Speculators who wanted to make money on gamers fell into a trap themselves.
Video Games Chronicle reports The British eBay seller is massively reducing prices. Some resellers have set a fixed price of £680-700 (not losing hope), while at auctions the price ranges from £510 to £670.
The situation in Japan is also interesting. To information According to the Otaku Research Institute, on the day of the console’s launch, customers came to stores and bought PS5 Pro without any queues or pre-booking.
On the popular Japanese resale site Mercari, prices are barely higher than retail prices — by $65-130. After deducting a 10% commission and shipping costs, sellers either break even or even lose money. Some frankly admit that they are forced to sell consoles at a discount due to an erroneous calculation of demand.
However, speculators still found a scarce product — an external disk drive for PS5 Pro. The device with an official price of $79.99 cannot be found in any major store. On eBay UK, sellers are taking advantage of the situation and offering the drives for £150-250.
As a reminder, Sony started selling PS5 Pro on November 7. The new game console costs $700 in the US and €800 in European countries.