PS5 Ships 4.5 Million Consoles in First Quarter of Availability

Did these actually go to genuine customers this time?

Just imagine if they was available in the same quantity as PS4...

Confused, as the article uses profits and earnings interchangeably.
Regardless, Sony sold everything they could make, and clearly haven’t had any disasters hardware wise, so they’ll be happy. Main thing now is to get the Now and Plus services sorted out!

pointless numbers if most are with scalpers

@suikoden @Deanster101 Considering the sort of stock numbers scalpers have apparently shared, the vast majority of PS5 consoles have gone to actual paying customers.

Unfortunately most aren’t with scalpers they are with PlayStation fans that were willing to over pay.

I'm sooo glad I was able to get one first weeks or so, been enjoying it a lot.

It's interesting that Sony still plan to ship more PS5 by the end of March then they did for PS4 so it seems there is no major manufacture issue.
I think there will still be some shortage even in early 2022 because of incredible demand.

Oldies but goodies 😃:

There is no trace of the PS5 in my region, and still won't be for months, this is silly.

I bought a new 4k tele recently in preparation for the PS5 but I can't get one anywhere so I've still not seen any 4k games on it. I have watched that 4k Venice Beach walking tour vid on YouTube and pretended it was GTAV, though.

@Jacko11 PS4 seems in very short supply as well; the ones you can buy seem to be for very inflated prices and as for the availability and prices of the DualShock 4, they're shocking!

@sanderson72 Lol, so the prices of the console and the controller are “dualshocking”? 😂

Ps5 is doing theyre thing.im pretty sure they outsold x bot a lot word up son

I get scalpers are a real problem but the comments saying most of these consoles have went to scalpers are of course, complete BS.

Its actually pretty boring now reading them.

Scalpers are managing to get some, that much is clear but the demand has been incredible.

First world problems and all that.

What people seem to be forgetting is that scalpers have the hardware for a very short amount of time. Demand is so great for ps5 they sell in seconds and go to a genuine home. One that has just overpaid for their console but a genuine home nonetheless...

@sanderson72 I have tbh here, I have no clue what you’re talking about 😂😂

PS4’s are available almost everywhere and Dualshock 4’s can be purchased for £40-60 depending on colour preferences and location. Can even be bought cheaper NEW on eBay.

At launch, PS4’s weren’t to hard to come by. Even if they went out of stock, a week later they were restocked.

@suikoden even if you said 100,000 were with scalpers, and I doubt that, it’s a tiny number. I get it’s frustrating seeing the news stories if you are trying to get one but there is nothing strange here.

@Jacko11 I agree that the launch situations haven't been the same.
All I was saying is that in the here and now, slim PS4s seem to be retailing over £300 (RRP ~£200-250 for slim model?) and DualShock 4 controllers seem to be selling for about £60+ instead of £45.
The DS4s I'm talking about are the official ones as the much cheaper ones on eBay seem to be Chinese knock offs given a lot of the negative reviews.

The insatiable appetite for the PS5 will be tempered once the masses all start to experience the weak link in the system, the DualSense.

It's no fun having to keep sending your controller away only for it to be replaced with a like for like piece of crap.

Whoever did quality control on this thing needs taking out back and be given a good talking to.

The R2 trigger is not fit for purpose in its current state.

And it doesn't like feedback when you're trying to accelerate in a racing game like Dirt5. It constantly clicks, as you try to squeeze and it pushes against you.

That isn't natural.

The forum on this website has numerous people experiencing the same issue with the R2 trigger, and there are loads more over on AVForums too.

It's no consolation to anyone that doesn't have a console but, as an early adopter I expected problems with software, not hardware.

@sanderson72 the PS4 is still a vibrant and thriving console though. The jump from PS3 to PS4 was a much different scenario whereas PS4 to PS5 isn’t. The slim model is the standard model now and is still a great price for £200-250.

A handful of the controllers below £45 on eBay are knock off but it’s not difficult to filter these out. In seconds you can find genuine controllers for cheaper prices. I personally purchased the purple controller before Christmas for £30 brand new. ShopTo and GAME have them for £45-50 and there are constant 10-20% off deals on eBay where you can buy controllers from ShopTo and TheGameCollection for under £35.

HotUKDeals post multiple controller sales a month as well.

I just think you might be over exaggerating it a little.

@suikoden See I would say the same thing - but that 4.1 million Spider man number is intriguing. If they sold 4.5m consoles accounting for not everyone getting spider man and accounting for bots scooping up bundles, I think the numbers tend to agree with the info coming out that only about 10-15% of these have been scalped. Roughly 400,000 units. That is a lot and it sucks - but most of these consoles are actually going to people. Mind you - I am saying this having failed yet again to acquire one. Incidentally - if any of you reading this wanted to sell me your spare PS5 for $500 - I'd gladly pay you

@solocapers Sales numbers of games starts to prove what you are saying is correct.

Wait, isn't that less than half the number they were aiming to meet? And didn't we hear they had far more consoles available at launch than PS4? But this metric sounds like it's the same as PS4....

@Jacko11 Exactly. I've just bought a camo DS4 from ShopTo to play PS4 games on the PS5 with as the DualSense is weak as duck.

I wish I hadn't given away my TLOU2 DS4 with my Pro now in December.

@Woogy you gave away your TLOU2 DualShock?!

How dare you sir 😂

@Woogy It's works perfectly for me. I use it for everything on my PS5 but VR games that needs a DS4. It's been fantastic with it's new features. Shame to hear you're having trouble though.

How is this possible??? Because since the first wave of PS5's last year it feels like no more were made??? God knows how I got mine last year. Just by luck it seems

Not surprised. Glad I got mine, great system. And one of the easiest Generation transitions I have ever done. Left my PS4 out thinking I would need it, not touched it once so far.

BC and PS5 upgrades have been rock solid.

@Woogy yeah mine has been fine too and I'm using it for remote play also. Seems like you got a bad batch or something maybe? (Watch mine break tomorrow now 😆).

I am praying that it doesn't get that horrible analogue stick material falling apart like the first batches of DS4...

I been on my computer everyday not exaggerating at all to find a ps5 online since launch. I have not even come close to even putting one in a cart without them getting snatched up. Every time it happened in seconds. Most of these DEFINITELY went to scalpers.