The PS5 and Xbox Series X money changers caught the attention of the UK government and may not end well for the dealer market. Since the PS5 and Xbox Series X went up for pre-orders, the stock has been swallowed up by scalpers and retailers who use advanced bots to secure thousands of orders in minutes. As a result, the PS5 and Xbox Series X have been incredibly difficult to obtain, which has drawn a lot of ire from PlayStation and Xbox fans, and this has caught the attention of many who don’t normally care much about the video game industry, including the UK government.
The situation got so bad that a money changer recently bragged openly on Twitter that he secured 2,000 GAME PS5 orders at his last refueling. That said, while retailers are out of control with the PS5 and Xbox Series X, their reign of terror may soon come to an end, at least in the UK.
On the other side of the sea, the UK government is starting to take note of the situation and it looks like it will take action soon. This week, Scottish National Party MP Douglas Chapman revealed that he is planning to propose a bill that will try to crush this issue. According to Chapman, at the moment, the average consumer does not have fair market access, which is a problem.
“It is simply not in the consumer’s interest to have a lot of stock for new and very interesting products that are being bought in bulk. It does not give the average consumer fair access to the market … It is so unfair to the average person that they just want to play their game or give your son a gift for Christmas. This situation will only get worse and worse. “
At the time of publication, no piece of legislation was proposed, much less passed, but six members of the Scottish National Party filed a First Day Motion calling for legislative proposals regarding resellers selling game consoles at exorbitant prices. Will anything come from this? Who knows, but it’s safe to say that the reseller market could be in trouble if the PS5 and Xbox Series X don’t get easier to get in 2021, and now it doesn’t look like they will. The first was finally available today at Target and, although the stock was released very early in the morning, it sold out in minutes.
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