In November, when Sony launched the PS5, the console immediately became the most sought after consumer product worldwide. Three months later, thousands of people are still looking to protect the console due to lack of stock, low production and scalping. With the PS5 being adapted for mining recently, the scalping problem will only increase.
According to the Gadget Tendency website (via ResetEra), Chinese enthusiasts have managed to mine cryptocurrencies using the PS5. Although the console is not suitable for mining, they found an alternative solution to this.
After this discovery, many crypto enthusiasts can start buying PS5s and placing them for crypto mining. This could mean a shortage of consoles and ordinary people may face even more difficulties trying to protect the PS5.
PS5s are already unavailable at all retailers with drops lasting less than 5 to 10 minutes. And drop times are unknown, unless you’re following tracker accounts on Twitter. If cryptocurrencies start using PS5s, the console may not be available until 2022.
If you are looking for disposable PS5 items and stock-related updates, follow us on Twitter @ spieltimes.
A photo was shared on the Chinese social media platform Weibo showing the success of mining Ethereum (a type of cryptocurrency). The mining performance of the console reached 98.76 MH / s (MH / s = millions of hashes per second). Power consumption was 211 W.
Here, take a look –
Compared to that, an RTX 3090 delivers up to 122 MH / s. While an RTX 3080 performs at 86.16 MH / s.
Gadget Tendency says the console has been hacked and probably overclocked since it has exceeded its native performance of 50 MH / s.
Not only the PS5, but the person was able to mine Etherum with an M1 MacBook Air chip as well.
For more content related to PS5 and video games in general, stay with us, here at Spiel times.
Make sure you subscribe to our push notifications and never miss an update from the world of video games. Until next time, Stay safe, wear a mask and have a good game!