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Where to buy the PS5: Get restock updates for Best Buy, Walmart, GameStop, Amazon and Target – CNET [CNET]
If you’re still hoping to get a PlayStation 5 in time for the holidays, time is rapidly running out, and it’s likely you’ll need to wait until 2021. Sony’s next-generation console launched in the US more than a month ago — back on Nov. 12 — but the inventory was no match for demand and it sold out instantly. A few subsequent inventory drops since then have played out the same way. Right now the only consoles you can buy are marked up to obscene levels on sites like eBay and StockX, often multiple times their retail value of $400 or $500 (depending upon which model you want). The console has been otherwise virtually impossible to find, with at least one person waiting in line for 36 hours to snag one at a California GameStop.
There have been a handful of fresh inventory drops at retailers like Walmart and Best Buy, the latter announcing with great fanfare some consoles for sale earlier this week, which unsurprisingly sold out instantly.
Kudos to Walmart and Antonline, two stores which have used Twitter in recent weeks to keep customers informed about inventory drops. We continue to keep our eyes on their accounts for any news of new restocks.
Just a reminder: The PS5 is available in two versions: a $500 model with Blu-ray, and an otherwise identical $400 digital-only version without a disc slot. At this point, people are happy to get their hands on either one, but if you don’t have a library of optical discs — for Blu-ray movies, used games or old PS4 games — we recommend you go with the $400 version.
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PS5 restock possibilities
Best Buy is offering the PS5 with Blu-ray for $500 as well as the $400 Digital Edition (which you can find by clicking the button below). The retailer is also offering a slew of accessories on its PS5 landing page.
You can check out Amazon’s page for the $400 Digital Edition via the button below, or, if you’d rather, get in line for the PS5 with Blu-ray for $500.
You can check inventory on the $400 Digital Edition at Walmart by clicking the button below, or you can try to snag the pricier PS5 with Blu-ray for $500.
GameStop will offer both the $400 Digital Edition (click the button below) as well as the pricier PS5 with Blu-ray for $500. Expect to also be able to buy a full range of PS5 accessories from GameStop like the Pulse 3D wireless headset for $100.
Target will be offering the PS5 with Blu-ray for $500 in addition to the PS5 Digital Edition, which you can find by clicking the button below.
OK, you’ve exhausted all of the online and brick-and-mortar retailers, and you’ve decided you’re willing to pay upward of a $300 markup to get this puppy by Christmas. As your friend, we have to tell you: Don’t do it. But if you don’t want to listen to us, you might want to check out StockX, an eBay alternative that made its name in the secondary market for sneakers and designer clothing. Last time we checked, prices for the PS5 were hovering around $970.
More PS5 coverage
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- PS5 price, preorder, release date, games, Xbox Series X comparison and more
- PS5 games are $10 more expensive. Is that fair?
First published earlier this year. Regularly updated with the latest PS5 stock news.
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