Japanese PS5 Pro 30th-Anniversary Consoles Are Only Available To Actual Players
PlayStation’s 30-anniversary collection presale came and went, selling out within minutes, and this drove demand even higher. With the limited amount being only 12,300 units, some parts of the collection like controllers and PlayStation Portable have made their way to eBay with prices reaching wild amounts of money. There’s even a seller who, for $50,000, will personally drive it to you…once he gets his new car. Japan wants to be different though.
In response to the demand and wanting to strike down the number of scalpers, Sony has decided to restrict preorders to those who can prove they are previous PlayStation owners and played games for a minimum of 30 hours over the last 10 years.
If you’ve signed into a PS4 or PS5 console between February 22, 2014, and September 19, 2024 you’re in. Pre-orders are now open for the console on the Japanese PlayStation store, and those who want to buy one simply need to use a PlayStation Network login with a Sony account registered in Japan.