According to a recent survey, nearly 7% of Xbox game consoles in the US and about 50,000 GeForce 30-series cards have been resold at auction sites in recent months.
In December, PCWorld covered Michael Driscoll's initial Scapler report, a professional reselling product with a high-profit margin. According to the newly released data, about 113,000 Xbox game consoles from the Xbox One to all generations of the Xbox series have been resold on eBay and StockX, auction sites. That's 6.85% of all Xboxes sold in the US. According to Driscoll's figures, Nvidia's new amperage-based graphics card was also resold at an auction site for an astonishing 49,580, making it almost as hot as the Xbox console.
Driscoll has been collecting data from eBay and the 'stock market for goods' site, StockX, for months, and is still not inspiring for those looking for new hardware. Data is available from the auction start date for each product to last Thursday.
Driscoll's data reveals the following:
- The price of the Xbox Series X is about 150% higher than the MSRP.
- The resale price of the Xbox One Series S is actually increasing.
- Most PC hardware and game console resellers have sold 100 to 500 units.
- Anyone who buys a PC product that is resold at a high margin can find a better price at a small auction site.
- Nvidia card prices have risen steadily over the past six years, and it is possible that tariffs may have caused the price of 10-series cards to rise to 50%.
- Of the Ryzen 5000 Zen 3 resellers, 41% have sold more than 5 CPUs and are likely a professional reseller.
- Zen 2 and Zen resale prices have risen by 20 to 30 percent.
- Core i9 prices fell 10-30%.
Xbox Series X and S
Driscoll's recently updated figures focused on Microsoft's popular Xbox series X and S, showing that over the past few months resellers resell Xbox consoles worth $70.7 million net worth of additional revenues of $14.7 million. Show. But the surprising figure is that nearly 7% of the new consoles were immediately auctioned for resale rather than enjoying the glory of being used in the game. Driscoll came to the conclusion that it was 6.85% based on the number of completed sales that he tracked compared to the weekly sales volume of the global market even maker VGChartz (the new Xbox 1.56 million units).
Driscoll can only track sales of eBay and StockX, so other forums, including Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist, were not included in the survey. So he speculates that the total of 7% actually exceeds 10%.
The good news is that prices have dropped significantly before the Christmas season. However, it is slowly recovering. Sales volume also declined. The Xbox Series S, which sold up to 300 units a day, currently sells about 100 units. The Xbox Series X has sold at a maximum of 800 units per day and has now dropped to 200 units.
According to Driscoll's figures, the cumulative profits of resellers have actually decreased, but in reality, it may be because fewer units are sold due to supply problems rather than falling selling prices.
50,000 Nvidia RTX 30 series resold
As of Driscoll's latest report, Nvidia's GeForce RTX 30-series amps had less than 10,000 eBay sales. Since December of the report, Driscoll has tracked that nearly 50,000 of Nvidia's new cards have been sold on Emei and StockX. As a result, sales were significant at $61.5 million, with resellers generating $15.2 million in revenue.
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| Chart based on Michael Driscoll's data |
Discroll has since released more detailed information, including the best-selling brands on eBay. The NVIDIA Founders Edition card sold the most at 26%. EVGA cards followed with 19%, followed by MSI, ASUS, Gigabyte, Zotac, and PNY.
Discroll's data also includes which particular model is currently popular with resellers. EVGA's RTX 3080 card sold 3,805 units, far surpassing all other cards. Unfortunately for Nvidia, the most-selling RTX 3090, RTX 3070, and RTX 3060 were all Founders Edition cards. There is not enough data yet to conclude that the FE card is the easiest card for resellers to profit from. It is highly likely that NVIDIA FE cards were the largest.
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| Chart based on Michael Driscoll's data |
Will resellers suffer from tariffs?
Driscoll previously predicted in a report that prices for RTX 30-series cards would fall when the GeForce 3060 Ti is released.
Driscoll said, “I expected a price drop with the release of the 3060 Ti, but it was a very wrong decision. "This is because the price of the graphics card increased from 7% to 25% due to the increase in tariffs, and resellers also increased the price as well."
For example, the GeForce RTX 3080 sold 170% of its official selling price (MSRP) during Christmas, and now it has risen to 200%. The average resale price of the RTX 3080 was $1,300, the RTX 3070 was $809 and the RTX 3060 Ti was $667. The RTX 3090, with a list price of $1,499, is sold at the auction site for $2,159.
Tariffs aren't the only factor that increases the price of the new GeForce cards. Driscoll also tracked changes in the price of older GeForce cards. We found that the price of the GTX 10-series Pascal GPUs rose to 50% in the used market. The GeForce RTX 20 series card, which has not changed much since the first day, has also increased in price, but not up to 50%. Nvidia's GTX 16-series Turing-based cards actually saw the biggest increase and sold up to 50-60% of used prices. Even the 2015 GeForce GTX 900 series now sells for an average of $167.
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| Even the old GTX 980 cards are priced up due to shortages and tariffs |
Ryzen 5000: Stuck in a more expensive state than MSRP
To start with the good news, AMD's very popular Ryzen 5000 CPU prices are actually stabilizing. The bad news is that they settled at higher prices than MSRP.
Driscoll said in the survey that the average price of the Ryzen 5 5600X chip, which sold 3,204 units, was $405, 35% higher than the list price of $300. The Ryzen 7 5800X's average resale price is over $553, only 24% higher than the $450 MSRP.
As for the Ryzen 9 chip, 1,962 Ryzen 9 5900X CPUs are sold for $800, making the most impressive. That's 46% higher than the $550 MSRP. With a list price of $799, the Ryzen 9 5950X averaged $1,187, with the lowest resale rate.
The degree to which the high-end Ryzen is overrated on eBay is surprising. While both Ryzen 9 chips have fewer resale times than both types of mid-range chips, it's important to take into account that high-end CPUs generally sell for less than mainstream CPUs. However, I think the general availability of the Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 also had some impact on sales. Since most of these products are sold in existing retail stores, which reduces resale profits, it is possible that specialized resellers have turned their attention to higher-priced CPUs.
Driscoll also said on the auction site that the price of the Ryzen 3000 series 'Zen 2'CPUs rose 25%, and the Ryzen 2000 series'Zen+' CPUs rose 33% on the auction site because it was difficult to get the Zen 3 chip.
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| Chart based on Michael Driscoll's data |
Core i9 and Core i7 price drops
Driscoll also released figures for Intel CPU sales on the auction site. He sees a big change in the Intel 10-core Core i9-10900K on October 8. From the day AMD unveiled the Ryzen 5000 chip, the price of the Core i9-10900K plummeted.
According to Driscoll's research, the Core i9-9900K auction price fell $50 and the Core i9-10900K fell $200.
Since the price has dropped sufficiently and the supply has increased, the current Intel CPU is evaluated as a product that leads in terms of price/performance. The situation between Intel and AMD is really inclined.
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