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Sony ensures PS5 30th Anniversary pre-orders have better scalper protection in Japan

Pre-orders for the limited edition PlayStation 5 30th Anniversary range will come with an extra layer of scalper protec…

In Japan, fans have far longer to register a pre-order - from now until midnight on Monday 14th October - to reduce queuing issues. Any stock not bought by lottery winners will then be entered into a "re-lottery" in late November, with unsuccessful pre-order customers from the first round given another shot. Another check of eBay listings here in the UK today shows dozens of recently-sold PS5 30th Edition console pre-orders that have changed hands, the vast majority in the low thousands of pounds - a markup by scalpers of around double to quadruple the console's original price.

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