Sold-out PS5 selling for £800 as gaming site claims ‘Xbox owners are racing to ditch consoles’

ANY XBOX owners wanting to ditch their consoles for a PS5 are in for a shock.

Following the news that Sony is buying Bungie — the studio that created Halo, and makes Destiny — Google Trends saw a surge of people searching for ‘sell Xbox’.

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If Sony snaps up the studio and decides to make the franchise a platform exclusive, Xbox Destiny players could end up getting locked out.

The increased search following the news could indicate that a portion of players are now weighing up their options when it comes to their console and the games exclusive to it.

Similarly, when Microsoft announced its intent to buy Call of Duty maker Activision, there was a panic over the future of the series on social media.

However, it’s impossible to say why the search trends changed – and there’s no way to be sure that Xbox owners are ditching their consoles en masse.

Both Sony and Microsoft have the power to make their newly adopted shooters exclusive to their respective consoles.

If Google Trends is indicative of Xbox gamers’ intent to hop over to PS5, anyone looking to switch will have to pay over the odds to do so.

One year post-launch, the console is selling for as high as £800 over on eBay.

There was a flurry of hugely inflated PS5 listings at launch as scalpers hoovered up the stock with bots and sold it on to desperate gamers.

While the prices aren’t as high as they were a year ago, it’s still almost double what they’re selling for at retail.

Despite frequent restocks, resellers and scalpers are still prevalent, meaning that the least expensive option is still to buy direct from a retailer.

You can buy a brand new PS5 for £449.99, or opt for the cheaper Digital Edition for £349.99.

Sony’s console is still hard to get hold of and shortages are expected to persist this year.

The company has even had to lower its PS5 sales forecast for year by over three million unit to allow for the deficit.

If you’re looking for a PS5 it’s worth following stock trackers and waiting for a restock.

Scalpers will eventually have to drop the prices of the console to something more realistic, so holding out is the best option.

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