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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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Just Instabot bought six PS5s from Best Buy. I guess if you put multiple orders in at the same time all with the same address and payment info, the system doesn’t detect it. lmao. Now back to Ebay I go to do my good deeds for parents desperately trying to please their kiddos this year.

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@jsprunk: You right now have the unfortunate benefit of COVID19 on your side, this pandemic has slowed down the production lines on both Sony and Microsoft's side whether they announce it or not, you also have the benefit of online purchasing on your side where people have no choice but to buy online due to no in-store over the counter unit's being sold for safety reasons. The desperation of people in the middle of a pandemic is working to your advantage temporarily. Now lets review the not so great cons of your scheme, for 1 (thankfully) there are vaccines steadily becoming available and most likely companies like Sony and Microsoft will want they're factory line workers front and center to receive it in order to ramp up product distributions in turn pumping out overwhelming amounts of units to all major and smaller retailer chains, at that point you and other like you from the scalpers division become ultimately irrelevant unless you continue to dominate the markets by buying every console available. You'll also see a decline in the demand of the product should either company announce other editions or variants of the consoles currently on the market, leaving types like you with a basement full of deprecating dust clogged unused consoles sitting in boxes, at that point you'll have to either settle with selling at the standard retailer price to break even or lower it to sell at all, but you also lose when people consider that no warranty is attached to scalper purchases and people love they're warranties. Enjoy your high while you can!

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@tmthywtsn: This is just the magic Christmas toy this year. I make tons of money reselling stuff every year.

I’m completely sold out of PS5 consoles, but I find it comical that my services get you so triggered that you had to formulate that whole load of nonsense you wrote.

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@jsprunk: I know, to the ill trained low browed brain all words of sense tends to sound comical or nonsensical. Understand no one on this forum gives a hot shit about what you do personally to make money outside of console selling, you are just a random body behind a keyboard like the rest doing what you do, so don't flatter yourself. There is no hall of fame awaiting you for scapler of the year, have fun but don't announce it to rouse frustration within people whom can't achieve what you got through your illicit practices, unless being a jack*** is your thing, clearly it is or else you wouldn't have announced Ebay deeds in your initial post.

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@tmthywtsn: I give people a chance to buy what they want or need. Nothing more. I laugh pretty hard every time I think about how much this bothers you. Every reply just makes you look lower in the IQ dept. You definitely come off as somewhat control-freakish and probably a lifelong incel.

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@jsprunk: That comment could apply to anyone whom replies to your post. I'd bet if people could single out scaplers like you for your practices of ripping off others from obtaining fair retail priced purchases you'd have a serious problem on your hands, be thankful for that PC and Keyboard.

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@tmthywtsn: You prove my point again. 😂😅🤣

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@jsprunk: Cool story about making some pocket change. Should be able to stock up on Mountain Dew and Cheetos to fill your apartment.

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@Vaildez: I’m using some of the proceeds to buy mountains of toilet paper and paper towels for the coming stupid lockdowns.

In March, I was able to sell toilet paper at $200 a roll. Bought a new F-450 cash in July with that money. I went diesel for the environment.

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@jsprunk: i bet your using those toilet paper to clean up your jerk off juices your spraying everywhere getting off scalping people

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@Flyin3lvl: Is this you asking for pics?

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@jsprunk: how did you deduced that from what i typed?

you getting off on it so much you want to share pics now?

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@Flyin3lvl: No thanks perv. I’m only selling PS5s here.

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@jsprunk: Nothing like bragging about scamming families during Christmas.

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@Divisionbell: I’m not scamming anyone. I’m 100% upfront about the price and people get their crap within 1-2 days pristinely wrapped and sterilized before it leaves.

And it’s a Merry Christmas to everyone involved!

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@jsprunk: Yeah, but if you don't buy 6 at a time, more people can buy them at MSPR and not turn to people like you

Bragging about selling toilet paper for $200 during a pandemic, just because you bought way more than you needed to take advantage of others. Disgraceful

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@box215: Nah. The company I sold them to had more than enough money to pay. They cut me a check for the whole load and it cleared overnight. The only thing that suffered was someone’s corporate bottom line. I’m cool with that.

Plus I just gave my F-450 a 3” lift. But the only thing disgraceful about it is the gas mileage. Costs almost $150 to fill it up! LMAO!! 😂🤣😂

And I don’t really care about people being able to buy videogames and consoles at msrp. 😭 You can talk to Sony about that.

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@box215: Nah. The company I sold them to had more than enough money to pay. They cut me a check for the whole load and it cleared overnight. The only thing that suffered was someone’s corporate bottom line. I’m cool with that.

Plus I just gave my F-450 a 3” lift. But the only thing disgraceful about it is the gas mileage. Costs almost $150 to fill it up! LMAO!! 😂🤣😂

And I don’t really care about people being able to buy videogames and consoles at msrp. 😭 You can talk to Sony about that.

Damn you should play The Human Torch the way your posts kept setting that guy on fire

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@jsprunk said:

Just Instabot bought six PS5s from Best Buy. I guess if you put multiple orders in at the same time all with the same address and payment info, the system doesn’t detect it. lmao. Now back to Ebay I go to do my good deeds for parents desperately trying to please their kiddos this year.

I pity anyone who thinks this thing is worth a grand. :D

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@Epak_: I agree, but I don’t pity anyone who has that kind of money to waste. And for the record, my average PS5 sale this year was about $2200. My highest sale was about $3100.

I made just over $30k in profit for about 4 hours worth of work. Gonna keep $5k for myself and split the remainder up and donate it all.

Maybe in a few months I’ll buy a PS5 for myself to see what’s so great about these things.

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@Epak_: im selling mine , im waiting for them to offer more space in their SSD

witht peopel paying upwards of $800 for one i cant let that pass up i can defintiely wait and just sell this

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@alastor529: Sell it, and just wait for the PS5 Pro to come out. No way am I going to waste my money on the first edition PS5. Sony fooled me once last gen, they won't fool me again.

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lol like anyone can get one, this release is a the worst ever, I want a ps5 bad, but I won't give in to the scalpers

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@jcogopogo:

My mom wants one for our nephews but I think it's better to wait as these things sell out fast. I hope that next year Sony releases more consoles near the summertime or fall season. I just need to save up $600 next year so I can get one or wait till 2022.

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@jcogopogo: same, I really wanted a PS5 this year and I even had PS5 in my online Walmart store cart during one of those sales a few weeks back, then of course it mysteriously won’t let me purchase it and keeps asking me to verify my information until finally removing it from my cart and telling me it’s out of stock. Yep, tired of trying, I’ll wait for next year. I’ll never support scalpers. A shame it had to be this way though.

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I'm waiting until Sony comes out with at least 5TB of disk space. That ~800GB is going to fill in an instant.

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@chronogos: I'm sure you'll enjoy your PS8.

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Sold out/Unavailable. There is no way the scalpers aren't going to cash in on the Christmas season.

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Complete BS....

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I'll be back for a PS5 this time, next year.

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Gamestop has bundles up for preorder for shipping 1/5 if anyone wants to try. Got mine finally! The digital bundle is nice with extra controller, 100 dollar ps store card and 12 months playstation plus

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I am just gonna wait till 2021 or if I am not able to get one cause of limited supply and bots then 2022. Too much of a hassle to get a PS5 this year with how things are right now. There's really nothing on the system that I can't play on my PS4

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Yeah, I just gave up on trying to get one this year. I'd have it in the cart, click "Buy" and the site would crash. I'd refresh and get a "Sold Out" message.

I'll just wait until next year around April - May.

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@Strychnine: no odnt stay on the site and refresh if it stops loading and gives you an error messsage chose another store IMMEDIATLY. thats how i was able to get both the xbox and the ps5 this morning

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You have to admit, it's cruel. The shops get stock, scalpers swoop in & grab everything & everyone is smiling except us the gamers. The shops don't even have to fight scalpers because that is guaranteed sales!

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@m-kswiss: My question is how will this effect game sales? Who is going to buy a new game if they can't get the console to play it? I guess the next PS5 exclusive won't be out for a while but I gotta believe sales will be down if you can't get the thing to play the game on.

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@terrythegnome19: they are down , software sales are bad for alaunch console.

but the only way to stop scalpers is to not buy form them. and people still give into them

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@m-kswiss: You can say that again. I got lucky on Tuesday through BB but it's tough. Which one are you trying to get?

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Ah, yes, the PS5. Just another part of the shitshow we call 2020.

I’ll get one when I see it on the shelves.

On a side note, who the hell would release these consoles online when we have a notorious online scalper problem, the likes of which, we’ve never seen?

Answer? Dumb ass Best Buy. You can’t even log into their app, right now. It’s ridiculous.

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Please consider removing the StockX links, you're only giving scalpers free publicity.

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@cayrel: Exactly! They know what they're doing. StockX slides a few hundred and be like "don't forget about us" lol

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