Gamers were unconvinced today by a major retailer’s “do better” promise after it confirmed long-held suspicions that much-coveted PlayStation 5s were being snapped up by bots.
Power Buy’s admission that it found at least one person using an “auto bot” to snatch up reservations for the next-gen Sony consoles helped explain why no one can obtain them because such automated programs snipe them as soon as they are listed.
“Before they made the conclusion that a bot was used, the reseller must have already bought a new house from the profits made,” read one comment on the store’s mea culpa.
Under pressure by Thai gamers who revealed evidence of automated “scalping” of PlayStation 5 consoles, the electronics retail chain admitted that it was true.
“A thorough investigation revealed that an auto bot was used to make reservations using…
