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Sony Japan Introduces Lottery for PS5 Pro Sales to Combat Scalpers

The company requires 60 hours of console usage history from applicants to verify genuine ownership before allowing them to purchase the device.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 29 Sept 2026 · updated 38d ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 29 Sept 2026. Latest from Tom's Hardware published first, on 29 September at 11:32 UTC; RSS 2.0 followed 20h 23m later. The most recent article, from RSS 2.0, appeared on 30 September at 07:55 UTC.

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  1. Sony implements a lottery system to deal with the PS5 Pro shortage in Japan RSS 2.0
  2. Sony Japan tries an anti-scalper lottery system for PS5 Pro orders, locks systems behind a 60-hour playtime requirement Latest from Tom's Hardware

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