Sony charged a lot for its forced 30th Anniversary PS5 Pro bundles, but it’s clear it could have comfortably tripled the cost and still sold through its inventory of 12,300 units. The evidence? Scalpers on eBay are already flipping their pre-orders for up to $5,000. And no, these aren’t just speculative listings – they’re actually selling for that much, too.
In the UK, multiple units have sold for around £4,000 – and while no one’s bitten yet, some systems have been listed for as much as £10,000, which is ten times the MSRP. It’ll be interesting to see just how high the prices for these bundles rise – especially when we get into real collectors territory in five to ten years.
Remember, the 30th Anniversary PS5 Pro bundle includes Sony’s supercharged system, as well as a DualSense Edge, DualSense, charging station, and vertical stand – all in PS1 livery. Sony flogged the bundle for $1,000 in the US and £960 in the UK, but as we mentioned previously, it’s clear it could have charged a lot more.
Did any of you actually manage to get one of the bundles? If so, what are you going to do with it? This is the kind of thing that feels like it needs to be placed in a dark cupboard while it quickly accumulates value – but where’s the fun in that?
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I’ve counted at least 80 on Ebay, and that was like 4 hours ago…
Scalpers are faster than The Flash, Sonic, The Road Runner and Speedy Gonzales. When it comes to hoarding collector's items and selling them at overblown prices, nobody can outrun them.
Scalpers gonna scalp. I know it’s just screaming into the void but I really wish there was some better solutions. These people are so greedy.
I mean, I think stuff like this just ends up being an investment, which kinda defeats the fun of it. Like, with these kind of numbers being thrown around, I wouldn't even want to take it out of its box. These will be worth easily $10k in a few years if they're in mint condition.
I managed to pre-order the DualSense, but I'm already wondering whether I should use it.
I love the thumbnail image, it looks like every single youtube reaction video thumbnail ever......
Scalpers with bots are now in the age of AI. If a company ACTUALLY wanted to avoid these problems, they would not make "limited quantity" anything, ever. Anything limited, this is it's fate. The companies know that. The companies WANT that.
This whole "collectors" thing has become so out of hand. IDK why people would pay $5k or $10k for a painted Playstation, but they do, because it's there, they can. For $5k people could have bought an ultra top of the line super premium glass tube hard line custom loop gaming rig with every last premium option bell, whistle, and STILL bought a buttload of games on sale. Instead they're buying a painted PS5. There's something fundamentally broken in the human psyche when so many people are both so monied and so depraved they'll pay extreme prices for a thing simply because it exists and is uncommon.
If Sony wanted fans to celebrate a thing they liked, these would be unlimited or would be sold as plates for the rest of the PS5 gen or at least in unlimited quantity for the duration of the anniversary year.
@Medic_alert Is that true? I thought the 500m PS4 Pro was worth more than that. Looks like it fetches around $700-$800 on eBay.
Damn. If I’d have known I could have sold it straight away for 4x the value I’d have tried to get one. I don’t have an interest in the system itself, but I most certainly have an interest in making a £3k profit on a £1k outlay in a matter of hours!
I was able to land the standard Pro, but this one was gone in a blink of an eye in the US at least.
It would have been extremely hard to not pull the trigger had one been available.
If it weren't for scalpers I probably would've been able to snag one. I hate them on a deeply personal level now 🥲
@jrt87 Doing gods work right there 👍🏻
Never buy from Scalpers ever.
Idiots rewarding scum.
@get2sammyb I think even the PS4 Pro 20th anniversary edition is "only" 1.5k at the moment. Sealed that is
Blame scalpers all you want but ultimately this is a Sony problem. They had no reason to make this as limited as it is. They make console plates and could've made this a fun celebration for all who wanted to decorate their systems in the classic grey.
But no we are no longer allowed nice things.
Highest I've found on eBay.ca, filtered for sold auctions (so not active, but sold) is $6,055.88 CAD ($4,496.13 USD or £3,350.64GBP).
Just build a gaming PC! It'll be cheaper!
Like with those limited edition items Nintendo releases, this just attracts scalpers and defeats the point of celebrations like this.
Or make it like that Mario 3D collection where so many copies were manufactured that it never really disappeared, lol.
Is anyone surprised that scalpers took advantage of this?
I got one. Apparently it was pretty “luck of the draw” for when you first attempted to go into the store. I think I did around 1.5 hours before pre orders started. So I was at the front of the line right as it was paused for the last hour. I did this on three devices and got in immediately on two. Got a bundle for myself and called my neighbor over to attempt on my second device. He was also successful. Shrug? If I hadn’t gotten it, I’d have just gone for the vanilla pro and called it a day. No way I’d pay more than MSRP.
I honestly think the grey looks awful..
Everything is over. The world is cooked. Decency is dead. Human nature has devolved to the point that even something as silly as a limited edition PS bundle is entirely impossible to get as a normal person with massively inflated prices due to exploiting demand with low stocks encouraging scalping. Now imagine that happening with insulin and you’ve got a grasp of the mess we find ourselves in.
@jrt87 oh I know. And without hindsight I would be unlikely to spend £1k on something I don’t want in the hope I’d sell it on for more. But still, it’s easy money for those who managed to get one to flip
30th Anniversary looks nice. They could have made all the PS5 Pro's at Sony with this kind of treatment if they wanted to celebrate. At least they would have unplugged the scalpers from the game. I'll even be happy with a regular Pro. For me, consoles are consumables. A new one comes in and the old one goes away.
It doesnt matter if its limited or not, theyre doing the same for regular PS5 Pro.
I tried to get one so that I could flip it at a higher price, but didn't get the correct hours to go to the site, it's a shame.
Maybe if I sold one for 2000€ I could buy a regular PS pro.
I got one somehow, and I plan on playing it daily. I think there’s merit it keeping it sealed, but honestly I want to use it to its fullest.
Its already down to 3k. Value dropping fast. Hopefully those who put Auction get trolled aswell with "fake" bids.
I've just seen a normal pro on ebay with 2 bids for £900 , come Christmas when little Billy wants one and they're all sold out , I can see them going for at least a grand.
Ebay won't care about taking them down either, especially when they get 12.5% of every sale.
I don’t even get excited for preordering consoles and accessories anymore just cause of scalpers
@species yeah there slapping at least 200 on the retail price, I think everyone on push square and other ps sites ,should get there pre orders in when they show up on other sites regardless of whether they want them or not, and sell them at retail price to genuine gamers.
@GravyThief there not spending money though ,there selling pre orders and if they don't sell they just don't pay and the pre order will be cancelled , it's a win win
@jrt87 I wonder what would happen if every ps owner in the world did this for a month would they eventually give up ? or ebay ban listing's of pre orders ?
If anyone is willing to pay that for the console then it’s their business! Who cares if it’s way overprice. If someone is willing to pay it then what’s the problem? This isn’t some life-threatening issue. I’d never pay it. But whoever is willing to do it, by all means...
I wish they sold these in stores. Scalpers run software that allow them to purchase these ahead of honest people. It really is unfortunate.
I'm completely and utterly (not) shocked
I didn't stand a chance in my timezone, had been completely cleared out.
@NomNom this would probably be the best way. I can't think of a better way actually. People who really want them can queue up.
@nessisonett Sad but true. You can guarantee if there was a genuine shortage of something like insulin, people would be stockpiling years worth of the stuff without a second's thought for anyone else
I HATE those guys, with all my heart, with all my guts, with everything I have.
And I tend to think that we should hate EVEN MORE the people who buy these things at those insane, totally insane prices.
I just hope my local shop will allow me to secure a PRO, in October. Just a regular one.
At the normal price.
Which is already pretty heavy.
I mean... Geez, those guys, I swear...
@TedLassoNikes It’s the end product of ‘grindset’ mentality. Screw over everyone else but as long as you get your money it’s alright. It’s worrying seeing just how many people I’ve seen, especially young women, plugging random scam products on their socials just for a bit of money. Like I went to high school with you, why are you trying to sell me a sunbed? There’s not even any way to convince these people not to scam others though. You say that scalping and such is immoral and they’ll just say whatever, a million others would take their place.
The production for the 30th anniversary edition should really be 12,031,994 units not 12,300.
Should have made it available to accounts that had at least 5 years PS Plus subs. That would stop the scalpers.
@AhmadSumadi Because when there is only a limited number available it's taking a fair sale away from people. There is no "waiting it out" for more to be made.
It's just a scumbag move.
Remember, if you buy from scalpers, you are the reason scalpers exist.
Demand from the lunatics paying thousands will soon die off and scalpers will be left with consoles they prob lose money on having to sell at rrp. Same thing happens every time. Still s*** though
Criminals. Nuff said.
@Sequel @NomNom never underestimate the mayhem of physical sales. People have literally died being trampled to death to get $99 DVD players on Black Fridays in American Walmarts..... The bots are actually preferable to people that will actually kill you to get it before you..... 😬
@nessisonett Humanity didn't devolve, it was always this way. Though I'm not a religious person in any way, and I deeeeeefinitely get the vibe you're new wave human secularist and all that yourself lol, you can directly trace the current state of human morality to the collapse of religion and the dominant factor on society. Love it or hate it, ultimately human behavior being decent was dependent upon Christianity being the driver of Western values and more specifically even the naturally indecent having an instilled terror of their soul being excruciatingly tortured for infinite eternity if they scalped a PlayStation. Once that ended, the idea of ethics ended. If the cops can't put you in prison for it or can't find out, is a-ok to do.
Progressing "past" religion was a disastrous mistake as every human became their own god. At least until the most powerful on earth build mechanical gods in AI data centers. (No joke, Wozniak once said the point was to become gods like he was out of a James Bond film...)
I realized we're were screwed 25 years or so ago when someone told me, and I quote "morality is just opinion". I realized then what happened. Without a common binding morality system without a divine entity that can't be swindled, this was inevitable. And only restoring fear of actual gods or building omniscient mechanical gods to replace them, this is all there will ever be.
Why would you pay that much for an even uglier version of the PS5 Pro? Just buy a regular one. If this were a PS2 inspired black console I could see demand being higher and a premium price being less ridiculous but the 90's PC grey the PS1 used is visually repulsive.
haha called it... that exact figure... $5000. can't say i'm surprised. FOMO is a disease.
Pay has no limits
This is what Sony wanted.
For those of us that aren't interested in upgrading to a PS5 Pro, Sony should really sell the 30th Anniversary PS5 covers. Come on!
@jrt87 Thanks for your effort. I tried to get several of the "attempt to buy" listings removed earlier in the week but was denied.
Lol 😂 scalpers went hard on this
@jorel262 agreed (I already a ps5). So I don't see the need for the pro variant. But seeing those scalper prices tho for the pro....is wild👀
$5,000 + $160 for shipping and the photo of the man with a shocked expression made my day, lol. Thanks.
I got lucky and I've got my 30th Pro and 30th Portal on the way, and you bet I'm gonna crack that thing open and play Final Fantasy VII Rebirth for days
@get2sammyb I only managed to get the controller too but I won't be opening it as I just opened the Astro Bot one. I also won't be selling it cos I am one of those strange people that collects controllers (and consoles). It's a depressing hobby sometimes.
@get2sammyb Game Mania went bankrupt in Belgium and one of the items was a 20th anninversary PS4 people could bid on. It went for +-1500 euro's. Granted unboxed. But that tells me enough. These limited editions aren't worth it. I also don't get why Sony keeps releasing these things. You only end up with frustrated customers who didn't get it. I would argue it would be better if Sony did a lotery between all the PSN accounts would sign up who want one. That way it's at least fair and it puts scalpers out of business.
Curious to know who's the donut that's going to buy these. Like if you can spend 5k on a console, you can spend 5k on a much more powerful PC.
I hope these scalpers struggle to sell these.
@jrt87 Well for the PSP that's a collectors item that isn't supported anymore with games. So trying to sell it now will only attract people who want to grow or complete their collection. Those people also know the value of such things, so i doubt they will offer more money.
That's why i'm saying that these limited editions are not worth it. If you need to store an item for 10-15 years to only gain 1k euro/pond, you are better off investing your money in something else.
Well, good you decided to have fun with it yourself. That's why we buy these things in the first place, not?
It should be made opposite. Companies should open preorders and then produce specific amounts based on preorders. That would make initial chance to get that edition safe for all.
Scalpers are scum as usual.
@CutchuSlow probably someone looking to flip it in a decade or smash it with a hammer for views or something like that.
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