I love my Series X (and my PC) but the PS5 could be glued and dragged through Fort Knox and come out with 10 million in gold and I still wouldn't pay 15 cents for it. Fuck Sony. Have a nice day FON. Love having you here.
These systems were perfect gifts for scalpers that they can sell for extremely high prices, making sure kids can't get these consoles or anyone else who don't have the money like they do.
I guess it depends on where you are. UK is pretty decent for buying new consoles at RRP now, Xbox Series S and X are pretty much always in stock these days and PS5s you can get pretty easily if you try GAME as soon as they get restocked (which is how I got one) though online is still a mess.