Approximately 25% of all PS5 consoles in circulation have never been used.

After six months of being taunted by consoles sitting idle within scalpers’ inventories, I stopped being stubborn. I purchased my console at the premium cost — a markup of about 50% from the MSRP. After the purchase, my only regret was that I did not do it sooner. I have been a PlayStation fan for a very long time; since they entered the market with the PS1. According to Sony’s yearly player summaries, I’ve logged around 2000 hours of gaming on PS systems each year for the past three years, so it was a given that I was eager to purchase a PS5 as close to launch as possible. I expected the current pandemic to affect production lines, and therefore I knew it was going to be hard to secure a preorder for the system. However, earlier in 2020, Sony sent a link to an “official preorder site” for players to express their interest in purchasing a PS5; all that was needed was to enter one piece of information — a Playstation Network ID. At that moment, there was a glimmer of hope — if Sony was going to use data from my PSN ID in the same way that most “loyalty programs” do, it felt like I would have an advantage in being chosen. While it was unclear which criteria Sony would use, I felt like I had all of the bases covered. Years of membership on PS services such as PlayStation Plus or PlayStation Now? Check. Total hours played? Check. Total spent on the PS store? Check. <a href="https://deceitfuldata.medium.com/at-least-25-of-all-ps5-consoles-in-circulation-have-never-been-used-5852e1afd28b">Learn More</a>