PLAYSTATION 5's seem almost impossible to come by.
New stock drops at the likes of Currys, Argos, Game, Very and Amazon are snapped up before most us even have a chance to get on the websites, so it pays to be super-fast when rumours of an imminent release begin to swirl.
But never fear, The Sun is here….
You can follow all the latest news and stock rumours here, live on this page – giving you the very best chance to get yourself a console or accessories like wireless headphones.
Follow our PS5 live blog below for the very latest news and updates.
- Niamh Cavanagh
GENIUS WEBSITE HELPS YOU 'BAG THE SOUGHT AFTER PS5'
A genius website is promising to help you bag a PlayStation 5 when the sought after console is next in stock.
Hotstock offers real-time product tracking across multiple major stores, and will alert you when something is available to buy.
As well as console like the sold-out PS5 and Xbox Series X, the site can also track online stock of virtual reality headsets like the Oculus Rift.
It's available to people in the UK, US and Canada.
- Niamh Cavanagh
PS5 GAMES COMING SOON (MARCH-SEPTEMBER)
MARCH
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon – March 2
- Control: Ultimate Edition – March 2
- Monster Energy Supercross: The Official Videogame 4 – March 11
- Returnal – March 19
- Balan Wonderworld – March 26
- It Takes Two – March 26
- Terminator: Resistance Enhanced – March 26
- Tennis World Tour 2 – March 2021 (tentative)
APRIL
- Guilty Gear Strive – April 9
MAY
- Hood: Outlaws & Legends – May 10
- Deathloop – May 21
JUNE
- Back4Blood – June 22
SEPTEMBER
- Neptunia ReVerse – September 30 (US)
'NO STOCK TILL JANUARY 2020'
PS5 fans may have to wait till the New Year for a much anticipated restock of the PS5.
Twitter accounts dedicated to updating fans on potential UK restocks have said it's likely there will be no new stock in Britain until January 2020.
@PS5STOCKNOW tweeted: “Look Like There’s Going To Be Not Stock Till January 2021.”
- Catriona Graffius
PS5 SWITCHES MIC ON BY DEFAULT
Your PS5 now has an embedded mic in the controller that is active by default.
Players could find this creepy, but also annoying for others if you don’t know that you’re broadcasting.
Change the default settings by going to Settings > Sound > Microphone > Microphone Status When Logged In > Mute.
Unmute manually by hitting a button on your controller when you do want to use a mic going forward.
The mute light will show up on your controller when on.
- Catriona Graffius
PLAYSTATION STOCK AVAILABILITY
Amazon – Not available
Asda – Out of stock
Argos – Not available – nothing until 2021
Currys – Out of stock
eBay – Some consoles available but some are going for over £600
GAME – Out of stock
John Lewis – Out of stock
Tesco – Restock expected
Very – Restock expected
- Catriona Graffius
NINTENDO SWITCH OUTSELLS PS5 BY 4-1 IN RUN UP TO CHRISTMAS
The Nintendo Switch outsold the PS5 by four to run in the run up to Christmas, HEXUS reports.
Nintendo's current console became highly sought afterduring lockdowns this year, and the console easily outpaced newcomers like the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles in the pre-Xmas sales period.
According to VGCharts, Nintendo Switch sold over 1.3million consoles between December 6 and 12, while the PS5 sold 365,048.
This may, of course, be due to a lack of PS5 consoles across the globe after the device sold out in late November.
- Catriona Graffius
GET MORE STORAGE SPACE ON YOUR PS5
PS5 has a lightning-fast solid state drive (SSD) for storage.
The segmentation of games also means that game downloads should be smaller – but you may still fill up the available 667 gigs quite quickly if you play a lot of different games.
Sony has promised to activate the internal slot that allows you to add an approved SSD card in the near future.
But for now, you can plug an external SSD or HDD that supports USB 3.0 or higher, into a USB port on your PS5 to help improve storage – but you can only play PS4 games stored on that external drive.
- Catriona Graffius
WHEN DID PS5 AND XBOX SERIES X LAUNCH?
Microsoft launched the Xbox Series X and its smaller, cheaper sibling, the Series S, on November 10.
The release date covered the UK, US, Australia and a bunch of other countries worldwide.
The disc-free Series S costs £249/$299, while the Xbox Series X comes in at £449/$499.
The PS5 launch fell on November 12 for the US, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea.
UK gamers had to wait until November 19 to order one of the £449.99 consoles.
- Catriona Graffius
THE KFCONSOLE: WHEN YOU CAN'T FIND A PS5 BUT WANT WARM CHICKEN
Fast food titan KFC has launched a video game console featuring a special draw to keep your chicken wings warm.
On December 22 KFC unveiled an official trailer for the machine, featuring what appears to be a prototype model.
KFC promised that its contraption would bring an end to the “console wars” that have raged for years between Microsoft's Xbox and Sony's PlayStation.
Official press releases from KFC and Cooler Master – a US PC specialist that designed on the machine – appear to confirm the KFConsole is indeed real.
Sadly, no price or release date has been given for the KFConsole but it's likely it will get a limited release with only a handful of consoles made available to consumers.
- Catriona Graffius
NOW YOU CAN GET YOUR PS5 DIPPED IN GOLD
If being one of the lucky gamers who nabbed a PS5 isn't enough for you, you can now get your coveted console dipped in gold.
Luxury company Caviar has launched their latest Golden Rock project which uses roughly 20kg of gold sheets to add elaborate golden plating to your shiny new PS5.
At around 39 x 10.4 x 26cm (H x W x D) the PS5 is already a chunky console, but if you have the means and inclination for it to be wrapped in gold then Caviar will give your console the Midas touch.
Controllers can also be enveloped in crocodile leather with gold inserts to match the console's ornate design.
Caviar hasn't released details about how much the Golden Rock PS5 will cost but you can express your interest on its glitzy website.
- Catriona Graffius
NEW GAMES TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2021
Next year promises to be a massive one for Sony, with a slew of big-budget games that could make (or break) its next-generation console.
New entries to the Hitman and Ride series will hopefully start 2021 off with a bang in January.
And those titles are swiftly followed by Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Sega's eighth releases in the popular Yakuza RPG series.
Gamers also have Far Cry 6, Gran Turismo 7 and a new Resident Evil to look forward to – though their release dates are a little more tentative.
Check out the list here, first reported by PushSquare, for the PS5's full line up for 2021!
- Hana Carter
PS5 DUALSENSE CONTROLLERS REPORTEDLY BREAKING
Gamers are reportedly highlighting problems with the PS5 DualSense controllers.
According to Hot Hardware some adaptive triggers have stopped offering resistence making them feel like the old controllers.
“A few days ago, I was swinging around in Miles Morales when I felt the R2 snap and immediately become looser,” wrote EeK9X.
“It was as if whatever was causing the trigger to 'resist' broke, causing it to go back to being a regular, non-adaptive trigger.”
- Hana Carter
UPCOMING PS5 GAMES
For those lucky enough to have Santa bring them a PS5 console for Christmas, here are some of the games coming
up that you might want to play.
Hitman III – due in January 2021
Far Cry 6 – due February 18, 20201
Deathloop – due the second quarter 2021
Final Fantasy XV1 – due in 2021
Hogwarts Legacy – due in 2021
Resident Evil 8 – due in 2021
Horizon: Forbidden West – possibly in 2021
Gran Tourismo 7 – possibly in 2021
- Catriona Graffius
BLOKE BRANDS NAN AN 'A**HOLE' AFTER SHE PLAYS HILARIOUS PS5 CHRISTMAS PRANK
A bloke branded his nan an ‘a**hole’ after thinking she bought him a PlayStation 5 – only to unwrap a candle instead.
The man had hoped to be opening the latest games console, but his gran played a hilarious prank on him instead for Christmas.
A video has gone viral on TikTok showing a man opening a gift from his relative, which he says he hopes “isn’t coal”.
But it was almost as bad, as instead of the gadget his nan had bought him a ‘PS5’ candle, which said: “Smells like you’re not getting one”.
He captioned the clip, which has been viewed nearly three million times: “And the tradition of his Nanny being an a**hole continues…”
- Catriona Graffius
PLAYSTATION STOCK AVAILABILITY
Amazon – Not available
Asda – Out of stock
Argos – Not available – nothing until 2021
Currys – Out of stock
eBay – Some consoles available but some are going for over £600
GAME – Out of stock
John Lewis – Out of stock
Tesco – Restock expected
Very – Restock expected
- Catriona Graffius
MUM WINS SELL OUT PS5 WITH PACK OF DORITOS
Gaming fans are desperate to get their hands on the latest Play Station console, with the new model consistently selling out.
But one incredibly lucky mum has bagged a free PS5 with a winning packet of Doritos and shared her success on Facebook.
The mum posted screen shots from her phone in Facebook group Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK.
Captioning the post, she writes, “For those struggling to get hold of a PS5, Doritos have a competition on to win one.
“We've just bought a pack for £1 and actually won! Gobsmacked as I never win anything but definitely worth a try to anyone still looking! Plus Doritos are delicious.”
- Catriona Graffius
PS5 GLITCH
You may be playing second-rate versions of games on your new PlayStation 5 without even realising it.
A bizarre bug means Sony's next-gen console doesn't make it clear whether you're playing the PS4 or PS5 variants of some of your favourite titles.
The high-powered machine, which has already hit shelves in the US and is out in the UK on Thursday, can play games from both consoles.
However, for games available on both PS4 and PS5, it can be tricky to figure out whether you're playing the old or next gen version.
To ensure you're playing the right version, hit the three dots icon next to the play button. Change your selection to the PS5 version.
- Catriona Graffius
FED UP FANS GIVE UP PS5 VIGIL AFTER WAITING MONTHS FOR PS5 RESTOCK
Fed up gamers have given up waiting through the night for rumoured restocks after the coveted new console sold out across the world.
PS5 fans took to Twitter to express their frustration at the constant PS5 waiting game – with some declaring they would no longer stay awake around the clock for a fabled restock.
One dejected gamer wrote: “I swear it’s gonna be months before I get a ps5 .
“I’m done staying up all night for drops that don’t happen and when they do, I can’t even get it in my cart or checkout. Just gonna wait till they hit the shelves.”
- Catriona Graffius
GET MORE STORAGE SPACE ON YOUR PS5
PS5 has a lightning-fast solid state drive (SSD) for storage.
The segmentation of games also means that game downloads should be smaller – but you may still fill up the available 667 gigs quite quickly if you play a lot of different games.
Sony has promised to activate the internal slot that allows you to add an approved SSD card in the near future.
But for now, you can plug an external SSD or HDD that supports USB 3.0 or higher, into a USB port on your PS5 to help improve storage – but you can only play PS4 games stored on that external drive.
- Catriona Graffius
MUM HIDES PS5 GIFT IN PLAIN SON AFTER TELLING HER SON SHE COULDN'T BUY ONE
A mum who told her 12-year-old son she couldn’t buy him a PS5 has been pranking him by buying and hiding it in plain sight around the house.
Generous mum Helen Child Villiers, from Monmouthshire, said her son Nate had been desperate for the new console but had “taken it in his stride” when she told him he couldn’t have one.
Taking to Facebook she wrote: “So I’ve decided to have a little fun with it taking photos of it doing things and where possible with him in the background.
Single mum Helen shared comical pictures of the console being placed in the same room as Nate without his knowledge.
- Catriona Graffius
CROOKS SWITCH PS5 FOR HOME GRILLS IN DELIVERY SCAM
Crooks are switching PlayStation 5s for home grills in two shock delivery scams.
The items’ similar weight mean they fool scanners checking boxes at warehouses.
One con sees criminals, feared to be parcel couriers, substitute a £42 George Foreman Large Fit Grill for the £449 console which is kept and sold at vast profit.
Hundreds of gamers have reported opening parcels to find a grill.
It is just 2lbs lighter than the PS5.
- Catriona Graffius
NEW PS5 LETS PLAYERS SCREENSHOT GAMES
The new PS5 allows players to capture screenshots and videos of gameplay along with the option to broadcast.
Press and hold the Create button on the left of the controller touchpad – it will then take a screenshot.
The PS5 automatically captures video and a screenshot of every trophy award.
- Catriona Graffius
Astro’s Playroom
Every PS5 comes with Astro’s Playroom already installed.
This fun 3D platformer ispacked with PlayStation references and also helps show off the new DualSense controller.
Once you've finished exploring the feature, you can free up almost 11 gigabytes of storage space by finding and deleting it in Settings > Storage > Console Storage > Games and Apps.
You can always download it again for free from the PlayStation Store.
- Catriona Graffius
MAKE THE MOST OF PS5'S 3D AUDIO
PS5 has 3D Audio, which allows game developers to tie sound effects to everything around you in the game, giving the feeling you’re actually in the environment.
You need to use headphones to take advantage of this new feature.
Plug your headphones into your controller and you should hear the difference immediately.
If you want to adjust the sound, head to Settings > Sound > Audio Output.
Beneath the option to Enable 3D Audio, you can choose Adjust 3D Audio Profile and pick the option that sounds best to you from five available levels.
- Catriona Graffius
PS5 TIPS AND TRICKS
It's now easier than ever to see how many hours you’ve spent playing on your PS5 games console.
If you want to find out your screen time, choose your avatar at the top right of the PS5's home screen and select Profile, then the Games tab.
There, you’ll see the total playtime next to each game – with your trophy progress on the right.
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