Demand sees consoles going for €1k

PlayStation 4 and Xbox One game consoles are being sold online here for close to €1,000, such is the demand for the products in the run-up to Christmas.

A search on classified ads website donedeal.ie revealed sellers demanding between €500 and €1,000 for the PlayStation 4. Its retail price is €399.

Xbox One consoles were going for between €500 and €800, with people also offering to swap brand new iPhone 5 smartphones for the product. The normal retail price for the Xbox One is €499.