The commission of eBay, PayPal, and StockX in these transactions turned out to be $ 10.4 million. Driscoll’s tool for monitoring sales of game consoles allows you to track transactions only on eBay and StockX, so his statistics did not include transactions on sites such as the Facebook Marketplace. Craigslist and others. It is very likely that the total earnings of speculators are much higher than Driscoll said.

The enthusiast also shared the latest data on price dynamics and sales volumes of consoles. Currently, the average markup for each Xbox Series game console is 150% of their original price. Recently, the price of the Xbox Series S has increased by about 33%, while the price of the Xbox Series X has remained relatively stable.