Christmas has come and gone, but the latest gaming consoles and state-of-the-art GPUs are still sold out at retailers and are selling for big premiums on eBay.
While aftermarket prices for Sony (NES) – Get the report PlayStation 5 and Microsoft (MSFT) – Get the report The Xbox Series X has dropped from the highs it reached after the consoles went on sale in November, they are still comfortably above list prices.
The standard PS5, which has a suggested retail price of $ 499, is still selling for over $ 800 on eBay (EBAY) – Get the report, e.g. And the PS5 digital edition, which does not have an optical drive and has a suggested retail price of $ 399, tends to cost about $ 700.
The Xbox Series X retails for about $ 700 on eBay. This is a decent premium for the price of $ 499 on the console, although less than what is ordered by the PS5, which in all indications has seen (with the help of a considerably higher list of exclusive launch titles) a stronger interest from the players.
Meanwhile, the Xbox Series S, which does not have an optical drive and has a less powerful GPU than the X series, usually sells for between $ 350 and $ 400. This is a moderate premium to the $ 299 S-Series price.
Nvidia’s (NVDA) – Get the report RTX 30 series gaming GPUs also remain hot items after their September and October releases. The top GeForce RTX 3090 is often traded in hands for about $ 2,000, well over $ 1,499, as you can see below.
Recent eBay sales of graphics cards powered by Nvidia’s RTX 3090 GPU. Source: eBay.
The RTX 3080, which has an MSRP of $ 699, typically sells for about $ 1,200 to $ 1,300. And, although Nvidia postponed its launch for two weeks in October, in an attempt to prevent major shortcomings, the RTX 3070 still sells for $ 750-800 today, well above its $ 499 price.
The story is similar for AMD (I HAVE D) – Get the report GPU line for RX 6000 games, launched in November and early December. Admiral Radeon RX 6900 XT typically sells for $ 350 to $ 400 above its $ 999 price tag; The RX 6800 XT retails for $ 400 to $ 500 over $ 649; and the RX 6800 standard sells for $ 200 to $ 300 over its $ 579 price tag.
Although such shortages and sales premiums for state-of-the-art gaming hardware are unlikely to last throughout 2021, it looks like they will remain in place for the first part of the year as chip and hardware vendors deal with of both supply chain constraints and huge demand from consumers who spend more time at home than ever thanks to COVID.
Both Sony and Microsoft have warned that deficiencies for the latest consoles are expected to persist in early 2021. In November, Xbox chief financial officer Tim Stuart predicted that the lack of Xbox Series X and S will last until the Microsoft quarter of June 2021.
Similarly, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang predicted in October that the lack of RTX 3080/3090 graphics cards will last until 2021. And at the end of November, AMD estimated that it will take 4 to 8 weeks for board prices RX 6800 series graphics to decrease. to their MSRPs.
Of course, given the current supply-demand balance for both AMD and Nvidia’s most powerful gaming GPUs, gamers in the market for an RX 6800 series card probably shouldn’t hold their breath. waiting for a quick return to MSRPs.
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