Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police had to be called to a Japanese store yesterday when mobs of desperate fans tried to buy a PlayStation 5. Although the staff at Yodobashi Camera in Tokyo implemented a random lottery system – “chuusen” – in an attempt to curb scalpers, whilst trying to distribute the “few hundred” tickets, frantic fans surged forward, shouting and shoving in spite of Tokyo’s coronavirus surge and current state of emergency (thanks, Matomebu, via PSU). Within ten minutes, police officers were at the scene and, eventually, the sale was cancelled. Dave Gibson, who was there at the time, tweeted: “They cancelled the sale due to people being insane!! Pushed so hard even the cash registers and staff went backwards. I’ve never seen that kind of insanity in…<\/p>\n
Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer"],"yoast_head":"\nA Tokyo store's attempt to sell new PS5 stock ends in chaos and a call to the police | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Police had to be called to a Japanese store yesterday when mobs of desperate fans tried to buy a PlayStation 5.Although the staff at Yodobashi Camera in\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Tokyo store's attempt to sell new PS5 stock ends in chaos and a call to the police | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police had to be called to a Japanese store yesterday when mobs of desperate fans tried to buy a PlayStation 5.Although the staff at Yodobashi Camera in\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-11T23:02:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"169\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"A Tokyo store’s attempt to sell new PS5 stock ends in chaos and a call to the police\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-11T23:02:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":150,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Eurogamer\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\\\/\",\"name\":\"A Tokyo store's attempt to sell new PS5 stock ends in chaos and a call to the police | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-11T23:02:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"Police had to be called to a Japanese store yesterday when mobs of desperate fans tried to buy a PlayStation 5.Although the staff at Yodobashi Camera in\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":169,\"caption\":\"A Tokyo store\u2019s attempt to sell new PS5 stock ends in chaos and a call to the police\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Tokyo store’s attempt to sell new PS5 stock ends in chaos and a call to the police\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Tokyo store's attempt to sell new PS5 stock ends in chaos and a call to the police | Arcader News","description":"Police had to be called to a Japanese store yesterday when mobs of desperate fans tried to buy a PlayStation 5.Although the staff at Yodobashi Camera in","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Tokyo store's attempt to sell new PS5 stock ends in chaos and a call to the police | Arcader News","og_description":"Police had to be called to a Japanese store yesterday when mobs of desperate fans tried to buy a PlayStation 5.Although the staff at Yodobashi Camera in","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2025-09-11T23:02:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":169,"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"A Tokyo store’s attempt to sell new PS5 stock ends in chaos and a call to the police","datePublished":"2025-09-11T23:02:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\/"},"wordCount":150,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police.jpg","articleSection":["Eurogamer"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\/","name":"A Tokyo store's attempt to sell new PS5 stock ends in chaos and a call to the police | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police.jpg","datePublished":"2025-09-11T23:02:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"Police had to be called to a Japanese store yesterday when mobs of desperate fans tried to buy a PlayStation 5.Although the staff at Yodobashi Camera in","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police.jpg","width":300,"height":169,"caption":"A Tokyo store\u2019s attempt to sell new PS5 stock ends in chaos and a call to the police"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Tokyo store’s attempt to sell new PS5 stock ends in chaos and a call to the police"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1320939,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93053\/revisions\/1320939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/a-tokyo-stores-attempt-to-sell-new-ps5-stock-ends-in-chaos-and-a-call-to-the-police.jpg\")
<\/p>\n