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CTOnews.com, August 14, it has been nearly two years since Sony launched the new PlayStation 5, but it is still out of stock. Possible reasons include chip shortages and supply chain problems, but another reason that can not be ignored is scalpers.

In order to prevent scalpers from reselling their products, some merchants have made great efforts.

GEO, a Japanese media chain, has introduced a new policy for Sony's PS5. Starting this week, the PS5 console in the GEO store will be available only to regular PS4 users.

To put it simply, to buy a PS5, you must first take your PS4 to the store.

In addition, there is another mainstream strategy in Japan. Retailers including Akihabara and other retailers have their own lottery systems so that winners have a chance to buy PS5. But GEO believes that this trick may not necessarily avoid the intrusion of scalpers, but also affect the enthusiasm of fans to some extent, so he adopted this new strategy from the next draw.

CTOnews.com learned that a number of Japanese retailers, including GEO, had previously affixed seals on PS5 boxes and asked customers to open them immediately when they bought, tearing open the seals to avoid reselling them, but with little success.

The sign in front of GEO states that the sales requirement for PS4 regular users to buy PS5 will be implemented from Monday, August 22, and more details on the implementation of the system will be announced on or after August 19.

Obviously, this move can raise the threshold for scalpers to some extent, but many people think that this condition is too strict and is excluded for some users who have never bought PS4, not to mention that some PS4 users are not necessarily willing to sell their machines, especially those with limited models.

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