After a relatively prolific few weeks for PS5 buyers, it’s time for the summer sales. Perhaps the opportunity to get a console? Here is our live restocking follow-up.
[Mis à jour le 24 juin 2022 à 10h43] If there is a product in great demand since its release, it is the Playstation 5. Unlike its Xbox cousin, the Xbox Series X, the PS5 is snapping up at various retailers, and is almost out of stock. permanent since its release almost two years ago. The next-gen according to Sony seduces, with its sleek design, its high-end performance, and its enticing exclusives. Only, getting a new console at normal price requires following certain rules today, including that of reacting very quickly when the console is put back on sale. This weekend, follow the evolution of stocks live in our company.
Friday June 24 stock tracking live
- 10:39 a.m.: No restocking of the console for the moment.
- 10:00 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 very 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 salesperson. 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?
If it is still possible to find a PS5 in 2022 provided you invest time in it, the situation is still very abnormal for many potential buyers. Impossible to find a PS5 in stores, and difficult to offer it to relatives in a conventional way. Only, the world learned last May that this strange situation could well continue. In an interview transcribed by the magazine CNBCIntel CEO Pat Gelsinger said: “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 pressure.” Enough to see the end of the tunnel, but not before 18 months.