Dec 23, 2020
No matter how hard COVID-19 squeezes its finances, Japan Airlines Co. must stick to a philosophy of preserving jobs and keeping workers happy, according to its former assistant chairman Yoshihito Ohta, who played a key role in the company’s turnaround from collapse a decade ago.
Like most carriers around the world, Japan Airlines has been floored by the pandemic. It forecasts losses of as much as ¥270 billion this fiscal year, its first slide into the red since emerging from one of the country’s biggest-ever bankruptcies. Rival ANA Holdings Inc. also warned of a record loss and both have turned to subordinated loans and new share sales for support.
PlayStation 5 scalpers use bots to hunt down scarce consoles By Takashi Mochizuki, Bloomberg News
Published: December 20, 2020, 11:15am
Share: The PlayStation 5. (Sony Interactive Entertainment/TNS)
Sony Corp. has created one of the hottest gadgets of the year in the PlayStation 5, but its launch has been marred by scalpers who are buying up scarce supplies and threatening the long-term health of the company’s most important product.
Scalpers, who buy devices at retail and then resell at a higher price, have long been a challenge in the games business. But the problem is particularly acute this year because the coronavirus has squeezed production and pushed more console sales online where scalpers use sophisticated bots to buy up the PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox.
PlayStation 5 scalpers use bots to hunt down scarce consoles [Bloomberg News :: BC-PLAYSTATION-SCALPERS-EEDITION:MCT]
Sony Corp. has created one of the hottest gadgets of the year in the PlayStation 5, but its launch has been marred by scalpers who are buying up scarce supplies and threatening the long-term health of the company’s most important product.
Scalpers, who buy devices at retail and then resell at a higher price, have long been a challenge in the games business. But the problem is particularly acute this year because the coronavirus has squeezed production and pushed more console sales online where scalpers use sophisticated bots to buy up the PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox.
Dec 17, 2020
Sony Corp. has created one of the hottest gadgets of the year in the PlayStation 5, but its launch has been marred by scalpers who are buying up scarce supplies and threatening the long-term health of the company’s most important product.
Scalpers, who buy devices at retail and then resell at a higher price, have long been a challenge in the video game business. But the problem is particularly acute this year because the coronavirus has squeezed production and pushed more console sales online where scalpers are using sophisticated bots to buy up the PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox.
PlayStation 5 scalpers use bots to hunt down scarce consoles [Bloomberg News :: BC-CPT-PLAYSTATION5-BOTS:BLO]
Sony Corp. has created one of the hottest gadgets of the year in the PlayStation 5, but its launch has been marred by scalpers who are buying up scarce supplies and threatening the long-term health of the company’s most important product.
Scalpers, who buy devices at retail and then resell at a higher price, have long been a challenge in the games business. But the problem is particularly acute this year because the coronavirus has squeezed production and pushed more console sales online where scalpers use sophisticated bots to buy up the PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox.