Summer is finally here and seems like the perfect time to stay locked up playing the console. Indeed, the Playstation 5 is more than ever available at the moment.
[Mis à jour le 1er juillet 2022 à 18h09] The PS5 is gradually starting to regain a decent commercial situation at the beginning of July. The Sony console appears more and more regularly at French retailers, which offer many opportunities to obtain it at normal prices. The restocking of the console is increasing and its versions too, since it is now available in Standard, Digital and Horizon Forbidden West pack. This morning, the console was and is still available at Leclerc, which offers a console + accessories pack at 714 euros. We invite you to follow the restocking of the day live.
Stock monitoring for Friday July 1st live
- 10 a.m.: The PS5 is available at Leclerc
- 07h00: The PS5 is available for sale used and new at Rakuten at full price (see below), it will be necessary to wait a few hours for other restockings.
For once, the Playstation 5 remained in stock for a long time this Friday. A restocking at Leclerc which will have lasted nearly two hours, showing that for once, it is possible to obtain the console without too much effort. It must be said that the situation was beginning to be burdensome for French consumers who had to wait more than eighteen months to return to an almost normal situation. So no, the console is still not available in stores and on demand, but restocking is increasing and favoring a more classic purchase on e-commerce platforms. Hopefully this situation will continue for the next few weeks.
Where to find a PS5 in store?
If you are unable to buy a Playstation 5 console on the web, know that it is always possible to find one in the store. Sony’s console sometimes appears at French retailers, such as Fnac and Micromania recently, in the form of official Sony packs. Since the release of the Horizon Forbidden West PS5 bundle, copies of the console have appeared in stores. More discreet restocking than those on e-commerce sites, and therefore sometimes possible to find provided you show a little luck. Recently, it was at Fnac that we got wind of the stocks present in the store.
In addition to the traditional high-tech sellers where you can occasionally find Playstation 5 restocks, there is another seller who organizes monthly list sales. This is Sony, which is trying to stem the supply problems of its latest console. The Japanese manufacturer has set up a waiting list system, and regularly organizes private sales for some of those registered on these lists. To participate, you will need to have a Playstation Network account and register on the list presented in the link above. You will then have to wait for an email from Sony to invite you to the private sale, the date of which we will inform you of in this article.
Where to buy a used PS5?
Also note that it is always possible to find Playstation 5 for resale. The lucky few who have had the opportunity to get their hands on the console have fully understood its real value on the market, and do not hesitate to resell it at a price higher than its base price. You will find offers of this type on the site of Rakuten. The French retailer offers consoles at relatively reasonable prices, count all the same around 650 to 750 € for a digital version (against 399.99 € in store). A purchase that therefore remains reserved for the most motivated customers, and offers to watch out for.
Why is the Playstation 5 out of stock?
It’s a question that deserves an answer. Why have we gone in a few years from a completely normal market to a console that has become a rare bird? The answers are multiple, and begin in 2020 with the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Microchip and semiconductor metal factories in Southeast Asia have been hit hard by health restrictions, and are only now beginning to return to a normal production rate. Add to that the recent political tensions between Russia, China and the Western world, and you’ve got a less than ideal situation for console vendors.
PS5 out of stock, it’s until when?
Now that we have put our finger on the origin of the state of the home console market, we can only ask ourselves the following question: the end of stockouts, when? Well the answer is no less grim than the state of the market. While it was announced a few months ago that 2023 would be the year of salvation for the Playstation 5, the war in Ukraine has strongly pushed back these estimates. Pat Gelsinger, CEO of Intel, has announced that his company does not expect a return to normal before 2024. An announcement that concerns home consoles, but also the automotive and graphics card market.
PS5 accessories
Who says Playstation 5 console also says a full range of accessories available. The console is of course accompanied by the new DualSense controllers, with haptic feedback features for more real-than-life vibrations. But that’s not all, the console also comes with the new Pulse 3D gaming headset, offering surround sound allowing you to fully experience the sound environments of video games. Finally, the PS5 will soon boast of having its own VR headset, the PS VR 2, of which we will soon see the first images, and which will be released with more than twenty games.