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On September 28, the Sony Store began accepting purchase applications for the PS5 Pro. The price is 137,980 yen (tax included), and if the number of applicants exceeds the planned number of units for sale, winners will be chosen by lottery. On 5ch, opinions were split between questions over why the console is still hard to find so long after launch, and debate over the fairness of a purchase requirement limiting eligibility to existing users who have logged at least 60 hours of play on PSN within the past year. Some saw it as an attempt to stop scalpers from buying up stock, while others countered that existing users who meet the requirement could still resell the console themselves.
We are now accepting purchase applications for the PlayStation®5 Pro through the Sony Store, starting today, Monday, September 28.
There are conditions for applying and purchasing. Please note in advance that if the number of applications exceeds the planned number of units for sale, winners will be selected by lottery.
Source: x.com / Original post here
What people said
137,980 yen (tax included)
SSD and memory prices are insane right now
I don't think this is just 'in the red,' it's probably way worse than that
How much time has passed since the Pro launched already?
This is what real demand looks like
I still think scalpers have the right to choose their own merchandise too
PS5 Pro is the best lol
If you win the lottery, that's a 50,000 yen profit!!
If the play time is a cumulative total over a year, they should make it like 180 hours 😠
There's been almost no stock coming in since around June
That's why it's going for above retail (scalper markup)
Makes me want to suspect someone at Sony Computer Entertainment Japan is colluding with places like Rudeya
You don't need to warp your thinking that badly just to invent a hypothetical that'll never happen
I want it to properly end up in the hands of real core gamers
Someone like that already owns one lol
Anyone who wanted one already bought it long ago — that's all this number really shows
And most of that demand is from scalpers anyway
The Japan-only limited edition was the same way — pretty soon they'll probably adopt game key cards with a totally straight face
Sounds like exactly the kind of thing they'd do for the PS6 — a USB key card lol
Depends on the update, I guess
They might lower the graphics and add a 60fps mode too
They haven't even optimized it for the Pro
It's seriously 'Pro (lol)' — a product for idiots who just want to feel superior
Took a whole month just to get 50 units lolololol
There's no way an anti-Sony person meets conditions like this
and anyone claiming they're just doing it for pocket money is probably lying too
At that point they've gone way beyond just being a 'hater'
except for super rare exceptions like Pokaoss (a notorious extreme anti-Sony poster)
Retailers probably don't want this either
it just draws in a swarm of garbage scalpers
the margin on hardware sales is tiny to begin with, and now they get flooded with people who won't even buy games
It's like they get a kick out of mocking us little people
It's not like they're doing this because they enjoy it
Their ideal is to ramp up production and sell them all off
The buyback price might drop by the time it's delivered to you. Take anything for granted and you'll get burned
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
The PS5 Pro has been chronically hard to find since its November 2024 launch, and posters in the thread testified that stock had all but dried up since around June. The newly introduced purchase requirement — logging at least 60 hours of play within the past year — appears designed to screen out applicants who aren’t existing users and are simply looking to resell. However, some pointed out that this doesn’t actually stop existing users who qualify from applying purely to flip the console, and skepticism about how effective the measure really is remains strong. Some posts attributed the shortage to rising costs from surging semiconductor and memory prices, but that’s an individual poster’s speculation, not an official explanation from Sony — worth keeping in mind. The claim that used buyback prices have climbed to around 190,000 yen is likewise just a rate quoted by certain resellers, one that could shift depending on supply and demand once sales end.
*This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (Hardware/Industry [“Geha”]) thread “PS5 Pro Limited Purchase Begins — Lottery Sale If Applications Exceed Planned Units.”
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