PS5. The Playstation 5 is more accessible than ever in the middle of summer, with many drops at various retailers. After Amazon this Wednesday, we expect restocking at other retailers today.
[Updated July 21, 2022 at 8:30 a.m.] Getting a Playstation 5 has become a headache for many French people for just over a year and a half. Indeed, the Sony console has been permanently out of stock since its release in November 2020. An release in the midst of a pandemic hard hit by the shortages of semiconductors which are hitting the high-tech and automotive markets. As for 2022, the situation is starting to improve in the field of home consoles, and the PS5 is more and more regularly available on the sites of French retailers. This week, it was at Sony and Amazon that we could find stocks of the console. Stocks that must always be grabbed quickly due to the great demand surrounding the console. To help you with your purchase, here is our live stock tracking of the day, as well as all the useful information around PS5 drops.
As for second-hand consoles, you will always have the opportunity to find Playstation 5s for resale. New or second-hand, Sony’s console has a real value well above its base price, and resellers have understood this. Although the Playstation 5 has seen its resale price drop by several hundred euros in recent months, it remains very high, despite some interesting offers on the Rakuten site. A purchase that remains reserved for the most motivated players and who wish to avoid the waltz of drops and purchases at full speed. Just keep in mind that the Playstation 5 Digital is €399 and the Standard is €499.
For 18 months buyers have been struggling to get a Playstation 5. The new game console is in high demand, and e-commerce sites feel it during the rare restocking and new stocks. Indeed, the crowd is great on the latter while some pages collapse completely in long queues. Speed ??is the key word of this new “sport” of which there are certain rules that can greatly benefit you. Indeed, each site has its own operation, and this slide contains a few tricks that can help you make your purchase as quickly as possible.
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 (i.e. processors and graphics processors for consoles and PCs) has been hit hard, curbing 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.
