That would be a giant can of worms, and not really a problem for the government to solve. It is not a need that is being prevented for every day of life.
On the other hand, the manufacturers and the retailers are the ones who place things in place to prevent this from happening. However, once again we have to ask why they would invest money into a system that is only used every now and again for big ticket items? What is the ROI to prevent these things? Either way, especially the retailers, they get their money. Same profits for them no matter what. For the manufacturers, it could turn into an issue where the average buying public begins to lose interest in your product due to not being able to purchase and/or purchase a competitor's offering. So I would say the manufacturers have a need to put these in place, even more so for console makers where they make money off of anything sold dealing with the console.
A retailer could attempt to put in a good system to help create goodwill among the buyers, but for hot ticket items, most potential buyers do not care where they are buying it from, just wherever they can. So the return would have to be on the buyer coming back to the store to buy other items, based on the goodwill gained to purchase the hard to get item. Again, could be hard to see true ROI on that, but goodwill can sometimes go a long way.
TLDR:
- Government - no need to step in. This does not impact how a citizen lives their life
- Retailer - little need to step in. Could provide goodwill to consumers, which could increase sales in the future, but the ROI may not be there
- Manufacturers - some need to step in to protect the consumer from buying the competition instead. But if the competition is having the same issue, then maybe do it for a competitive advantage?