40,000 Xbox 360s Sold on eBay

[Kejoriv]

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?op...=1779&Itemid=2

[Lothars]

that's absolutly insane about the amount of 360's sold

I mean it's not surprising but just crazy amount.

[Griking]

With sales like that I wouldn't be surprised if some day we saw console and game developers selling their latest products on eBay first and then officially releasing them in stores a month later.

Heavy eBay sales like this also tells developers that people are willing to pay outrageous prices for new highly anticipated products which may encourages them to release new games at higher than normal prices (for the suckers) and then lower the price to normal a month or so later.

[stonecutter]

God I hope you are wrong on that one Griking.

[Ed Oscuro]

God I hope you are wrong on that one Griking.

Likewise.

But hey, it's a free market, right?

"Oh look, we can sell the consoles for $200 more because look, everybody on eBay was paying that much!"

[yok-dfa]

And how many of those were won by sellers shilling their own auction?

[googlefest1]

so is it time to post a reg xbox on ebay yet??

[Porkchop]

Just goes to show you the W. C. Fields was right "Never give a sucker an even break" 40,000 suckers.

[smokehouse]

This is completely absurd. It’ garbage like this that’s making me stay far away from these next gen console launches.

Completely retarded!





































Oh, and EBAY can eat my balls for single-handedly ruining the gaming market…ass holes…

[EricRyan34]

With sales like that I wouldn't be surprised if some day we saw console and game developers selling their latest products on eBay first and then officially releasing them in stores a month later.

Heavy eBay sales like this also tells developers that people are willing to pay outrageous prices for new highly anticipated products which may encourages them to release new games at higher than normal prices (for the suckers) and then lower the price to normal a month or so later.

I never thought of that before, That wouldnt surprise me really..even though most game-companies hate eBay


Lets not give them any ideas

[comrade]

...and 40,000 suckers just got ripped.

[Bluteg]

40,000 impatient buyers since 11/22/05.

[sisko]

This seems to be only half the story. Sure 40K units were LISTED on eBay. But how many of those should have been voided due to NPBs?

At least, I'm praying there aren't THAT many idiots so eager to drop $2000-$10000 on a stupid video game console. ESPECIALLY when they will be readily available in a month or two for a mere $400.

[Blackjax]

Meh, people are free to do what they want to do, but you'll never see me shed a tear when these 'eBay speculators' get stuck with something they expected to profit greatly from - like those idiots selling "Game 7 World Series" tickets this year and were on the news crying when the series only went four games. Guess you shouldn't have bought them from a scalper and waited to put them on ebay!

The number of them that went on eBay has to make you wonder how many systems actually made it into the hands of gamers however - not that there was any doubt that the initial run of the system was going to sell out or anything, but people getting the system simply to flip it probably weren't out buying accessories and games. It'll be interesting to see the final numbers when it all comes out.

The 'gotta have it! NOW NOW NOW NOW!' is something that is beyond me. Just wait, its not like these things aren't going to have another shipment. Somehow, at the prices people are paying, i doubt many of these are intended for kids.

[kedawa]

I just don't understand why someone would pay upwards of $1000 for something that retails for $400, and will do so for years to come.

It reminds me of someone I knew at university, whose parents payed hundreds of dollars for a Tickle-me Elmo for his little brother.
The kid liked it, but when he found out how much his parents payed for it, he freaked out, and asked them why they didn't just buy him something way better instead.