With very good performance and an unbeatable price, the PS5 remains one of the most sought-after high-tech objects of the moment. We help you find it.
[Mis à jour le 12 juillet 2022 à 14h15] Released in the midst of a pandemic in November 2020, the PS5 has since never left its status as a product out of stock. A status largely due to supply disruptions resulting from the global shortage of semiconductors. Bad news for the many French players, this situation could well last until 2024. But it does not prevent consumers determined to find copies of the console, taking advantage of occasional restocking at certain retailers. Only, it is necessary to react quickly when the console is put back online to seize the rare copies put on sale. We help you in your business by offering you our real-time monitoring of stocks and drops of the day, as well as all our buying advice in the slideshow below.
Our inventory follow-up for Wednesday July 13 live
- 08:30: for the moment the console has not appeared on French resale sites.
- 08:30: find the console used and new at Rakuten.
PS5s have also become a precious commodity, and retailers have understood this. If you want to get a Playstation 5 at all costs, you can therefore go to console resale sites, private individuals like Rakuten. The French resale site offers you new and used copies of the console between 600 and 700 euros, i.e. at a price 20 to 30% more expensive than the basic selling price of the console (399 € for the Digital version, €499 for the Standard version). Positive point, unlike restocking and other drops, you will be sure to receive your console, against a much higher price on the other hand.
If you’re new to the Playstation 5 console market, you’ll be happy to know that there are a few tricks that can make buying your console easier and faster. You will find among these tips some basic advice such as creating an account on all the so-called likely to put consoles on sale (Intermarché, Carrefour, Micromania, CDiscount, Fnac, Amazon…) but also essential ones such as the one that Amazon sales are only for Amazon Prime members. Add to that some wishlist management tips, and you’ll be ready for the next Playstation 5 restocking after reading this slideshow.
As you will have understood, the Playstation 5 is part of a generation of consoles released directly out of stock. Remember, when Sony’s last console was released, it was November 2020, and the coronavirus pandemic was reaching peak levels, paralyzing the economy around the world. Southeast Asia, the leading producer of semiconductor metals used in the manufacture of smart cards (ie processors and graphics processors for consoles and PCs) has been hard hit, slowing the production of consoles, graphics cards and even cars all over the world. A factor that is still felt today on the high-tech market, and particularly on that of the latest generation game consoles.
As for Playstations 5, and more generally graphics processors, the situation should not return to normal before 2024. A prediction made by Pat Gelsinger, the President and CEO of Intel, who affirms in an interview with CNBC that the production of microchips should return to its full potential by the end of 2023. A precise expertise but a bad omen for console and PC gamers who expected to be able to enjoy a stable situation by the end of 2023 the end of the year 2022.