Game Shops Receive 2,000 Poop Slinger Copies as $1,000 PS4 Rarity Faces Value Crash
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Updated · Kotaku · May 16
Game Shops Receive 2,000 Poop Slinger Copies as $1,000 PS4 Rarity Faces Value Crash
3 articles · Updated · Kotaku · May 16
Multiple video game shops said they were mailed unsolicited boxes of Poop Slinger, a 2019 PS4 release that had traded for more than $1,000 because fewer than 100 copies were thought to exist.
A rumor cited by retailers says a liquidator was asked to move more than 2,000 copies at far below market value, while one store said a postmaster handled 39 packages containing six copies each.
VS Games LLC in Virginia, listed on shipments, told recipients it was also fielding calls and did not appear to know why the games were being sent; stores first feared fraud or counterfeits, but the copies now appear genuine.
The episode points back to Limited Rare Games, which said it printed only about 100 copies even though Sony manufacturing minimums are at least 1,000, suggesting withheld stock may now be flooding the market.
Some shops are holding or giving away the games rather than selling immediately, as the surprise supply surge threatens to puncture one of the PS4 collector market's strangest scarcity stories.
When a rare game becomes worthless overnight, who is responsible for the financial loss to collectors and resellers?
With the gaming industry facing layoffs and hardware shortages, is this prank a sign of deeper market instability?
How does one publisher's stunt challenge the entire concept of value in the collectible video game market?