The PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X and S are still hardly available in the Netherlands. Stores expect to receive new Xbox consoles in the coming month, but there is uncertainty about the delivery of new PlayStations, according to a tour of NU.nl.
Although the new game consoles from Microsoft and Sony were released at the end of last year, they have been sold out for months at major stores such as bol.com, Wehkamp, Coolblue and MediaMarkt. Only the Xbox Series S (the slightly less powerful new Xbox) is available in a single place. The production of the consoles is more limited than consumer demand, the companies reported earlier.
Many sites state that it is unclear when stocks will be replenished. MediaMarkt announces that the Xbox consoles will be delivered again this month “with 100 percent certainty”. The spokesman cannot say how many there are, but “the numbers are not huge”.
A spokesman for bol.com says that “smaller batches of new stock” is expected from the Xbox in the coming months.
The stores do not know when the PlayStation 5 will be back in stock, although bol.com says it regularly consults with Sony. “We usually only hear from Sony a week in advance when new consoles will be delivered,” says the MediaMarkt spokesperson. “We expect the PlayStation 5 to remain scarce for much of 2021 due to massive demand.”
PlayStation says in a response to NU.nl that it cannot say anything about future stocks of the PlayStation 5. Microsoft also has little to say: “The demand for the new Xbox is overwhelming and we are working hard with stores to replenish stock as soon as possible.”
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