The PlayStation 5 is Sony's new flagship console. It's fast, futuristic, spectacular, and right now, mostly one thing: hard to get. Since its November 2020 release, it has been a true lottery to get one of the coveted devices. As soon as an online shop releases a contingent of consoles, it is sold out within minutes. Due to the high demand, there are also regularly server crashes or canceled orders, which means that even a completely completed order process is no guarantee that you will end up with a PS5 in your hands to play the latest PlayStation 5 games.
Apply for a PlayStation 5 at Alternate
The shop Alternate has now declared war on this chaos. The last large contingent of consoles is not simply offered in the shop. Instead, users have the opportunity to take part in a kind of lottery, which entitles them to buy a PS5 at the end. To be one of the lucky ones, it is necessary to formulate a kind of application letter explaining why they urgently need a PlayStation 5. With this approach, Alternate wants to counter several problems at the same time: on the one hand the overloaded technology that can no longer process the orders, on the other hand also the scalpers who want to grab consoles in large quantities and then resell them at a markup. It remains to be seen whether the measure has achieved the desired results and whether other shops will follow a similar approach in the future to distribute the rare consoles in an orderly manner. Alternate definitely delivers an innovative approach.
