A recent study carried out by Netacea, a specialist in bot detection, has determined that the bots used by speculators to resell products that are scarce on the market, including of course next-generation consoles, are starting to “lose interest” in PlayStation 5. The global shortage of components that we have been suffering since 2020 has caused the PS5 purchase is not an easy task at all, although apparently the stock It is increasing slowly but progressively.
In the report, which details the five most searched products by reseller bots during the third quarter of 2022, we can see how PS5 has gone down for the first time from the podium to fourth place. In this way, the products ordered from most to least sought after are the following: Adidas Yeezy Slide Bone, Nike Dunk Low Panda, Panini Donruss Optic Football Trading Cards, PlayStation 5 and Jordan 1 Retro Low OG UNC. Despite this decline in the list, the Sony console is still one of the most prized products by speculators.
PS5 resale value remains stable
“Scalping bots are designed to find products as soon as they are added to a website and then buy them faster than a human, allowing a speculator to easily purchase shares that they can then resell at a higher price,” Netacea explains. . “This is the first time that the PS5 has not made the top three of our index, a reflection of the slight reduction in bots targeting the console due to increased stocks. However, its resale value is down. has kept stable, with only a 2% drop since last quarter“, he adds about the situation of PS5.