If you are looking for a place to buy a PS5 or Xbox Series X, you know that duffers are a big problem. Demand for gaming consoles is so high that duffers are trying to make a profit by buying up inventory.

Hopefully, they can actually do something about it. Six British MPs have called for legislation to ban the sale of consoles and computer parts that are "substantially above" the manufacturer's suggested retail price.

Protecting computer parts from overly inflated aftermarket prices would also benefit many PC gamers who struggle to afford the latest graphics cards (like the Nvidia RTX 3090) for similar reasons. The law would also make it illegal to resell items purchased through automated bots, a major weapon in the duffer's arsenal.

However, it is still too early to get our hopes up. This is because this is only a motion by six members of the general assembly to enact a new law, and it will be a long time before such a law is voted on, let alone put into effect.

Consoles may be a hot topic right now, but for many hard-to-find inventories, duffers are a major problem. In fact, one of the most well-known groups of PS5 scalpers admits that they started by buying up limited edition sneakers.

But enacting anti-duffer legislation would be a start to stopping duffers from ruining everyone's time for pocket change. This has been a major issue this year, not only around the launch of next-generation gaming consoles, but in general.

With supply chains severed, older consoles like the PS4 and Nintendo DS are becoming increasingly hard to come by. Part of this is due to high demand, but there are also reports of people buying up inventory in hopes of selling it later for a profit.

Policing this hypothetical law is another story, though, and would need to be worded carefully enough to avoid incriminating random people selling valuable kit they no longer want or need.

And while it would not stop duffers selling consoles offline, it would at least give the UK government the power to prevent retailers from hosting these listings, thereby limiting the potential reach of each duffer.

Of course, duffers are a global problem, and the U.S. would need to enact anti-duffer legislation to eliminate them. Or, at the very least, retailers could set stricter restrictions to discourage people from trying to buy large quantities of desirable goods at once.