Yup. It was especially hilarious how many people on the various message boards and discords would talk about “Oh, this is the tenth PS5 that I found to buy for my friends”. And there were people dumb enough to think they weren’t scalping.
Which was actually nice. The Sony website queues were… bad. But it was tied to a PSN account which drastically limited how many an individual could buy. I am sure that, much like with Valve doing the same for the Steam Deck, is no longer effective because professional scalpers have like 40 accounts they bought a 2 dollar game on. But it made for a much nicer experience.
Yup. It was especially hilarious how many people on the various message boards and discords would talk about “Oh, this is the tenth PS5 that I found to buy for my friends”. And there were people dumb enough to think they weren’t scalping.
Which was actually nice. The Sony website queues were… bad. But it was tied to a PSN account which drastically limited how many an individual could buy. I am sure that, much like with Valve doing the same for the Steam Deck, is no longer effective because professional scalpers have like 40 accounts they bought a 2 dollar game on. But it made for a much nicer experience.
I helped myself and 2 others get PS5s, but I basically followed a specific account on Twitter when they announced new drops at Target/Walmart/etc