The most recent change in the PS5 restock game has been paid access - that means once you buy a subscription, you'll hear about the next PS5 restock either earlier than anyone else or exclusively for your club.
Since the PS5 and Series X launched, the biggest retailers have made changes to the checkout process to offer peace of mind and to keep bots from buying all the consoles and selling them for more elsewhere. Speaking from personal experience, it's devastating to get a console in your cart and then miss out because you had to waste precious seconds entering payment and shipping info. Have an account set up and logged in for any retailers you'll be shopping at.Some retailers release the consoles in waves to keep bots from getting all of them. Refresh the screen a few times and keep trying. If a restock starts and you immediately see "Out of Stock" on the screen, do not give up.PS5 restocks almost never happen on weekends, unless they're announced ahead of time.ET), so if you're wondering when to check, that's usually the best time to start. Chances of an unplanned restock tend to go up dramatically after 10 a.m. PS5 restocks are a lot more common in the afternoon and evening than in the morning.Not only are apps frequently faster than mobile browsers, but also it's easy to use an app and a browser at the same time if you're trying to buy on multiple computers. Where applicable, use an app to complete a purchase instead of a browser.If you see someone offering to sell you a console on Twitter, it's almost certainly a scam.Here are some of our tips, tricks and advice to help you snag your PS5: If you'd rather not wait, your best option is to accept a higher price tag through StockX or eBay. That means your best way to get your hands on a PS5 restock would be through a surprise afternoon restock. So far, there have been no big announcements regarding a PS5 restock this week. These sold out fast (faster than any other PS5 restock at Best Buy in recent memory), but if these bundles are showing up here, we're likely to see a lot more of them soon. Meanwhile, Best Buy is the first major retailer in the US to step up with its first PS5 restock exclusively for the new Horizon Forbidden West bundle. A ton of Target locations offered PS5 consoles to anyone able to pick up at their local store, which is something the company has now started doing instead of waiting for stock at every single location.
For the second time in two weeks, the internet lit up with back-to-back PS5 restocks in the same day.