Can you check when a controller was sold?

Or when it was first used.
Because my friend had bought a 200 euro controller with additional buttons, but now he broke after the guarantee. He has now ordered the exact same thing again and then wants to say that the new one broke, but then send the old one in.
Apart from the fact that I find it morally questionable…
They can easily see when he connected his controller to his Playstation for the first time, then he just flies up. However, he hopes that they will not be able to do what I find really stupid.
Does anyone know anything about it?

Of course you can. They have a production number and can easily check it. Incidentally, this is a matter of cheating on your friend.

You can try it, but you have to be careful that it is not too conspicuous. B. Because of a serial number or something, but I don't think SONY is checking the controller. For a global company, the 200 euro are almost irrelevant.

Yes that's why i mean yes… That's stupid from front to back and thanks by the way

Do you really mean that the dealer archives the assigned production number for each device sold?

Ne iwi is not the sony controller but another brand

Even if the controllers look the same, they don't always have to be the same. Sony has its PS4 controller e.g. Adjusted over time. I think there are 3-4 different versions. At the latest it would be noticed.

Nevertheless, the controller has a serial number with which it can be determined very precisely when and where the controller was built. There's probably even a comparison in Sony's database to which devices which controllers have already been connected, etc. Wouldn't be a lot of work in the background.

If that comes out, he can face a fraud lawsuit.

You might not even care about 200 euro, yes.
But if a few more people do that, Sony is giving away a fortune and hiring doesn't make you a global company.

Iwi is not from Sony, but a smaller company… But I think it's so stupid

Yes, I'm 100% sure of that.

You generally have to show a receipt for warranty cases.
If the manufacturer sees them, they will notice it anyway.

The controllers have nothing to do with Sony.

This is not the point, but that such a global company would not be able to comply with such returns. Amazon hardly checks what is returned and is still a billion dollar company.

The only question is which controller manufacturer it is and how exactly they check it.

For really high-class devices: yes, definitely. For things under 1,000 euro probably not. At least not the dealers.

If it breaks shortly after the guarantee period, that almost sounds like a calculation! We used to have a television and had it repaired for 50 euro!

He wanted to show the new receipt…

No, he only has one feature that you set any button differently that you used first and that was probably so badly built that you needed a lot of power and probably worked first and then he wanted to do it again, then that's it controller iwo broken