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PlayStation Users Have Started Getting Offers from Sony to Buy Their PS5

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Sony is offering $400 to people who are willing to part ways with their PS5 and two controllers.

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Sony has also decided to make a strange proposal to users: to sell their unused PS5 on the secondary market, with an initiative that may seem strange but makes some sense.

PlayStation is starting to encourage PlayStation 5 (PS5) owners to sell their console through the Renewed Back Market service. And the company has started sending promotional emails to PlayStation users, at least in Spain, where it presents an easy to sell formula, without PlayStation entry encouraging PS5 owners with little use to sell it so that someone else can enjoy it aparece primero en El Chapuzas Informática.

On November 19, 2026, it's getting closer and GTA 6, so it's also.But, as Microsoft Idea with its Xbox Series XS, Sony seems to be doing something similar with PS5.That is, PlayStation is trying to convince the less active users to sell their console.To have more stock reconditioned?To increase stock due to shortage thanks to AI?We have no idea, but it seems to vary according to country.For example, some ResetEasy users report that Sony is offer…

Sony offers US players up to $400 for unused PS5 consoles. Why the manufacturer buys back used hardware and what's behind it.

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IGN broke the news in San Francisco, United States on Monday, November 2, 2026.
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