Christmas has come and gone, but the latest high-end gaming consoles and gaming GPUs are still out of stock in stores and sold for big prizes on eBay.
Although replacement prices for Sony (SNE) – Get report PlayStation 5 and Microsoft (MSFT) – Get report The Xbox Series X has fallen since the peak reached after the consoles went on sale in November, they are still comfortably above list prices.
The standard PS5, which has an MSRP of $ 499, still sells for more than $ 800 on eBay (EBAY) – Get report, for example. And the PS5 Digital Edition, which has no optical drive and has a suggested retail price of $ 399, tends to cost around $ 700.
The Xbox Series X is being sold for about $ 700 on eBay. This represents a decent prize for the console’s $ 499 MSRP, though less than one that is run by the PS5, which of all indications saw (with the help of an arguably superior list of exclusive release titles) greater interest of the players.
Meanwhile, the Xbox Series S, which lacks an optical drive and has a less powerful GPU than the Series X, normally sells for $ 350 to $ 400. This represents a moderate premium to the suggested price of $ 299 of the S series.
Nvidia’s (NVDA) – Get report GPUs for the RTX 30 series games also remain important items after their launches in September and October. The top-of-the-line GeForce RTX 3090 is always changing hands for about $ 2,000, well above the suggested price of $ 1,499, as you can see below.
Recent eBay sales of graphics cards with Nvidia’s RTX 3090 GPU. Source: eBay.
The RTX 3080, which has a suggested retail price of $ 699, is currently selling for around $ 1,200 to $ 1,300. And while Nvidia delayed its launch by two weeks in October in an attempt to avoid major shortages, the RTX 3070 is still selling today for $ 750 to $ 800, well above its suggested price of $ 499.
The story is similar for AMD’s (OMG) – Get report Line of GPUs for RX 6000 games, launched in November and early December. The flagship Radeon RX 6900 XT typically sells for $ 350 to $ 400 above its suggested price of $ 999; the RX 6800 XT sells for $ 400 to $ 500 above its suggested price of $ 649; and the standard RX 6800 sells for $ 200 to $ 300 above its suggested price of $ 579.
While this shortage and aftermarket premiums for next-generation gaming hardware are unlikely to last throughout 2021, it appears that they will remain in place during the beginning of the year, as chip and hardware vendors deal with supply constraints. of the chain and huge demand from consumers who spend more time at home than ever before due to COVID.
Sony and Microsoft have warned that they expect the shortage of their latest consoles to persist in early 2021. In November, Xbox CFO Tim Stuart predicted that the shortage of the Xbox Series X and S would last until the June quarter of 2021 from Microsoft.
Likewise, Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang predicted in October that the shortage of RTX 3080/3090 graphics cards would last until 2021. And in late November, AMD supposedly predicted that it would take 4 to 8 weeks for prices graphics cards in the RX 6800 series fall to their MSRPs.
Of course, given what the balance between supply and demand currently looks like for the most powerful gaming GPUs from AMD and Nvidia, players in the market for an RX 6800 series card should probably not hold their breath waiting for a quick return to MSRPs. .
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