[young_unixer]

Isn't that the fault of Sony for selling them at a lower price than what people are willing to pay?

And the value being provided is the possibility of buying the PS5. Even without scalpers, chances are that someone else would have bought it. Scalping only works when the demand is very high compared to the supply.

[vmception]

correct, the market has been saying for multiple years that the MSRP is wrong, for anything with GPU accelerate compute time.

[imtringued]

We are basically seeing self imposed price controls and everyone knows that price ceilings cause shortages.

[cbozeman]

Yeah, go explain that to a 40 year old Mom or Dad, who are buying one for their 10-15 year old child to play a video game.

[vmception]

The console is worth around $750, this would match the inflation adjusted price of home entrainment consoles for the last 40 years

If its out of the budget they’ll have to do something else, that doesn’t even need to be explained