PS5. The PS5 is back this Tuesday with an offer directly from Amazon. A restocking that confirms the good dynamics of the home console market at the moment. Follow the stocks in our company.
[Mis à jour le 21 juin 2022 à 11h36] The Playstation 5 is still being talked about a lot more than nineteen months after its release. A relatively short existence spent permanently out of stock, a direct consequence of the shortage of semiconductors which is hitting the automotive and high-tech market. For buyers, the technique for finding a console has evolved. You have to stay informed to take advantage of restocking in the minute. To help you buy Sony’s console as soon as possible, here’s our live console inventory tracker. This Tuesday morning, she is back at Amazon.
Stock monitoring on Tuesday June 21 live
- 10:30 a.m.: The PS5 is available at Amazon ! Attention, the offer is reserved for Amazon Prime members.
- 7:00 a.m.: The PS5 is available for sale used and new at Rakuten at full price (see below), we will have to wait for other restockings.
As you will have understood, Sony regularly organizes private sales so that some of its customers can buy a Playstation 5. If you too wish to participate in these events which seem to be becoming monthly, you just have to go to the Sony official website Please note that to register, you must have a Playstation Network account. Don’t worry, creating a PSN account is totally free even if you don’t own a PS4 or PS5 yet. You can go to this page to create an account.
Where to find a PS5 in store?
It is also one of the quite viable solutions for the purchase of a Playstation 5: go to the store to try to find a pack. If this option is not necessarily the most efficient in terms of time and CO2, it can possibly allow you to find the rare pearl, namely a PS5 or PS5 + Horizon Forbidden West pack. Indeed, since the sale of this lot including the Guerrilla Games game and the console, it is possible to find PS5s in stores, provided you show a good dose of luck. At the moment, we know that Fnac sometimes offers the Sony console in stores, you just have to go there and ask a seller. But beware, PS5 stocks in stores are never guaranteed.
Where to buy a used PS5?
If you absolutely want to buy or gift a Playstation 5, be aware that you can still find it available on some resale sites. You will always find it on Rakuten, for example, where it is offered alone and in packs for prices that can sometimes greatly exceed its real value. Keep in mind that a Playstation is sold for €399 for its Digital version, and €499 for its Standard version. Purchases of next-gen consoles for resale are therefore reserved for the most motivated consumers.
Buying a Playstation 5 in 2022 is a bit the same as in 2021, but a little easier. The Sony console is far, very far from returning to a normal commercial situation, ie it will be very difficult for you to find it by conventional means. Even if it is sometimes possible to stumble on a PS5 pack in the store, the PS5 is traditionally only found on the internet, during very short-lived sales periods called restocking or drops. During these short windows of action, you have to grab one of the available packs, fighting against the various site bugs due to too much traffic. In short, a real way of the cross for determined consumers.
No PS5 until 2024?
The month of May started with bad news that can be found in an article by CNBC. In a recent interview with Pat Gelsinger, the CEO of Intel, the newspaper posed the sore question, and asked for an estimated duration of the shortage of semiconductors which penalizes the computer markets, home consoles and of the automobile. The answer is not very reassuring:We believe the global semiconductor shortage will extend into 2024, despite our previous estimates (2023), as shortages are now hitting equipment and some production lines will be under severe strain.“Bad news for the home console and graphics card market.