Find local Discord servers with bots and people tracking stocks and sales going on. Within less than a week, you should be able to get your hands on one.

Yes, it's absolutely stupid to have to commit to this for a full week to just be able to buy a console.

I managed to buy a PS5 for MSRP-ish. I bought the console for 599€ and it came with a "free" second DualSense controller. The PS5 itself is 529€ and a controller is 70€.

Where/how did you buy the ps5 at msrp?

There's deal alerts, specials at various retailers with a subscription like Walmart. You just have to continuously try and change up your game if it doesnt work.

I did this late last year. Got it within the month at MSRP.

https://www.playstation.com/en-us/ps5/register-to-buy/

The only issue is that there aren’t a lot of PS5-exclusive games.

Me and my friends signed up back in October, so far none of us has received an invite.

I've been signed up since they started that and never got a notice to buy.

Regular stores sometimes announce restocks, so you go queue before opening hours to get in line for one.

We grabbed a PS5 in January from Gamestop by queueing for a couple of hours.