Scalpers have been quick to adopt technology in their work, using bots to buy up as much PS5 stock as possible and then sell the consoles on for wildly inflated prices on sites like eBay.

Our colleagues over at TechRadar posit that by selling the PS5 in bundles, which include games and accessories, the consoles don’t get targeted by the bots that scalpers use to buy up PS5s to ...

These bots grab some of the limited stock of the PS5 and Xbox on eBay and Amazon and then resell them at huge markups, says PerimeterX.

Astro Bot's recently revealed PS5 bundles are available now. Both the regular and digital editions of the bundles are $50 cheaper than buying a PS5 without a copy of Astro Bot.

Getting beaten online trying to buy a PS5 or new Xbox? You may be losing to a bot Finding a new PlayStation 5 or Xbox X/S under the tree this year is still unlikely.

PS5 stock checker bots that instantly scrapes websites for any availability. Manually searching for PlayStation 5 stocks on different websites is hard to do and it may take some time as thousands ...

Walmart’s preventative measures seem to have been effective. Best Buy had issues with its PS5 and Xbox Series X restock on December 15, which led to much negative feedback on social media.

Using Xbox All Access or PlayStation Direct to get an Xbox Series X or PS5 is also an excellent idea, as these programs have systems that make it incredibly difficult (if not impossible) for bots ...

Rogue consumers using scalping bots to "unfairly" pounce on PlayStation 5 stock refreshes are taking to social media to goad frustrated gamers. Thousands of video game enthusiasts are seeing their ...