Someone's neighborhood game shop is stacked wall-to-wall with one PS5 title

A shopper snapped photos of a small game store buried in towers of the same brand-new game.

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Korean community post, image 1: My local game shop has a fuckton of stock lmao.
English translation
My local game shop has a fuckton of stock lmao.

동네 게임샵인데 물량 존나 많네 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Korean community post, image 2: Selling PS5 Marvel's Wolverine for 50,000 won — the lowest price in the whole country.
English translation
Selling PS5 Marvel's Wolverine for 50,000 won — the lowest price in the whole country.

PS5 마블 울버린 할인합니다. 50,000원에 판매합니다. (전국 최저가)

💡 Why is this funny?
This is a tiny neighborhood game shop, not a warehouse, and it's already sitting on ceiling-high towers of one single title, then undercutting everyone at 50,000 won.vs. the US: like a corner GameStop stacking a thousand copies of one launch title.Klore note
Korean community post, image 3: Crying Pepe, hiding his face.
English translation
Crying Pepe, hiding his face.

(우는 페페)

💡 So why does that stack look ominous?
Korean gamers read a mountain like this as publisher channel stuffing before launch day, and commenters immediately flashed back to the TLOU2 overstock.vs. the US: same energy as launch-day pallets nobody ends up buying.Klore note

What Koreans said

11 top comments on the original thread, translated
  1. 120 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    The Last of Us 2 resurrection (reference to the infamous overstock)

    라오어 2의 재림

  2. 73 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Probably just channel stuffing by the publisher tbh

    밀어내기겠지 머...

  3. 57 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Nah, selling early is still not okay. So many shops got flamed for doing that before

    에이 암만 그래도 먼저 겜 팔라는건 아니긴 하지.. 그러다가 욕 먹은 사례가 얼마나 많은데

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  1. 47 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    How badly did they market this for the TLOU2 disaster to happen again

    어떤 급으로 홍보했길래 라오어2 때의 사태가 반복되는걸까

  2. 38 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Heard some people say that photo's AI generated

    저거 AI 합성이라는 소리가 있던데

  3. 20 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Wasn't Wolverine barely even promoted though...?

    울버린 뭐 큰 홍보도 없지 않았나...?

  4. 20 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Isn't this just being a dick to everyone waiting for release day?

    이건 그냥 민폐아님?

  5. 20 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    They're bragging about this like it's a good thing lol

    이걸 자랑스럽게 얘기하네...

  6. 17 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Remembering TLOU2, still not buying yet. Grabbed the limited figure for cheap once, resold just the figure minus the game 3 hours later... wait am I the bad guy here?

    라오어2 생각하면 아직 살때 아님 나 그거 안하다가 피규어 한정판 2만원때 삼 피규어는 버릴까 하다가 소프트웨어 빼고 1.2만원에 당근 올렸더니 3시간 뒤에 팔림 …쓰고보니 이거 내가 나쁜거냐?

  7. 11 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Sony's channel stuffing is pretty notorious at this point

    소니 밀어내기가 쫌 유명해

  8. 11 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Reminds me of TLOU2: begged the local shop to sell early, they refused, then I got spoiled online days later anyway. Thanks owner, saved me some cash lol

    라오어2때 생각난다 동네 겜샵 가서 발매일까지 안할테니까 걍 먼저좀 파시면 안되나요? ㄴㄴ 안됨 며칠 안남았는뎀?? 그래도 안됨 나가셈 오케.... 며칠후 (스포 왕창 당함) 사장님 ㄳㄳ 돈 아낌

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