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PS5 Restock Tracker Latest Update: Check Stock Ahead Of Black Friday

Looking to score a PS5 this holiday season? It'll be tough but not impossible.

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If you signed up for PS5 restock alerts at PS Direct, make sure to check your email today. PlayStation Direct sent another batch of invites to purchase the PS5. The latest invite-only PS Direct restock will be available at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET. After the invite-only round is over, there's a chance a public queue will go live. PS Direct has done this in the past, following up a private restock with a public one at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET.

The PS5 has passed its first birthday, but despite impressive sales numbers, the console remains scarce. You've never been able to walk in a store and find one on shelves, and online stock is almost always sold out. With the holiday season upon us, demand for the PS5 will only go up as it gets added to a flurry of wishlists. It may be quite difficult to find a PS5 or PS5 Digital in time for the holidays, but it won't be impossible.

To help you out, we've rounded up all of the retailer listings for the PS5 and PS5 Digital in one place. Each time a restock is announced or randomly pops up, we'll update this article.

We see at least a couple of PS5 restocks each week at major retailers such as Best Buy, Walmart, and GameStop. Sony also has fairly regular restocks at PS Direct. But you always have to be fast (and lucky) to purchase one before stock runs out. Consoles tend to sell out in minutes, if not seconds, so it's really all about nimble fingers and good timing.

PS5 restocks

PS5 Digital restocks

Black Friday PS5 restocks

PS5 - $500 | PS5 Digital - $400
PS5 - $500 | PS5 Digital - $400

Walmart will have the PS5 in stock starting November 22 of Black Friday week. The console will only be available to purchase online, and supply is unsurprisingly limited. Like other restocks, we'd expect Walmart to sell out quickly, but we wouldn't be surprised to see Walmart release stock in waves throughout the week. GameStop will have the PS5 and PS5 Digital in stock at select stores on Thanksgiving. We're still waiting on ads from other retailers, but we anticipate that more retailers will have the PS5 and PS5 Digital in stock for Black Friday.

Keep in mind there's also the chance that PS5 restocks will be limited to paid members at select retailers in the coming weeks.

Best Buy recently launched a $200/year membership called Totaltech, and select restocks have been limited to members. Walmart has done the same for its $98/year membership. Likewise, GameStop has made certain restocks only available to PowerUp Rewards Pro members. And, of course, Amazon could lock PS5s behind its Prime membership. Meanwhile, retailers like Costco and Sam's Club--which require memberships to shop--have always required memberships for PS5 restocks.

Recent PS5 restocks

Below, you'll find the most recent PS5 restock dates at major retailers.

  • Walmart: November 9
  • Best Buy: November 15
  • Costco: October 28
  • Antonline: October 28
  • Target: October 27
  • Amazon: October 26
  • GameStop: October 26
  • PS Direct: October 26 (register for future restocks)
  • Sam's Club: October 22

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@lisailv87: eeewww, сonveгsatiоns.

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@lisailv87: No thanks

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amazing article by gamespot ...sent to my email on 1/1/21.... about restocks of PS5 by the end of the year..........END OF THE YEAR 2021? it's not 2020 anymore fellas! that year has ended and how can sony say promise more before end of 2020 when there was 1 day left in the year.

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@amichalski81: Also a TWO PS5 restock isn't a restock, each Gamestop should be getting like fifteen or more PS5s, taking names & numbers of people to call and let them know "hey, get down to the store our PS5 lottery is happening". Lottery would've fixed so much of the scalper problem

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@vamroc: was talking with a friend yesterday and i have no idea how the system works. (Example): Sony gives Nov. 1 as release date for PS5- why at the point they announce that info, do they not already have hundreds of thousands or even a million PS5 made ? i read an article that i can't find now, that the production plant can make 9000 units a day - all automated - with only 4 actual humans in the facility, to oversee.those numbers make no sense to be so far behind on sales and restocks. you KNOW that ppl will buy the system! having only a few hundred thousand made to ship to millions who will buy is a complete clusterfuk on the part of Sony.

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@amichalski81: supply and demand friend.

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@amichalski81: only reason I can think of for being behind like this is that it takes capital to make units. After a certain number of units there is no more free capital left, additionally the amount of free capital was also likely reduced due to an unforeseen future due to covid and wanting to keep a percentage back just as a safety net. Now that their inventory was sold out so quickly they are playing catch up.

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Nice to see the USA getting regular restocks. I've had my PS5 ordered since September and, according to retailers, stock is not expected until April.
Why the bias?

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I had queue yesterday that was gona take 30 minute before i could get it at 5 minutes left they were sold out.

I once got into PS store 5 minutes after it went up and there were no systems available that time either.

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Saw an article on another website that says some politicians in the UK are trying to make it illegal to use bots to buy things. They see what’s happening with the new consoles and gpus. Really hope it follows through there. And hope other countries get on board. In my opinion that should’ve been illegal a long time ago.

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@Kyoshiro19: wouldn't that affect the stock market as well since a large majority of trades now a days are through bots and algorithms?

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For some reason it seems wrong to keep this article on the front page, feels like false advertising.

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Why do they continue with this fail article?

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What exactly is StockX paying you, GS?

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Why are people so desperate over first gen consoles? Must be this new generation of impatient spoiled menkids. I can’t wait to buy mine towards end 2022 early 2023 and have a shitload of games and exclusives to play with while the system performing at peak efficiency.

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@phili878: Maybe open your eyes. More and more people are home now a days and need something to do. I know a lot of people who are getting consoles/ gaming pc's for the first time, so why would they go old gen when they can get the newest system with backward compatibles.

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@phili878: I don't know about others, but I've got a big backlog lof PS4 games that I'd prefer to play at full 60fps instead of 20/25.

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It's been 7 years, can't blame people for wanting to upgrade. PRO helped a lot, but yeah, it's time to upgrade.

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Please stop posting this abject nonsense. Nobody is succeeding through your website and nobody is going to succeed unless and until Sony and MS release sufficient numbers of consoles to erase the supply bottleneck the scalpers are taking advantage of.

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@esqueejy: That’s funny 😆 . I got my PS5 as a direct result of Gamespot‘s updates.

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@maxxdiamond: OK fine...you and likely you alone lol. The scalpers' bots are all over this sh-t like white on rice.

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@esqueejy: He's probably trolling don't take people that like to gloat serious.

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