15,000 PS3s, 27,000 Wiis Sold On eBay In First Week

News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:46 AM EST

Article Source: gamasutra.com

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Looking at the PlayStation 3, eBay officials note that from November 17 through November 24, 14,675 consoles were sold for an average selling price of $1,186.39. However, eBay did not differentiate between the PlayStation 3's two separate SKU's, as the console was released as both a $599 60GB model and a slightly lower priced $499 20GB version.

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From November 19 through November 24, 26,708 Wii consoles were moved through eBay by sellers for an average price of $412.53. Going back to October 19 and including all pre-sale activity, 29,451 Wiis were sold for an average price of $427.82. The console carries an MSRP of $249.99.

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Jason Coleman

Just to look at the number, that's about 5% of Nintendo Wii's sold so far (600,000) going for sale on eBay with an average markup of 65% over MSRP. Over 16% of the Sony PS3's, on the other hand (of an estimate 90,000 units) sold have gone up on eBay for an average 98% markup over the 60GB version.

This all confirms pretty much what we all knew: people are actually keeping their Wii's. However, I would like to point out, the vast majority of PS3 owners seem to be hanging on to those units as well, thus dashing the myth that most of them were just getting flipped online.

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#1 - Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:56 AM EST

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Jason Coleman

The number for the PS3 would be somewhere between 8 and 12% from the sales estimate in this story. If Sony would actually tell anyone, then we'd know for sure. However, since it wouldn't be good news to them, I suspect they'll keep that card held close.

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#1.1 - Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:09 AM EST

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