The recent PlayStation Network outage has been hurting just about everyone involved in the downtime. Â That includes people that are looking to abandon their PS3 games because of the lapse in service from Sony’s PSN network. Â Over three weeks into the outage players that relied on the PS3 for their source of online gaming entertainment have been left in the cold, but if looking to make a switch to the Xbox 360 have seen a decline in the normally higher than average re-sale price for games on the do-everything-console.
In a recent report from Video Game Price Charts, the site took a look at the resale prices for the Xbox 360 and PS3 and found that since the outage PS3 titles have dropped in value almost 5%. Â Titles which normally average $24.10 will now net you $22.31. Â The drop would not be cause for alarm if corresponding Xbox 360 titles weren’t rising in value as a result.
We’ll see if these prices return to a normal range when the PlayStation Network comes back online. Â Though one needs to wonder what the effects of the PSN outage on console resales has been, and if retailers like Gamestop have seen a larger than normal amount of users trading in their PS3’s for a rival brand.
Source: Industry Gamers
