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[Lunatic_Gamer]

From Google Translator:

The seal is operated by the store. Basically, it is a mechanism that puts a sticker on the PS5 box in advance, cuts off the sticker when selling, sells it, and "opens" it. The peeled seal is difficult to peel off, and the box may be scratched if it is forcibly peeled off.

It seems that the aim is to prevent some purchasers who purchased the PS5 from "Scalpers" as it is, and to cut the seal in advance so that it will not sell as a new product. Although SIE said that it distributes stickers to retailers, it avoids mentioning the scale and timing.

PS5の「悪質転売」防止対策　SIEが「開封済」シールを販売店に配布（河村鳴紘） - エキスパート - Yahoo!ニュース

　家庭用ゲーム機「プレイステーション5（PS5）」が、一部で希望小売価格よりも高く売られる「悪質転売」。同商品を発売するソニー・インタラクティブエンタテインメント（SIE）は、販売店向けに「開封済」と

news.yahoo.co.jp

 

[Umbasaborne]

Thats not a bad idea, i always thought something like that might work.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

"Brand New PS5 with broken seal for sale"

Maybe Japan has some sort of crazy high "honor in re-selling" thing going on, but I don't know how this would curtail any amount of folks buying a PS5 from a second hand seller.

Check out StockX. They open everything they sell before they send it.

 

[Dick Jones]

If it works but what's the price on a second hand PS5 in Japan? If its still substantially higher then at least the scalpers get their profit margins slightly fucked.

 

[Nautilus]

... I don't think thats going to work like they think it will.

Only normallizing supply will.

 

[MightySquirrel]

Good idea.

 

[hybrid_birth]

All those poor poor seals

 

[Fbh]

I don't know man, just sounds like it would help scammers.

"Nah man the console I sold you is totally new. Look the seal is broken because they do that with every unit. The fingerprints on yours must come from the factory or something, crazy right?"

 

[Craig of War]

Are scalpers that bad in Japan?

 

[pqueue]

from everything i have read, demand for ps5 is not that high in Japan anyways.

is this really an issue?

 

[adamsapple]

I don't think a broken seal will deter the scalpers or the people who are willing to pay those high amounts to buy consoles.

 

[Crimson_Fate]

I'd never allow that. I bought a PS5 as a gift for my brother , if he didn't want it or wanted the Money he would have brought it back to the store .

Only the owner should break the seal and they should decide when and where.

 

[//DEVIL//]

I don't know man, just sounds like it would help scammers.

"Nah man the console I sold you is totally new. Look the seal is broken because they do that with every unit. The fingerprints on yours must come from the factory or something, crazy right?"

If the person is not smart enough to buy a PS5 with a broken seal as a brand new system, then he deserves to get scammed really.

 

[Captain Toad]

That would require scalpers to get them from a retail store. Maybe that's the case in Japan, but everywhere else still seems to be online only and bought by bots.

 

[Kilau]

"Brand New PS5 with broken seal for sale"

Maybe Japan has some sort of crazy high "honor in re-selling" thing going on, but I don't know how this would curtail any amount of folks buying a PS5 from a second hand seller.

Check out StockX. They open everything they sell before they send it.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about Japanese re-selling culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it.

 

[ReBurn]

Didn't one of the retailers write the purchaser's name on the box as a way to combat scalping?

 

[zcaa0g]

GameStop approves.

 

[AJUMP23]

Breaking the seal is what let that demon out of that rock.

 

[Beechos]

Just block the shipping address if its been ordered to that address before or the payment method used.

 

[Husky]

"Brand New PS5 with broken seal for sale"

Maybe Japan has some sort of crazy high "honor in re-selling" thing going on, but I don't know how this would curtail any amount of folks buying a PS5 from a second hand seller.

Check out StockX. They open everything they sell before they send it.

If I were a scalper, this is certainly what I would do, and I wouldn't let it affect my prices at all (in the US--as you said, the Japanese might have a thing about this).
Also emphasis on the "if," in case anyone skims that and gets the wrong idea.

 

[PhaseJump]

All those poor poor seals

 

[Alexios]

It sounds like these are extra seals not originally on the box? So why would anyone care in terms of resale value, it only shows it's already been sold via store before, like how else would the shady scalper get it? I guess if anything it shows it's not stolen off retail so you're good even, lol.

It sucks they made it so it deliberately rips the box if you try and remove it, people like keeping their stuff mint at home even if they don't intend to resell. Although there's probably an easy way to peel it off with alcohol or heat or whatever (and if that's the case it's even more pointless)...

 

[bitbydeath]

Why not just do what they do in Australia and have people kept on a preorder queue?

It makes scalping redundant.