Scalpers making an attempt to revenue from Sony’s new PlayStation 5 Professional are struggling to promote models above retail worth, as widespread availability dampens resale prospects. The $699 console, launched this week with enhanced graphics capabilities, stays in inventory at main retailers throughout the USA and Europe. eBay listings present PS5 Professional models promoting beneath the producer’s prompt retail worth, with some auctions beginning at $640. Whereas remoted listings attain $2,300, most hover close to retail worth. UK scalpers face comparable challenges, providing models at or beneath the $900 retail worth. Even in Sony’s residence market of Japan, the place availability is tighter, resellers on Mercari barely break even after platform charges and delivery prices. The state of affairs marks a pointy distinction to the unique PS5’s 2020 launch, when widespread shortages led to important markups. Solely the console’s exterior disc drive, priced at $79.99, instructions premiums as much as $130 on secondary markets.
