A large PS5 stock is expected to arrive in the US, UK and Ireland this week, and Sony will move 14 million units from its new game console this year.
At least it is according to PS5 Stock Central on Twitter, a regular tipster for PS5 updates, indicating that stock is expected to drop on Thursday, January 7th. We were unable to verify this information, so it’s worth taking it with a pinch of salt, but PS5 Stock Central has been pretty reliable in the past.
Finding where to buy the PS5 was a big challenge for PlayStation fans, as stock around the world sold out very quickly after the PS5 was launched on November 12th. Subsequent PS5 inventory in the run-up to the 2020 holiday season allowed arch-buyers to sharpen the consoles, inventory levels were generally limited, and so the PS5 quickly ran out of stock again.
Retailers expect stock to arrive for orders on January 7th. If the stock has not yet arrived, we can wait until the 12th and 14th for retailers to get stock due to Brexit and shipping is a bit * Show. # PS55 January 2021
The situation has not yet been helped by scalpers using bots to see new PS5 shares the moment it enters. The bots end up buying as many consoles as possible to then sell at very high prices. Some retailers have taken action to prevent this by limiting PS5 orders to one per person, although scalpers do not try to grab as many PS5 units as possible.
Since the PS5 has been running for almost two months, we hope Sony has started producing more consoles at a faster pace. Given the ambition to move millions of PS5 consoles over the year, we can take a guess that Sony has increased its production, although there was no official word on this.
Microsoft is in the same position as Sony, with the Xbox Series X in stock at almost every retailer we check – check out where to buy Xbox Series X items for more information. But Microsoft has called on AMD to help it get more Xbox Series X consoles on the market.
As such, it would appear for the time being that both Sony and Microsoft are getting ready to have more of their new game consoles available this year. 2021 will be a big year for the next generation of games, with Gran Turismo 7, Horizon Forbidden West, Halo Infinite and Fable 4 on the horizon.