
It's taken more than two years, but we now live in a time where you can simply hop online and buy a PS5. Based on our surveillance, the current-gen console has been in perpetual stock for roughly a week now, following on from what seemed to be a huge boost in production and shipping over the last several months.
Sony told us this was coming, and the Japanese giant appears to have delivered on its promises. Company forecasts in 2022 suggested that the stock issues which have plagued the PS5 since launch would soon be cleared up, and this seems to be the result.
Previously, demand for the device far outstripped supply, which is obviously why snagging a PS5 was notoriously difficult. Sony's plans were largely crippled by the pandemic in 2020, 2021, and for much for 2022, as the global crisis hamstrung production at almost every level. But now, things have clearly evened out, as soaring stock in regions like Japan have catapulted the PS5 to new sales heights.
The PS5 also claimed an important commercial victory in the US last year, where it was the best selling console leading into the holiday period. What's more, Sony's system is now flying ahead of the Xbox Series X|S — its direct competition — in what has always been considered Microsoft's strongest territory.
Put all of this together, and Sony's financials are looking especially rosy as the rest of 2023 looms. The bottom line here is that the PS5 was already selling extremely well despite all of the stock issues — and now that it's actually readily available, there's basically no stopping it.
We've gone as far to suggest that this will be year when the PS5 is finally able to hit its stride — and it looks like Sony is well aware of this potential. A new and significant marketing push is underway worldwide, and the company simply wouldn't be making this kind of effort if it wasn't confident in its ability to ship PS5s.
It's the turnaround that Sony has been waiting for — and after two years of stock issues, it's honestly strange to see. The fact that you can just jump on a website like Amazon right now and nab a PS5 with no additional hassle almost feels like an alien concept.
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Have you bought a PS5 recently? Maybe you plan on grabbing one soon? Marvel at the words 'in stock' in the comments section below.
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A couple friends of mine got their consoles this week. Stock seems indeed to be there, as bundle prices at retailers went down to what they should be (still significantly more than I paid at launch but that's both due to the official price hike and currency exchange rates)
This is good news. Especially as they are now selling a platform that requires a PS5 to work.
The pandamedic hit at a real bad time for them, and they would have lost so many sales to people just giving up and getting an Xbox instead (would have happened the opposite way round too, but Sony definitely would have come out worse given the momentum they initially had going into this gen), not to mention those on a real tight budget who would go for the series S with subsidised gaming via Gamepass due to uncertainty with jobs and then this inflation spike.
Still, good to see they are still ahead despite that because we need a very profitable Sony to maintain competition in the market alongside the trillion dollar juggernaut that is Microsoft.
Went into Walmart (from USA) with my momma bear and two college kids (or high school) were buying one. They were so pumped to get it. I’m glad more people have the opportunity to purchase such a great system.
Now that ps5 are readily available it’s time for PlayStation to complete dominate its competition. I’m ready to see Sony turn ps5 12 million consoles sales lead into a 20 million consoles sales lead over Xbox series consoles by the end of the year.
Been real since November tbh.
I'm still waiting to pick one up as there's nothing that I feel like I'm missing (only R&C and Astro Boy that I wanna play that I can only play there right now) but if Spider-Man 2 does land this year that'll be the one that makes me need the machine.
Amazing that people can finally go in and grab one off a shelf finally!!
UK stock is very good right now in shop as well.
Even solo disc console readily available.
As for our friend @4kgk2. Very optimistic and maybe for good reason.
But our PS5 solo disc stock went quick for the first 10 units but stopped now for a bit we have had 5 for a good week.
Everyone forgets the average family in UK and elsewhere I guess is facing even higher costs of living. Electric going up here again in April and less help, interest rates just gone up again to 4%.
Food etc still rising costs.
Everyone on here seems to forget all this.
I think all console suppliers need to think about this and people on here thinking massive amounts will be sold now.
Let’s not forget the PS4 is tracking sales to date time frame from release 5.45 million units ahead of the PS5.
The cost of living maybe causing this as well.
wonder if he will have ps5 pro this time next year then.
The big question now for me is: Will most of the ones who were interested back then get their systems now, or has SIE lost many of them to Xbox and/or PC?
There is always a shortage of Playstation. I remember PS2 stock being held back because they wanted to be able to exclaim sold out!
I've still yet to see any sitting on store shelves and the digital still seems a little hard to come by even online but it's definitely a vast improvement from the situation over most of the past two years. I mean, I could just order a Disc edition Ragnarok bundle right now if I wanted. At retail. Weird lol.
@Dezzy70 UK Stock is actually decreasing again. The bundleless Disc PS5 is now sold out on Amazon and Argos. Digital edition is almost universally unavailable still. Also while Curry’s have stock, there is none currently present within any stores I can see within 50 miles of me, but you can order for delivery or delivered to the store.
Where do you work?
@Gazray a ps5 pro isn’t coming.
@ChrisDeku
Try Smyths toys they get overlooked
Have just checked for you.
Solo disc PS5 in stock in almost every store.
There must be one near to you.
Hope that helps you.
@Dezzy70 cant remember ps4 dealing with a pandemic and stock shortages.
for ps5 to be 5mil behind AND with price Increase.... not to mention your competitor being freely available AND in a sale, personally id say the ps5 has done well
Just went to see on websites of the bigger retailers in Ireland and it seems like they indeed have various bundles up for a grab. Good times
@stvevan
Never said it hasn’t done well was just comparing to PS4 and mentioned the cost of living.
Sounds silly but I almost wish I didn't have one just so I could go out and buy one.
There's something magical about picking up a new games console and it always gives me warm nostalgic feelings of being a child again
I didn't believe it at first, but I checked Target and, lo and behold, there are 6 units in stock at my local store. And those are the base console for $500, which is even more surprising since the bundles are usually the only ones available. This was the first time since launch that I've seen them in stock at a major retailer with the Add to a Cart button.
However, at this point I'm just going to wait for the revised model expected to release in Q4. I have more than enough unplayed games to tie me over until then.
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