Grey Markets Compared - PS3 vs. Wii

Kotaku has a follow-up feature to their earlier look at the declining PS3 market on EBay. Post author Michael Fahey has now gone back and looked at Ebay sales, comparing the PS3 and the Wii. Unlike the sharp dips and spikes the PS3 market has suffered, the price seems to be fairly constant for the Wii console. From the article: "Considering the small window that the PlayStation 3 auctions had to turn a truly amazing profit, prospectors would have been better off in the long run purchasing a couple of Wiis, which have maintained an average profit margin of 45-50% since preorders became available. Definitely not a windfall, but a much more financially sound investment in the long run. Unfortunately these launches weren't about being sound financially. They were about betting on the big bucks, and the majority of the PS3 prospectors out there played the tables and lost."

Comments

Quit the whine

[imsabbel]

Seriously.
Whatever you buy, you are free to to what you want with it, as long as you dont violate rights of others.
Its MY decision if i lock up the PS3 in a cabinet, burn it in a bonfire or put it on ebay.

Same with concert cards.
If people are that desperade to consume a shitty performance, maybe they should sell the cards for more money to begin with, or use a bigger place. Or more events.

But i guess people dont have real problems, so they have the push those non-issues.

Re:The PS3 is starting to stock some shelves

[Leviance]

Gotta back this up. In Seattle I went to two stores (Target and Kmart) at two different times on two different days and found ps3s sitting on the shelves. I've yet to see a Wii though :( Guess Sony is just outproducing the amazingly high demand, huh S-fanboys?