Scalpers Have Reportedly Made $39 Million from AMD, NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Sony’s Latest Tech

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Production hurdles aside, scalpers have made it especially difficult for enthusiasts to find this season’s hottest processors, graphics cards, and next-gen gaming consoles. While the incentive for this immorality is obvious, Oracle data engineer Michael Driscoll has shared a report that provides an idea of just how much bank scalpers are making.

AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Processors

An analysis of listings and pricing trends for AMD Ryzen 5600X, Ryzen 5800X, Ryzen 5900X, and Ryzen 5950X “Zen 3” processors revealed total profits of $576,737 and total sales of $1,628,521.

CPU GraphMSRPTotal SoldMedian PricePast Week Median PriceCasual Scalper Break EvenSophisticated Scalper Break EvenScalper/eBay ProfitsTotal Sales
5600X$299728$428$413$375$304$96,454$314,126
5800X$449633$589$545$558$457$93,715$377,932
5900X$549533$873$825$682$558$190,756$483,373
5950X$799322$1395$1275$987$812$195,812$453,090

AMD Radeon RX 6800 Series Graphics Cards

An analysis of listings and pricing trends for AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and Radeon RX 6800 “Big Navi” graphics cards revealed total profits of $201,694 and total sales of $477,930.

GPU GraphMSRPTotal SoldMedian PricePast Week Median PriceCasual Scalper Break EvenSophisticated Scalper Break EvenScalper/eBay ProfitsTotal Sales
RX 6800$579263$859$850$720$589$81,044$233,321
RX 6800 XT$649191$1277$1247$807$660$120,650$244,609

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series Graphics Cards

An analysis of listings and pricing trends for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, GeForce RTX 3070, GeForce RTX 3080, and GeForce RTX 3090 graphics cards revealed total profits of $9,606,076 and total sales of $22,385,052.

GPU GraphMSRPTotal SoldMedian PricePast Week Median PriceCasual Scalper Break EvenSophisticated Scalper Break EvenScalper/eBay ProfitsTotal Sales
RTX 3060 Ti$399112$649$649$498$406$22,948$67,636
RTX 3070$4994141$786$809$623$507$1,254,754$3,321,113
RTX 3080$6997222$1315$1250$869$711$5,278,707$10,326,885
RTX 3090$14993749$2250$2017$1849$1523$3,049,667$8,669,418

Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S Consoles

An analysis of listings and pricing trends for Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles revealed total profits of $10,091,369 and total sales of $23,586,474.

Console GraphMSRPTotal SoldMedian PricePast Week Median PriceCasual Scalper Break EvenSophisticated Scalper Break EvenScalper/eBay ProfitsTotal Sales
Xbox Series S$2996863$469$500$385$304$1,481,654$3,533,691
Xbox Series X$49922932$865$895$639$507$8,609,715$20,052,783

PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Digital Edition Consoles

An analysis of listings and pricing trends for Sony’s next-gen PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Digital Edition consoles revealed total profits of $19,036,493 and total sales of $34,753,329.

Console GraphMSRPTotal SoldMedian PricePast Week Median PriceCasual Scalper Break EvenSophisticated Scalper Break EvenScalper/eBay ProfitsTotal Sales
PS5 Digital$3997322$937$1025$516$406$4,294,061$7,215,539
PS5 Disc$49925642$1021$1101$642$507$14,742,432$27,537,790

“In short, scalpers have made $82 million in sales, $39 million in profit since September on just these 14 products on eBay,” Driscoll summarized. “But let’s not forget eBay and PayPal, taking in $6.6 million and $2.4 million, respectively, in fees for providing the platform and payment options.”

The Verge also conducted a similar exercise to ascertain the true cost of AMD, NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Sony’s latest tech. The most expensive item is NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3090, whose street price is $2,076, followed by AMD’s Radeon RX 6800 XT at $1,232.

PS5, Xbox, GPU Street Prices: Holiday 2020

ItemRetail PriceStreet Price
PS5 (disc)$499$1,024
PS5 (digital)$399$990
Xbox Series X$499$835
Xbox Series S$299$471
Nvidia RTX 3090$1,499$2,076
Nvidia RTX 3080$699$1,227
Nvidia RTX 3070$499$819
Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti$399$675
AMD RX 6800 XT$649$1,232
AMD RX 6800$579$841
Tsing Mui
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