With these 5 methods you can still get a PS5 before Christmas

If you want to give yourself or someone else a PS5 for Christmas, you will find some tips in this article on how you can be pretty sure of getting the coveted console by then.

It’s been two years since the PS5 was officially released on November 19th, 2020 and Sony’s new console is still not to be found on the shelves of consumer electronics stores. Demand still clearly outstrips supply.

Releases of big Triple A games like God of War: Ragnarok, FIFA 23 and CoD: Modern Warfare 2 only increase interest in the PS5.

We have summarized for you in the following points how you can still have a PS5 under the Christmas tree in time for the gift-giving:

PS5 on Ebay

What is there to know about a PS5 purchase on Ebay? The easiest and fastest way to get a PS5 is certainly a (used) console on Ebay. In addition to the fact that you can never really be sure whether the console or controller is working properly with used devices, there is another reason why we would advise against this method: the prices.

Most retailers who offer the PlayStation 5 on Ebay charge a surcharge of €200. Ultimately, of course, you’ll have to decide for yourself whether you want to pay 1.5x Sony’s MSRP for the console.

However, since Sony has already announced that they want to significantly increase their productions – a fact that is already noticeable in this country – we are sure that with a little patience you will be the happy owner of a PS5 even at the original price.

A few weeks ago, Sony announced that they wanted to significantly increase production so that people could gamble during the holiday season. You can read about how the group wants to do this here:

The classic: Order PS5 online with a drop

What are PS5 drops? Even two years after its market launch, the PS5 is still primarily sold via so-called “drops”. The PS5 contingents received from the dealers will be activated in the respective online shops without prior notice. The sales campaigns then go on until stocks are sold out.

However, since it is usually not known beforehand how high the number of PlayStation 5s to be sold actually is, drops are unfortunately a less reliable way of getting a PS5. In addition, there are still a lot of scalpers who have found a lucrative business model in buying up consoles in rows.

In addition, there is often complete silence for several weeks between the individual drops, as the dealers have to wait until they are supplied with new quotas again.

The best tip we can give you to still be successful with drops is to follow our PS5 ticker regularly.

In the last two years, we have been able to enable countless readers to buy the console. Our ticker keeps you up to date on a daily basis and reports in detail on facts, speculation and rumors about upcoming drops. If you keep an eye on our live ticker, the chance of missing sales promotions on popular consoles decreases.

Buy PS5 in Sony’s in-house store PlayStation Direct

What is PlayStation Direct? Almost exactly a year ago, PlayStation Direct also started in Germany. Sony’s in-house store has been around in the US for a while. In the online shop, Sony mainly sells games, accessories such as colored sideplates and controllers and also the PS5.

When the homepage was launched a year ago, there were still some technical problems and the payment process often didn’t go smoothly either. In addition, mostly long-standing PSN customers were granted the right to buy a PS5 and were notified in advance by email. Rarely did an exclusive sale lead to a public sale.

But that has now changed. PlayStation Direct has established itself as a reliable online shop that sells the PS5 on a fairly regular basis. As a rule, several bundles are offered, as well as both “naked” versions of the console – with and without a disc drive.

On the occasion of Black Friday there was another such factory sale, in which several bundles were offered.

Pre-order PS5 in stores and waiting lists

Is the PS5 even available in stationary stores? Quite a few electronics stores now offer you the opportunity to put yourself on a waiting list for the PS5. You should have the most success with Expert and GameStop, both of which retired from online sales a long time ago and are now concentrating entirely on bricks-and-mortar retail.

But some Media Markt and Saturn branches now also offer you the opportunity to pre-order the coveted console for a deposit of 100 euros.

However, since retailers hardly ever announce or advertise such sales campaigns, we recommend that you inquire directly with the branch you trust. In the past, personal inquiries in the shop and contact via e-mail have proven to be the best. We advise against telephone inquiries, as in the vast majority of cases you will be contacted by a central call center anyway.

Buy PS5 with a tariff bundle

What is there to know about PS5 tariff bundles? Again and again, various companies offer the PS5 in a bundle with a collective agreement. Two deals that keep becoming available on a regular basis are:

Think carefully about whether the tariffs and conditions make sense for you. However, if you decide to sign a contract and transfer the deposit in November, the PS5 should give you presents.

The PS5 has a whole range of shortcuts that significantly improve your user experience. You can read in this article how you, as a future PS5 owner, can move much faster through the menus of the console:

PS5: 10 handy tips and shortcuts everyone should know