Scalping, also known as the secondary resale market, is when bots are used to buy gaming products and then resell them at a higher price. ... The PS5 price starts at £449 but a quick glance on reseller sites will find consoles going for thousands of pounds.

Is scalping PS5 illegal?

Gaming console scalping isn't illegal. People are free to buy something and resell it at whatever price they want. It's your right once you own a piece of property.

Is the PS5 still getting scalped?

Signaling just how rare PS5 supply remains, a shoe resale site says it's responsible for almost 140,000 units of the console being scalped. StockX, a resale website specializing in sneakers, says it has resold nearly 140,000 units of the Sony PlayStation 5, often for hundreds of dollars more than list price.