Buy PlayStation 5? Sony expects more deliveries and fewer stock problems in the second half of 2021.
PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan has indicated in conversation with Wired that he expects the PlayStation 5 to be more available in the second half of 2021. How seriously we should take that is still a question, because the Japanese company recently announced that it would not be able to meet the demand until 2022.
“We are working as hard as we can to improve the situation,” Ryan said in conversation with Wired. “We are seeing production increase during the summer and certainly in the second half of the year and we hope to see a kind of return to normalcy in that period in terms of the balance between supply and demand.”
The comments follow a similar response from Ryan in February, when he suggested the situation would improve by the month in 2021 – especially in the second half of the year. We have seen little of this in the Netherlands and Belgium, because the last drop took place more than a month ago. At Bol.com and Coolblue, the advice is still to register for a notification, so that you may be informed at an early stage. Amazon has indicated to customers that it will receive the next delivery between 10 and 17 May, while MediaMarkt will only be able to offer individual copies again in July due to all open orders. The overview below gives you an idea of when the last drops took place:
- 12 months of PlayStation Plus for € 49.99 at CDKeys.com
- Sony 3D Pulse headset (PS4 / PS5) in stock at Bol.com
PlayStation 5
- Bol.com (click on ‘Notify me’ for early notification)
- Coolshop (sold out)
- Amazon Netherlands (last drop 23/03)
- Amazon Germany (last drop 04/15)
- Amazon France (last drop 07/04)
- Amazon Spain (last drop 07/04)
- Amazon Italy (last drop 05/12)
- MediaMarkt (last drop 19/03)
- Wehkamp (sold out)
- Coolblue (click on ‘Notify me’ for early notification)
- BCC (last drop on 11/03)
- NedGame | PS5 bundle (last drop 04/14)
- Game Mania (sold out)
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition
- Bol.com (click on ‘Notify me’ for early notification)
- Coolshop (sold out)
- Amazon Netherlands (last drop 23/03)
- Amazon Germany (last drop 04/15)
- Amazon France (last drop 09/03)
- Amazon Spain (last drop 3/24)
- Amazon Italy (last drop 09/03)
- MediaMarkt (last drop 19/03)
- Wehkamp (sold out)
- Coolblue (click on ‘Notify me’ for early notification)
- BCC (sold out)
- NedGame | PS5 bundle (last drop 06/03)
- Game Mania (sold out)
Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki recently said that Sony cannot keep up with demand and that stock problems will continue into 2022. “Even if we have many more PS5 consoles next year, our supply could not keep up with demand,” said Totoki. What’s actually going to happen with the stock and offerings is unknown, of course, but it’s probably fair to say that the conflicting reactions don’t paint the most promising picture for PlayStation fans still on the hunt for a PS5.
Totoki has also stated that Sony is exploring various options to address the global chip shortage, such as finding secondary suppliers or possibly supplying a refreshed PS5, which may be released in 2022.
