered into a “new lottery” at the end of November, and customers who did not pre-order in the first round will have another chance.
It all seems like a much fairer and simpler system than that used in the UK and US, where customers saw consoles sell out in seconds – if they could get past the shaky queuing process.
Another check of eBay listings here in the UK today shows dozens of pre-orders for the recently sold PS5 Edition 30 console changing hands, the vast majority for a few thousand pounds – a profit margin for resellers. between double and quadruple the original price of the console. price.