What Can the Playstation 5 Teach Us About Economics?

Who’s winning — Sony, consumers, or resellers?

William Chon
Published in
5 min readNov 27, 2020

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On November 12, 2020 — in the midst of a pandemic that has locked many people in their homes, Sony launched their much-anticipated PS5. What can the launch of this gaming console teach us about economics? The ugly side of supply and demand.

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William Chon
The Startup

Data scientist and occasional writer. My day job is to turn R into $.