Are scalpers running out soon?

PS5 scalpers slowly see their skins swim away. The next-gen consoles are being sold on portals such as eBay and Co. at ever lower prices. A similar trend can also be observed in this country. Are the days of the scalpers numbered?

PS5 prices in the freine case: Scalpers sell consoles cheaper and cheaper

The official MSRP of the PlayStation 5 with disc drive is 499 euros. But since the release, the console is only rarely really available at this price. Almost a year after its release, the PS5 is almost always sold out, because scalpers tear the quotas under the nail and then resell expensive.

But there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel. According to current reports Scalpers sell the console cheaper and cheaper. While around 1,000 US dollars per console were called for the scalper wedding on Cyber ​​Weekend 2020, prices on StockX in the USA have now fallen significantly. On average, the PS5 goes for about 715 US dollars, is therefore almost 30 percent cheaper (Source: Forbes).

Particularly astonishing: According to the resellers the number of consoles sold remains the same, the prices for the consoles are still going down. It seems like customers are less and less willing to pay moon prices for the console.

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Here, too, the eBay prices of the two PS5 models are slowly but surely falling. The disc version of the PlayStation 5 costs around 725 euros, the digital edition changes hands for around 670 euros.

A few weeks ago, Sony also presented its new sales targets for the PS5, which should also have an impact on pricing on the reseller market. This is what the company wants in the current fiscal year Sell ​​14.8 million consoles. Sony seems to anticipate that it will be able to solve production problems and improve availability in the future.

The PS5 may therefore be available in stores as usual at Christmas. The scalpers definitely seem to have their skins floating away. How long the reselling will be worthwhile for them remains to be seen – but there are signs of an end.