The Street Price PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X Are Really Selling

PlayStation 5 and the latest Xbox consoles are fetching a premium on resale on Inc (NASDAQ: ), in excess of double their retail price, according to the Verge columnist Sean Hollister. What Happened: Hollister said he averaged the final sales price of a hundred PS5s -- which retail for $499 -- to arrive at the street price of $1,024 for the disc edition of Sony Corporation's (NYSE: SNE) console.The digital edition, which retails for $399 has the street price of $990 by the columnist's arithmetic. Microsoft Corporation's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox Series X with a retail price of $499 is being sold with a hefty price tag of $835 and the Series S unit is on sale for $471 even though it retails for $299.Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc (NASDAQ: AMD)- made graphics cards are also in shortage and fetching high resale prices for sellers, as per the Verge.View more earnings on MSFTWhy It Matters: Hollister notes that PS5 discs and digital are almost on sale for the same price and that people are making purchases of the consoles for the sake of buying them and not for included freebies. The scalping of the units is unlikely to end anytime soon, as per Hollister.The demand for PS5 and Xbox consoles led to Best Buy Co, Inc's (NYSE: BBY) and Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) websites crashing on the day of their launch. Roundhill Investment CEO Will Hershey said on Benzinga's SPAC Attack Show this month that "PlayStation at least right now appears to be winning" the last console war.Price Action: Microsoft shares closed mostly unchanged at $214.36 on Friday. On the same day, Sony shares closed 0.61% higher at $94.40 in New York.Related Link: PlayStation 5, Xbox Supply Crunch Leads To 10% Decline In Digital Games' Sales Over Black Friday WeekendSee more from Benzinga * Click here for options trades from Benzinga * PlayStation 5, Xbox Supply Crunch Leads To 10% Decline In Digital Games' Sales Over Black Friday Weekend * PlayStation 5, Xbox, And Sneakerheads Drive StockX GMV To Record Highs Over Cyber Weekend(C) 2020 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.

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