Sony to Start Selling Refurbished PS5 Consoles [Push Square]

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• DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This is a scheme to control the used console market so they can set their own prices

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  • mox@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    How would this control people selling their used hardware? I don’t see anything about Sony trying to disable resold consoles.

    you’ll get “a product that works like new with genuine PlayStation replacement parts (as needed) that has been thoroughly cleaned, inspected and tested”. You will receive all the cables and paperwork you need for a PS5, and it comes with a 12-month manufacturer’s warranty

    That’s worth a premium to some people.

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    • DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Okay the 12 month warranty is pretty good not going to lie

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  • theangriestbird@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    i mean they’ve been doing refurbished consoles for multiple generations now, no? The only new thing is that they’re selling them directly from Sony’s site, rather than going through GameStop like they used to back in the day.

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• thingsiplay@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  For a moment I read Refurbished PS5 Pro Consoles, lol. My theory is, the price of the PS5 Pro is this expensive, so the base models look much cheaper now.

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  • theangriestbird@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I think they definitely have a strategy that is timed around the age of the base PS5 release. 4 years old = PS5 Pro and beginning of refurbished console sales, to grab the consumers that weren’t enticed by the base PS5.

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