By the end of 2020, Sony announced another supply for the PlayStation 5, and there will be another wave of orders. Rumor has it that this 4th wave could start as early as this week. We will show you which retailers you should keep an eye on if you want to buy a PS5 this year.
The current situation regarding PS5 availability: The PlayStation 5 could be pre-ordered in 3 waves so far and was sold out quickly each time. On December 3rd, there was also another sales event, which is referred to as an interim wave or wave 3.5, where some retailers accepted a very limited number of new orders.
Since then, the PS5 has been completely sold out again and is not available from regular retailers. Only via a mobile contract with O2 can you still secure a digital version. In retail, you don’t need to look – there has been and will be no console available for the foreseeable future.
In short: If you don’t have a PS5 yet and absolutely want to have one now, but don’t want to sign a mobile contract, your only chance at the moment is: outrageous resellers selling the new PlayStation at exorbitant prices. However, this could change again.
Order or buy PS5 – What we know about the 4th wave
Will there still be consoles this year? It looks that way. The sales event in early December was apparently not the announced 4th wave. Because not all retailers who had already confirmed their participation in the 4th wave were present on December 3rd.
The chances are quite good that you will have another opportunity to buy a PS5, more precisely to order one, in 2020 – even if the delivery will most likely not happen until the new year 2021.
When will the 4th wave come? As of December 17th: No official date from Sony or a specific date from one of the retailers has been announced yet. However, according to the website Gameswirtschaft, it could start very soon.
As reported there, the 4th wave is rumored to start this week – at least at Amazon. And so far the site has mostly been right with such predictions.
Additionally, the large chain Best Buy announced supply for December 15th in the USA and sold out there. So there is a fair chance that it could also start here this week.
We will keep an eye on everything daily for you and inform you about new developments.
Keep an eye on these retailers: The event on December 3rd probably caught many off guard. Because not all participating retailers announced their participation, and no specific times were provided.
Therefore, it is advisable to keep an eye on the retailers already confirmed for the 4th wave. Because it is assumed that the 4th wave could start before Christmas, and there isn’t much time left – only this week and parts of next week.
The following retailers had already confirmed their participation in the 4th wave upon explicit inquiry by Gameswirtschaft:
- Expert
- GameStop
- Medimax
- Otto
However, it is also said that more retailers like Amazon are likely to join.
You should therefore regularly check the availability via the following links:
Order PS5 Digital at Amazon*
Order PS5 at OTTO*
Order PS5 Digital at OTTO*
Order PS5 at Expert*
Order PS5 Digital at Expert*
Order PS5 at Medimax
Order PS5 at GameStop
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If there are new developments or additional retailers become known, we will update this article as quickly as possible.
How about you? Do you already have a PS5 and are quietly laughing to yourself? Are you still waiting for delivery? Are you still hoping to at least order a PlayStation 5 in 2020? Or have you given up for the time being?
