Captain Toad
Banned
Just stop selling them online.
Gotta go to the shop with a ID and problem solved.
Except that it's 2020 and that's exactly what they don't people doing.
Just stop selling them online.
Gotta go to the shop with a ID and problem solved.
I believe some type of control will need to have to do the order.20 million? Goddamn.
Hopefully this won't turn into forcing every customer to provide and verify their IDs and residence in the future, that would effectively put a giant blockade to buying stuff from abroad.
Theyre open. I got a ps5 at Walmart in person.Maybe if they could open up their stores and sell them the good ol' fashioned way it wouldn't be such an issue, but I guess we gotta get the gov't to fix problems caused by the gov't.
Here is an example of retailers spending money / giving attention to the scalper issue (which they should) and the best you can do is handwave it.
Especially given the fact that ps5 sold more than ps4, this scene would have been even worseCan you imagine this scene in 2020 with today's social media era?!?! Covid killed this. Maybe in a different Multi-verse we could have seen this.
There shouldn’t be a formula for buying a video game console.I got a PS5 from Walmart during this restock. I think it's a pretty good bet you can get one from them too next time they restock.
My advice:
1. Obviously set up your account, address, and billing info ahead of time.
2. When it launches, use a keyboard shortcut to refresh the page and use your mouse to click the add to cart button when it appears (this will take several refreshes but once you have the button it will stay there until consoles are out of stock). If you get an out of stock message refresh and try again.
3. The captcha is random, it doesn't necessarily mean you're going to get a console. Just click it and keep refreshing like normal.
4. Last time Walmart dropped consoles in ten minute increments. Once you see that message instead of the usual out of stock message you can stop refreshing and try again at the next wave.
5. Once you get it added to your cart just click through like a madman, the only info you'll have to enter is your credit card code on the last page.
Terrible idea.If it was me looking at the data I'd cancel any order that did not include and add on sales of controllers or games. I'd be pretty confident that people with bots just scoop up solo consoles. Few false positives maybe, but as a company I'd make more money.
I believe some type of control will need to have to do the order.
Like a dynamic code send to your email or sms to insert in the site up to 1 minute to finish the order... that makes sure you are not a bot I believe.
Man, I never want to do a captcha again after those 10 minutes from hell.I guess you selected the wrong option on the Captcha.
That would cancel 70% of all orders.If it was me looking at the data I'd cancel any order that did not include and add on sales of controllers or games. I'd be pretty confident that people with bots just scoop up solo consoles. Few false positives maybe, but as a company I'd make more money.
Can confirm. We don’t want tens of people waiting at 5am in the cold for just 2-4 available consolesExcept that it's 2020 and that's exactly what they don't people doing.
Not sure what's more embarrassing between people acting like rabid animals at retailers or food buffets.
How hard would it be to use captcha and limit the pruchase to one item per account?
Damn, this is madness. I've never been an early adopter of practically anything, but I have never seen such insane demand for a product before. Even the Wii wasn't this bad, this long after launch. They just had shitty supply issues from Nintendo. Sony literally can't build PS5's fast enough, and each week the demand seems to grow even higher.
That's impressive. I really thought a big box retailer wouldn't give a shit who bought the console as long as they got paid. Maybe they're looking for some goodwill?
They need it after that stunt they pulled the day before PS5 preorders were supposed to go live.
You do realize neither of those things matter for bots right?
They're both already in place anyway.
That's impressive. I really thought a big box retailer wouldn't give a shit who bought the console as long as they got paid. Maybe they're looking for some goodwill?
Xbox series x available at Wal-Mart online 12/17 at 12 Pacific. Screw you if you get one and I don't heh.
No, i didn't realised.
Follow your own advice. I wasn't the one console warring.chill, man. scalpers are a real problem for PS5, not xbox.
What is with all the idiotic fanboying here? Did you guys get banned from ERA or Gamefaqs? And just looking at Ebay, Amazon and Craigslist shows that scalping is very real for both consoles still. You'd see that if you removed your head from your ass.chill, man. scalpers are a real problem for PS5, not xbox.
what did they do
They decided to ignore Sony's request for the time pre-orders were going live. This caused basically every other major retailer to do the same, resulting in PS5 preorders to be completely gone before the time/day that Sony announced to fans.
For each bot they can send thousands of attempts from thousands of different accounts with thousands of different payment methods.
If they do hit a captcha, they either solve them automatically, or there are captcha farms where people literally just sit and solve them.
On the retailers end they look exactly like every other order.
And then they failed to deliver PS5s to many of the people who pre-ordered from them. I'd never order from them. At least with Target I know I won't get pre-orders day one most of the time, but they're reliable. Red Card also helps bring the price down as well.
Damn, this is madness. I've never been an early adopter of practically anything, but I have never seen such insane demand for a product before. Even the Wii wasn't this bad, this long after launch. They just had shitty supply issues from Nintendo. Sony literally can't build PS5's fast enough, and each week the demand seems to grow even higher.
Woah Walmart actually has a message talking to the public? They always seemed like a faceless and voiceless corporation that was always just... there.