but there was a problem — the semiconductor shortage. the shortage of semiconductors... they don't have the semiconductors... what is that? simply put, they are the brains of modern electronics. so, they're in pretty much every product. electronics need them. cars, smart phones, laptops, gaming consoles. and so, with very few on the market, fans are trying websites to try and get them. however, there is money to be made. in come the scalpers. so, these are people who buy rare or sought—after items and resell them again at a higher price to make a profit. you've probably seen them outside of concerts, reselling tickets, or putting up a nice pair of shoes on ebay for double the price. but the modern scalper is a little bit different. they use internet bots — online software that's programmed to do a certain task. so, that could be buying the first tickets available for a trip to majorca. telling me when the ferrari testarossa is under 100k. or telling me when new stock of ps5 appears on a website. and when you've got a bot, there's almost no limit to how many you could buy to allow you to resale. and the fact is, whether you like it or not, scalping and the use of stock check bots are legal. douglas, could you give a clap for me, please? this is douglas chapman, an mp leading the charge in proposing to ban the resale of gaming consoles purchased with automated bots. i think it's skewing the market beyond what's reasonable. you know, i think we need to look as well about what are the protections for the consumer, returns policy, for example, if something's not working properly, you know, how does it affect guarantees? are they paying tax? are they paying vat? are they registered for vat? they're there purely trying to make a quick buck on the back of somebody who's desperate. it's just on the edge ethically, but it's also on the edge commercially, i think. this is jack, a scalper. he got into reselling years ago and made big money. for example, by flipping £150 yeezys for up to £1,000?! he's a former investment banker who used to make around 1,500 quid a month. and he's given up that dayjob. why? because since setting up aftermarket arbitrage, his reselling company, about 18 months ago, he claims that he's made £456,000 in revenue in subscriptions alone. he helps others resell with a plethora of channels stacked with info, tutorials and advice on the social platform discord, which people pay at least a £30—a—month subscription to be a part of. his bots provide notifications to his 1,200 paying followers when a rare item is suddenly in stock, and he can even auto buy it if the bot is powerful enough. and with so many subscribers, you can see why scalping might be on the rise. however, these bots aren't easy to maintain. when i first started in, like, trainers, there was maybe, like, three bots, and now there is hundreds. a lot of the bots that have been developed are all by very young kids, and these are young entrepreneurs that are making a lot of money from producing this software. it gets very expensive to run a bot. this is what people don't think about. so we do that, we handle everything, and then you just sit back and wait for your success e—mail. but why does it get expensive to run a bot? because this is, like, where websites, for example, will put, like, anti—bot protection on a website. so, we have to use a lot of proxies. so, say you want to get 100 pairs of trainers from that one bot and you're on one if, the website that you're trying to acquire the shoes from is going to know that you're bombarding their servers, and they're going to know what you're doing, �*cause it's not physically possible that there's100 people trying to spam that auto—checker — that �*add to basket�* button. so, what the bot will do is you buy proxies and it assigns, like, one proxy to one task. so it looks like these 100 tasks are in 100 different locations by one person. so it means that it looks legit. legit — yeah. and it wasn'tjust consoles. isn't that creating unfair competition? yeah, it is, but i think if you look at any marketplace and anywhere where you see a supply and demand issue, you're going to see people exploiting that. if there's an arbitrage opportunity, people are going to capitalise on that. it's like, why would you leave the money on the table? there will be people out there paying more than what they should do for these products. yeah. so, is that not morally reprehensible at the end of the day? i don't...| wouldn't class not having a ps5 as suffering. like, i think that's a luxury. so, with his walls of xboxs and psss behind us, he wanted to show off how much he earned, but he did speak of others that got into scalping not for greed. so i spoke to a few of them. when i first started thisjourney, i thought it was a simple story about people trying to make a quick buck. people using bots to supercharge their earnings. what i didn't expect to find were people struggling to make ends meet and turning to scalping to help out. however, this minority does exist, and you could argue that they're not doing anything that wrong. remember, currently, this is legal. but should it be? quite a lot of the activity is either related to organised crime or its related to people trafficking. you know, i take your view that there are individuals out there where it's made a difference to their lives. but that's the reason as well we want the regulation. there is no doubt that bots make scalping a lot more ferocious than it ever was, giving tech—powered resellers an edge that us, the consumers, can never compete with. so, what do you think? should it be outlawed? this is the steam deck, a hand—held gaming pc. the device feels a little bit like a switch which has been down to the gym and spent a lot of time working out, it has a grown—up feel to it, a seven inch touch—screen and although it is quite big, it is reasonably come double to use over long periods of time because it is not actually that heavy. it relies on keyboard and mouse and that offers you a lot of options and on a hand that hand—held, you don't have the same steel —— real estate but this has a plethora of control options. touch—screen, touchpads, triggers, and grip buttons underneath. all of them combined to make the pc gaming experience on the move work. the weird thing about claiming a game you are so used to playing with keyboard and mouse is that with a controller and this set up it is not quite as comfortable but the touchpad here is really making up for that. the big advantage this machine has over most new devices is its enormous library of games. most consuls have — its enormous library of games. most consuls have two _ its enormous library of games. most consuls have two rely _ its enormous library of games. most consuls have two rely on _ its enormous library of games. i’j�*if?3ii consuls have two rely on big launch setup. steam is launching with its own platform, with thousands upon thousands of games, that is something that no other console has ever been able to rely on, which puts it in such a unique position in the market. hat puts it in such a unique position in the market-— the market. not all the games in that hue the market. not all the games in that huge library _ the market. not all the games in that huge library are _ the market. not all the games in that huge library are optimised l the market. not all the games in. that huge library are optimised for play on the steam deck. games like control or fallout new vegas. even with the graphic settings maxed out. but maxing out the graphics has a drastic effect on battery life. the steam deck�*s battery will and —— lost eight hours on low end games but if you play graphics and processes intense titles, the battery life drops to two hours. this is best known as a games company in the steam store is the largest digital distribution platform is pas —— as far as pc is concerned. platform is pas -- as far as pc is concerned-— concerned. they have had a disastrous _ concerned. they have had a disastrous time, _ concerned. they have had a disastrous time, they - concerned. they have had a disastrous time, they had l concerned. they have had a - disastrous time, they had steam machines which were jumped up pieces which didn't have any benefit, they lost a bunch of money on vr headsets. lost a bunch of money on vr headsets-— lost a bunch of money on vr headsets. , , ., ., ~ ., headsets. they try to make their own controller, making _ headsets. they try to make their own controller, making a _ headsets. they try to make their own controller, making a mouse - headsets. they try to make their own controller, making a mouse into - headsets. they try to make their own controller, making a mouse into a . controller, making a mouse into a controller. — controller, making a mouse into a controller, which was very confusing and not _ controller, which was very confusing and not that— controller, which was very confusing and not that successful but with this, _ and not that successful but with this, it — and not that successful but with this, it is — and not that successful but with this, it is presenting its own version _ this, it is presenting its own version of— this, it is presenting its own version of the switch.- this, it is presenting its own version of the switch. how do you see the life-cycle _ version of the switch. how do you see the life-cycle for _ version of the switch. how do you see the life-cycle for the - version of the switch. how do you see the life-cycle for the steam i see the life—cycle for the steam deck? is it like a console when you change the machine every five years or will it be like a pc where you upgrade over the course of the machine's life? it upgrade over the course of the machine's life?— upgrade over the course of the machine's life? , , . ., machine's life? it is very much a pc and we approach — machine's life? it is very much a pc and we approach it _ machine's life? it is very much a pc and we approach it like _ machine's life? it is very much a pc and we approach it like a _ machine's life? it is very much a pc and we approach it like a pc, - machine's life? it is very much a pc and we approach it like a pc, some | and we approach it like a pc, some of the benefits you have don't really translate to the traditional pc space. if you look at something like pokemon go, it really has no analogue in a desktop computer, the whole point of it is to be out and about so for the next stage for us is to look at mobile specific opportunities.— is to look at mobile specific opportunities. is to look at mobile specific o- ortunities. , ., a , �* opportunities. the steam deck isn't erfect, opportunities. the steam deck isn't perfect. the — opportunities. the steam deck isn't perfect, the politics _ opportunities. the steam deck isn't perfect, the politics little _ opportunities. the steam deck isn't perfect, the politics little pillow- perfect, the politics little pillow end —— feel a little bit low end. in terms of specification, other hand—held pcs cost quite a bit more than this. pc gaming has enjoyed several console lifecycles and will no doubt evolve but let's see if hand—held pc devices like this one are a new revolutionary branch to the long—standing pc story. are a new revolutionary branch to the long-standing pc story. that's it this week- _ the long-standing pc story. that's it this week. find _ the long-standing pc story. that's it this week. find us _ the long-standing pc story. that's it this week. find us on _ the long-standing pc story. that's it this week. find us on youtube, | it this week. find us on youtube, instagram. _ it this week. find us on youtube, instagram. and — it this week. find us on youtube, instagram, and twitter. - it this week. find us on youtube, instagram, and twitter. see - it this week. find us on youtube, instagram, and twitter. see you. instagram, and twitter. see you soon. instagram, and twitter. see you soon- bye-bye- _ hello, there. although much of the country has seen a fine, dry, sunny easter sunday, we had seen some changes out west, the weather system pushing and has brought outbreaks of rain and that will spread across the country tonight so easter monday looks a little bit fresher across the board with one or two showers around, there will still be some sunshine around, too. so, that weather front is spreading eastwards overnight, parking itself across the east side of the country. by around dawn, barely anything on it. it will leave a legacy of cloud, one or two showers which will be blustery in the north—west of the country, some clearer spells further south. still have a lower pressure anchored to the north—west of the country, for easter monday, more isobars in the chart so it will be breezy, windier, in fact, across the north—west of the country, and it will be dragging in some cooler air off the atlantic right across the board, so it is a fresh start to our easter monday, that whether front clearing out into the north sea. we will see plenty of sunshine around but then we will also see some cloud and a few showers developing into the afternoon, and these will be blustery in the north—west of the country. where it will be windy, it will be cooler right across the board. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. ukrainian fighters in the city of mariupol ignore russia's deadline to lay down their arms. the ukrainian prime minister says they'll fight to the end. in the east of the country, ukrainians prepare to counter the latest major russian offensive. these patients now face a 20 hourjourney these patients now face a 20 hour journey to the west of here with the kind of injuries they have it. and what that tells you is the critical need the ukrainians have to free up hospital space. the archbishop of canterbury — the most senior cleric in the anglican church — condemns uk government plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda.

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