Christmas is looming, so it’s time to find something special for under the tree of your loved ones. With the season in mind, TechStomper has compiled some of the best gifts for this Christmas for the gamers in your life. PlayStation Ireland has plenty to offer this Christmas and this is the very best.
PlayStation 5 Console – €549 (PS5 Digital Edition €449)
Sony’s PlayStation 5 launched in 2020 and in 2023 sailed past 40 million units sold – and it’s easy to see why. PlayStation 5 is the exclusive home to some of the very best games ever made. Spider-Man Miles Morales, Astro Bot, Ratchet and Clank: A Rift Apart, to name just a few of the amazing experiences only found on PlayStation.
PS5 features a 4K Blu-ray drive that can play all the latest PS5 games on disc but also plays Blu-ray movies. The PS5 Digital Edition does not have a disc drive and content delivery is digital only.
PlayStation Plus Subscription – From €8.99
PlayStation’s game subscription service comes in three tiers – Essential, Extra, and Premium.
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Essential lets you play online against millions of gamers around the world, as well as three free games every month. You also get cloud saves so you can easily share your game progress across multiple systems.
Extra comes with a host of PS4 and PS5 games to download and play as much as you like as well as what Essential offers. Finally, Premium gives you everything the other two tiers have along with a treasure trove of additional games from PS3, PS2, original PlayStation, and PSP in the Classics Catalogue.
Astro Bot – €69.99
Astro Bot is a challenging and rewarding 3D platformer that gamers of all ages will enjoy. TechStomper’s Stuart Cullen especially loved the creative use of the PlayStation 5’s innovative DualSense controller.
The game released just as PlayStation celebrated its 30th anniversary and Astro Bot serves as the perfect way to join the party with three decades of gaming icons to uncover.
Until Dawn – €69.99
Something for the grown-up gamer, Until Dawn terrified gamers in 2015 and now comes to PlayStation 5 with visuals remade in the Unreal 5 engine to take advantage of the power of the console. Improved animations, lighting, facial models, gore and snow effects are readily visible as players revisit a modern horror classic.
Stuart Cullen called the game “perfect for a Friday night” with friends – either passing the controller, or online. For returning fans of wildly successful action horror game, there are remixes to many areas and item placement, as well as new collectibles.
PlayStation Ireland have even more gift ideas for Christmas on their homepage – including acclaimed titles like Horizon Forbidden West, Spider-Man 2, Demon’s Souls, and much more.
PS Store Wallet Cards (physical or digital) – From €10
If you are unsure as to what your gamer loved one is into, or what games or subscriptions they already had, consider some PlayStation Store credit. You can pick up PS Store Wallet Cards digitally, or in thousands of stores across Ireland.
Wallet Cards come in three sizes, €10, €20, and €50, so you can give as much as you like.
