PS5 Digital, PS5 or PS5 Pro — which one?

The Digital Edition has no disc drive, so every game is a download. The standard PS5 plays discs, which matters to anyone who buys games second-hand or already owns some. The Pro is the fastest and sharpest, and is worth it mainly on a 4K TV — it is also digital-only unless you add the separate drive.

Xbox Series X or Series S?

The Series X plays discs and runs games at higher resolution; the Series S is smaller, digital-only and much cheaper, and is plenty for a first console or a second TV. Both play the same games.

What if the console is sold out?

Add it to a wishlist anyway. Consoles are restocked in waves, and a list means whoever buys it can grab it the day it is back — while everyone else can see it is already spoken for.

PS5 and Xbox gifts

A console is the gift people ask for by name, which makes it the easiest big present to get right and the easiest to get wrong: the wrong model, or a second one of what is already under the TV.

Below are the current PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles and their controllers, priced from the official PlayStation and Microsoft stores. Some sell out between restocks — they stay on this page anyway, because the right move then is to put it on a wishlist and buy the moment it is back.

If they already own the console, a second controller is the gift that gets used the same evening.

12 products · prices and stock checked November 2026 · every link goes to the store

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Save anything from any store to a free wishlist, share the link, and let people buy you things you actually want. Reserved items stay hidden from you, so the surprise survives.

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