A recent study shed light on the extent of the resale actions of PlayStation 5 e Xbox Series X | S by the scalpers, who reportedly made over $ 28 million in revenue on next-generation consoles by reselling them on eBay's platform. The analysis was conducted by the engineer Michael Driscoll, who claimed that in November they apparently were sold 33.000 PS5 on eBay at an average price of $ 937 for the Digital version and $ 1.021 for the standard version, therefore more than double the list price, while there are about 30.000 Xbox consoles instead sold by scalpers.
From these data it now seems clear that the shortcomings of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X | S on the market are largely due to these groups of scalpers., which use advanced software to automatically purchase consoles as soon as they are available on online stores. One of these groups, CrepChiefNotify, claims to have obtained over 5.000 next-generation consoles to resell for profit in the last month alone. In a statement released this November, the group defended its actions, stating that many of its members were struggling financially and could thanks to these resales "put food on their tables“, Thanks to the profits made by the consoles. To the data related to eBay are added the sales on Stockx, a platform created for the reselling of sneakers and streetwear clothing and then became a real marketplace also for tech products. According to this research, PlayStation 5 would be generating double sales on StockX than Xbox Series X | S with around 60.000 total consoles sold. The console Sony it has an average price of $ 900 while the Xbox Series X is sold for an average price of $ 730. Of these 60.000 units, 62% would be PS5 and PS5 Digital while 38% would be Xbox Series X | S.
