To find a Playstation 5 in store, it took eighteen months. The console is back in Micromania stores, while restocking remains calm on the net.
[Mis à jour le 30 mai 2022 à 15h46] For Sony, the year 2022 will always be very special. The company is still seeing abnormally low sales for its newest console, the PS5, despite being one of the most popular consoles in the brand’s history. In question, permanent stock shortages which prevent many potential buyers from finding their happiness. Except that for once, in these last days of May, we can find the console directly in the store, in addition to finding it during fairly regular restocking on the net. The new Horizon Forbidden West + PS5 bundles are here, and buyers are taking advantage of them.
You will have to go to the Micromania stores to try to get your hands on these brand new console packs. Indeed, it is difficult to find an offer online this Monday, resellers remain silent and restocking rare. You will probably have to wait until Tuesday morning to find the console on resale sites, which tend to offer the console on Tuesday morning, Wednesday morning and Thursday morning. Eyes will be on Micromania and CDiscount this Tuesday, May 31, while Amazon could also put the console back on sale.
Stock monitoring for Monday, May 30 live
- 3:45 p.m.: No news from the console this Monday, it will probably be necessary to wait until Tuesday morning for possible restocking.
- 10:40 a.m.: PS5 + Horizon Forbidden West bundles have arrived in stores Micromania.
- 07:00 : The PS5 is available for sale used and new at Rakuten at full price (see below), we will have to wait for other restockings.
How to buy a PS5 in 2022?
After a month rich in stock for the Sony console, restocking is slowing down, except for a few copies put on sale by Auchan on Monday. But the situation is a good omen for potential buyers of the Playstation 5, who are seeing an increase in the “drops” of the console. If you want to prepare effectively for the next restocking (which will probably take place this Tuesday morning), you can always consult the various tips, techniques and buying advice on our article below:
It is also possible to regularly find stocks of PS5 at Rakuten. However, the console is sold there at a high price. We only recommend this option if you really can’t get your hands on the PS5 at its base price (when it is available).
No PS5 until 2024?
The month of May starts 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 pressure.“Bad news for the home console and graphics card market.