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Out of curiosity would people have a problem if sony let people pay $600 for the console to skip the line and get it over anybody else? Or if they were all put up for bid on ebay at the same time by sony?

I'm trying to figure out what fundamental issue is that people have other than that it makes it harder to get a toy that they want. As long as supply doesn't meet demand some people aren't going to get what they want. With scalpers theres two ways to get it: get lucky/hunt for consoles for sale or pay extra money. Without scalpers you only have one way.

I guess i'm just confused why people think people with more free time/are luckier are more entitled to a console than say someone with a demanding job that can afford to pay a little bit more.

(Note I don't like scalpers using scripts and such since they aren't really playing fair, but back when it was a scalper waiting in line overnight to get a console to resell i had no problem with it)

Imo the problems are really that there isn't enough supply, and online retailers don't let out the systems in a fair way

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