PS5 hopefuls have another chance at snagging a console — no money needed

PS5 hopefuls have another gamble at snagging a console — no coin needed

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Sony'southward PS5 is getting easier to observe in 2022, but information technology still requires some patience and keeping your ear to the ground for where the next batch will go up for sale.

Sony itself has been pretty regularly selling the console via Sony Directly, but the company has appear on Twitter that it is going a different road with the consoles that information technology is making bachelor to fans tomorrow.

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A "limited number of PS5 consoles" volition be upwardly for sale today via the Sony Rewards site, significant you will use Sony Rewards points to make the buy. Sony didn't expressly state the number of points that you will need, merely it is typically 100x the actual dollar value, so you lot will likely need about 49,999 points for a PS5 or 39,999 points for a PS5 Digital Edition.

* taps microphone *A limited number of PS5 consoles will be available tomorrow. Stay tuned & we'll let you lot know when they are live on the site. You lot might want to turn on post notifications. 👀⚡️ pic.twitter.com/ek25thJ3QNJanuary fourteen, 2022

Sony doesn't specify how many consoles will be bachelor via this method or exactly when they will exist made available, just instructing people to turn on postal service notifications for the Sony Rewards Twitter account.

PS5 stock still disappears in a flash and while this at to the lowest degree limits you to people with sufficient Sony Rewards points, the chance to get a PS5 with those points is sure to be enticing even for those that are just looking to resell them. All of that to say, if you have the Sony Rewards points and are still in the marketplace for a PS5 I'd take Sony'due south advice and set upwards notifications and stay glued to that feed tomorrow.

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