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33K PS5's were sold on Ebay through Dec 1. The disc PS5 had a median price of $1,021. Digital at $937. Scalpers earned around $19m in profit. 30K Xbox's were sold on Ebay through Dec 1. Series X median price was $865. Series S was $469. Scalpers earned around $10m in profit.

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Thanks for sharing this! Glad to see people are enjoying this article. I am working on a follow up now to analyze who the scalpers are and more details on the sales. Since I originally posted on 12/2 the number of PS5 disc sales has about doubled

10:34 PM · Dec 14, 2020

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Sounds interesting, feel free to DM me once the new data is up. Great work with the original article!

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