PS5 Stock: Where To Buy PlayStation 5 and PS5 Slim in December 2023

Secured mine from Amazon within 20 seconds of them going live.

If mine doesn't arrive next Thursday I will be mighty disappointed.

Really hope that Best Buy in Canada has some back in stock tomorrow for launch day

Neweggs website says PS5 will be available 11/12/20 at 12:01 AM ET

Wait!.... Newegg are selling bundles for the same price as the console alone? 😞

@Truthhurts2 They actually don't have prices on their website, i'm sure these are just place holders

Cue the training montage of me getting ready to go beast mode on the F5 key.

Hopefully I can beat out the bots buying these up!

Wal Mart seems to be handling this a little bit better than Series X where there was only 1 time (noon) and that was it.

@Bliquid Cheaper i would not count on that so soon.

keep refreshing from 10pm is my advice and then if no luck check the opening times of your local Argos stores in the morning

@Thesnipergecko Mine took 21 seconds so if mine doesn't come day 1 I'll be hunting you down.....

Still waiting for Game to take my money. It was nearly a week ago they said they’d start taking payment in “two to three days”. Anyone had dispatch confirmation yet?

Thanks to Sony managing stock and marketing like a toddler, I'll be able to fully enjoy Age of Calamity on the 20th. And since I can't get a PS5 day one. I'll probably wait a year or so to find most launch games with a big discount. Your loss So-Sony

@thefourfoldroot
Yes, the money came off the card yesterday, and emailed to say will be dispatched from delivery company the day before release.

@Quintumply @Truthhurts2
You should probably check those Newegg prices Stephen. They're all showing base console pricing, but include an extra DualSenses and some bundles include games.

@Skywalker1080p
Bugger. Ok, lol, I’ll take that as good news as I should be getting a similar email any second now...any second now...any second...now...

@Quintumply Gamestop's black Friday will have some instore on the 13th of this month.
https://www.gamestop.com/deals/black-friday

Just got my copy of Demon's Souls in the mail today, ordered from Target, LOL - just need the system now... c'mon guys!

@StonyKL ha! My actually broke my F5 key I think. The RGB lighting on the key is dimmer than the rest now.

@thefourfoldroot
Also... Got texts and emails from Royal Mail, getting Spider Morales Man, demons souls and extra controller coming tomorrow between 8:11 and 12:11.
Will keep looking to order official charging dock, hopefully they come back into stock before 19th.

@Skywalker1080p
Sure, but I have hope 😩

@thefourfoldroot Glad it's happening, kinda. I'll be happier once my moneys taken tho. Checking my bank/email constantly the now
@Skywalker1080p did you check out as a guest like I did?

Have my email from Shopto confirming my order has been processed and is now ready for the courier to deliver on release day next week.

CANNOT WAIT!!!

@Morzy
A guest yes, for the PS5 at least.
The other bits were a few days after, on the account.

@Skywalker1080p Cheers I'll just need to wait patiently till I get that email I guess. Just had email saying Valhalla from Currys will be delivered tomorrow. Cmon Game now I just need to know I'll have a machine to play it on

This is the toughest part of launch. We'll all have smooth sailing in the next few weeks.

Basic message. Snooze you lose.
Doesn't make Sony's preorder process right because it was shambolic. Still don't complain when you ain't making effort to get to local retails to get one

Loving my series x but more excited for my ps5 next week

Would be nice if Canadian retailers were shown as well ....

Stupid Uk release dates! I’ve got my controller, headset and media remote being delivered tomorrow but have to wait a week for the console. Who thought that was a good idea.

I’m sure Covid has had some effect on availability but I’m also sure that come Xmas time these machines will suddenly and miraculously become available again. Let’s be realistic.

@Mpquikster hopefully people in the US will give us a idea on the stock for people who didn't get a pre-order in like myself

Having just experienced the *****-show of PS5 ordering (round 2) in Australia... be prepared for disappointment and frustration. I think there may have been a dozen on sale (I'm exaggerating) for the whole continent. Needless to say.. that's why I'm spending my evening typing comments, rather than planning my unboxing experience.

@Arnna nice dream... but the new orders in Australia at least are mostly coming with a Dec 16-17 time frame... yes, it's possible they will have a 3rd wave - however, at least some of the retailers here are now saying March-April before the next shipment. Which is absolutely crazy (and I hope they're mad).

@Oz_Momotaro I’m also in Australia - I’m not getting my hopes up lol

Just as an addendum, just been sent 2 psn codes from GAME for miles-man and demons add ons.
Wasn't aware that there were pre order bonuses, probably just a couple of outfits.

Received the games, and second controller 👍

GAME saving the environment by packing 3 things separately.🙄

What a ***** show. Ebgames site just died, so did the source. Bestbuy had a 30 minute queue to say it was sold out, walmart didn’t even show stock..... sigh.

@God_of_Nowt im still trying pal

Woooo, just managed to secure one from walmart.

You need to update this guys. GAME have not had any stock to pre-order since Weds........

This needs an update, none available at game or anywhere in the UK at the moment. Some shops like smyths are saying December they expect to have more

Extremely blessed I was able to get mine from Sony via Playstation Direct. Otherwise, I probably would not have been able to find or get one

I got mines from BB but had to wait 2 days after launch cause BB didnt ship it til last minute.
I feel relieved cause some people still cant get one cause the scalpers keep sniping them from stock whenever its available. Wonder who keeps buying em for $2000 on ebay. Stop supporting the scalpers!!!

I already reserved mine for January 2021 in Europe so I'm good to go! I am going to get my first generation PS5.

I was able to get mine disc version through PlayStation direct on Friday evening. Had to do some browser and HTML hackery on the website to get around the queue redirect and the out-of-stock popup while going through the add-to-cart and checkout processes.

what a fiasco my mind is spinning.
Why did they not make it easy for loyal playstation gamers on the playstation store to get a look in.
Instead there is a mad scrabble to get hold of ps5's it's a mess.

@Speckle1493

Or people using bots to snap them up... Then re sell them for double the price.

No snoozing there, just pond life cheating and ripping off gamers who really do want them.

@Sealightbreeze

Loads on ebay.. 😒

A least there will be more stock before and after Xmas, apparently Microsoft is out of stock until April 2021.

@Steve30000 I don't use eBay. too many scalpers

@BalsBigBrother

They'll be on ebay for 2 grand, seconds after they go on sale. Can't win with these ebay wannabe del boys

Only time I was willing/able to get one at launch and came up short with every preorder chance. Not a great week.

Going to try to get one ordered on Thursday. Fingers crossed.

@thefourfoldroot did you ever get an email or payment taken from Game? They've not taken mine yet and now I realise my Thursday will be spent trying to get a ps5 rather than playing one.

@mrobinson91
Yes, they took the money out. They didn’t specifically send me an email saying so, but sent me one saying: “Good news! We just wanted to let you know we are now starting to process your ore order and it will be dispatched the day before release by the delivery method below”.

@thefourfoldroot that's good to hear. I'm still waiting 😭

@mrobinson91
Best of luck. I’m sure they would have let you and others know if there was an issue. It’s perhaps just an automated message for when it’s processed with the courier or they get around to taking your money.

Wal Mart is also doing online orders on Nov 25th at 7PM EST for Black Friday

welp I'm in a digital queue in curry's right now with over 100,000 people in it. Safe to say I won't be getting a console...lol

US should be counting their blessings, even if the consoles were not enough on the 12th, they at least got a chance to buy one, and more are on the way it seems.
The situation can actually be worse.
In Europe, in my country, on the 2 biggest stores websites (that also had a few consoles in September for Preorders) : one passed both PS5 consoles on their respective Playstation 5 web page, from Unavailable, that was up until the 18th, straight to Out of stock, a few hours before midnight 19 Nov.
And the other removed the console's page altogether, although it was there up until the 18th, with the stock situation as Unavailable.
And on multiple smaller store's sites the console is Out of stock.
So we weren't even given the chance to catch one, it was out of stock everywhere before 19th even began, and after.
The consoles they received went straight to fulfilling the preorders, and what was left was not put for sale, instead was reserved for the store's employees and whoever they knew and wanted to buy a PS5 (yeah, that's actually a thing, confirmed by many).
So there you go... for some it's the most f..ked up launch in PS history.

Btw, found 1 PS5 Digital ED on Amazon UK that sells for £999.00
Even the scalpers sell them cheaper on Ebay, so thanks, but no thanks.

Nothing on amazon or very in the uk

@Nexozi i took a print screen, but can't post it. Anyway, it went to "Currently unavailable" a few minutes after i saw it. And at that price, good riddance.

@Shinnok789 Yep, not paying the crazy money some people are looking. Can hold off for a few months. Apparently amazon and very were meant to have more stock today.

@BalsBigBrother still says in stock when I looked 1 min ago, not anymore though sry

I kept refreshing amazon uk at midnight and only 3rd party scalpers had them for sale at £1000+ and games site froze.
I was hot on it at might night launch and had no chance i am in a cue now at game and it's massive so might have to give up as it looks like over an hour wait.

I just don't understand how people are able to get a console. The site (Walmart) breaks for the 10 minutes when the console becomes available, and by the time it stops breaking, the item is out of stock.

Walmart was out of stock in 11 minutes. I had it in my cart and it kept erroring out at checkout

Almost feel bad sat here with my series x and ps5

I was on the Wal-Mart website earlier and because of the high demand it will be available online November 25th at 9pmET.

Just wait guys nothing wrong with the PS4 , don't buy off scalpers receipt is not in your name , you won't be able to get it fixed under warranty.

On Top Pro Tech some ps5 left in stock, for delivery on December 15. https://bit.ly/2KmuKvT

Got the ps5 but trying to get the headset which seems like it will be out of stock for awhile.

It's time to stop with online-only purchase of these consoles.

I mean, retailers are already doing Black Friday and taking COVID precautions. So, why should things be any different for in-store stock of PS5 and Xbox Series consoles?!

Scalpers will continue to be the primary source of these consoles until retailers stop making the internet the only way to get them.

The only positive thing out of this heart breaking launch is it gives me time to sort my s*** out ie.. upgrade the telle and a better stand and have everything in order ready deep into 2021 Q2orQ3 when they restock to get the best ps5 experience i can.
Meanwhile Demon souls stares at me from the other side of the room.

What's the point scalpers will get them all and it will be an issue until the pandemic is over and they can get them into shops, Sony isn't doing anything about it but could make up a system if they wanted to I'm sure. But until the world is out and about and can know c19 isn't as bad and shops open and stock is there physically online orders for demanding stuff will be scalped

So after going live at 9:00 PM, and getting 5 or 6 errors in adding the console to my cart, the entire stock apparently got sold in less than a minute, and I missed it.

I tried and failed to get one. Im hoping by my birthday in March things will be looking better.

I wonder how much money Sony is losing with all these PS5's sitting in scalpers garage instead of in the hands of gamers? Gamers would be spending money on the Playstation Store.

Guys, it's gonna be an uphill battle as long as morality orbits around scalpers.

[EDIT: It's worth a news article, really. @Quintumply, @Shogunrok, @get2sammyb, it's an... interesting story.]

@Splat I don’t think they give a *****, they’re swimming in money like DuckTales right now after boasting about the biggest console launch ever. The consoles are sold, they don’t care who got them.

Here in the UK some independent stores I know of are getting in more stock in next 3 days.... so keep trying people

Over 50 people waited since 11pm yesterday outside of GameStop in the mall I work and they only had 2 😂 This makes me want to wait as long as possible to get one.

@Fenbops Yeah but his point is that they don't make money off console sales, they make it off software and subscriptions. If they sold a billion PS5s but no one bought any games or subbed to PS+, they'd still lose money. That said, I seriously doubt anywhere near the majority of consoles were sold to scalpers so it should only make a slight difference.

@Matroska it was a valid point he made.

Looks like easter here in the UK or Summer 2021.

I'm waiting until spring to get a PS5.

lol & lol i give up for now it's crazy and stand no chance of getting one. On launch day at midnight uk i was on amazon and game ready and refreshing ...
Amazon only had scalpers selling them for £850+1400 and the game site crashed it was a nightmare.

Day 2 on the game site they where making people wait over an hour to get a ps5 when they had stock so i waited ages in an online cue and gave up.

Fingers crossed for easter or summer 2021

With the cooling issue and the reported stick drift on the new controller, I might be waiting for the next iteration before I buy a PS5.

Hi - Has anybody thought of asking the Guy in the Red Suit ...?
Thought I would offer this advice having sent my letter express delivery to the North Pole a few weeks ago ...! Fingers Crossed.

@Saitama117 there’s stick drift? Man that does my head in on my switch.

So basically the article is where to buy a PS5 on cyber Monday and in the UK it’s nowhere lol.

Very have had some consoles delivered...mine was despatched today.

Unfortunately via Yodel so RIP

I have not gotten one yet. 😕 hoping cyber Monday is successful but I doubt it. Damn scalpers. 😫😫

The only accessory i needed i didnt get was the dualsense charging station... and the one accessory i have and didn't hook up yet is the hd camera.... what can you use the hd camera for anyways?

Looks like an apple and orange & banana will have to do for christmas

Does anyone know why there's such a shortage of the Media Remotes?I can't find them anywhere in the states.

Is the hunt to give Sony £450 but not being able to because of bots, scarcity, and scalpers getting anyone else down? I'm becoming genuinely despondent after being in two queues today only to be told they had sold out.

@Pillybaul Online party chat without a headset, I hope.

And Smyths went live at 10.30pm tonight and was sold out by 10.45pm. Joke.

@kiki3400 I entered my details and hit order only for it to not complete, I think. I guess it didn't as I have no confirmation email. Had so many crashes along the way. This is ridiculous...

I'm just going to wait until Jan or Feb

GUIDE: WHERE TO BUY PS5!
*Lists every single store that doesn't have any PS5s.

A few places not on this list.. it you may as well ask for money for Christmas to pit towards the console, I keep looking for both next gen systems and it’s pointless. If not there at the right time forget it... none of them state the time they will put the devices up for sale so unless your a bot it’s pointless..

So this guide just reminds us that ps5 is out of stock everywhere! Lol very kind!

I'm debating over paying but I feel once I do it will be everywhere.

We have all seen this movie of a console before...a peak will occur leading up to 1/1/21 as Christmas-returns occur stock will see a bump. Then post Christmas-present-purchase will further cause stock to ascend and ebay scaplers will take hopefully a hard gut shot to their prices. Within the next 6 weeks I suspect we will be getting into a point of easily during "that given week (maybe not day)" finding a unit. In the meantime- at least we have the entertainment of jpg post to screw bots on ebay to stick to it scalpers.

@legalstep I have a feeling ps5 won’t be in good supply for quite a while yet. Demand seems insanely high from what I can tell.

I got one delivered yesterday after adding it to my EE phone contract! Only trouble now is that it has to stay in it's box until Xmas as it's 'for my son'!

FYI: many of the stores you listed for "North America" don't operate in Canada.

I feel I am the only one that does not have or get lucky to get my hands on a PS5 lol.

Or if you're in Australia - good luck next year.

Finally bagged one yesterday. Time to rotate the PS5 to the PS4 spot in the living room, the PS4 to the PS3 spot in the bedroom and the PS3 to one of the kids if they want it.

Please stop recycling this ‘news’ item until there is actually an update. It’s like rubbing salt in the wound. Look where you can buy a PS5 click bait. Opens the article and it’s just sponsored links from sold out retailers. You can do better than this PushSquare.

Someone I know went into argos and was called back the next day to pick up a ps5, I told someone else this and he went in and got a console when he went into argos, so maybe shops are keeping them in store to stop online scalpers and selling them to people in person?? I was lucky enough to pre order mine in September, good luck to anyone that's trying to get one

You know who has plenty of stock? eBay!

Why?

"Online only"

[Expletive] COVID!

@r1chard Thank you. What I want is an informed article about when we'll actually be able to go to a store and buy one. Until we get to that point, they're all going to the scalpers and its basically hopeless. After getting so excited for it for about a year, this whole experience has just been a kick in the teeth.

Looks bleak ty to the scalpers in the UK.
Easter or summer 2021 the way things are going.

@Unlucky13 I just finally got one from BestBuy and was just about to give up. It’s been a frustrating experience to say the least. Here’s to hoping you and everyone else gets one soon. Merry Christmas.

@Unlucky13 check out wario64 on twitter for deals and in stock news if you haven't already

@Aslanmagic I'm glad that you got yours man. Hopefully, as time goes bye, more and more of us will. As far as people on Twitter go, I'm just burnt out on hearing that theyr'e back in stock somewhere, rushing there, doing everything right, and getting shut out again. After months of that, I'm just kinda done. When they're available to anyone who wants one under normal circumstances, I'll get mine then. I'm just throwing in the towel until then.

@Unlucky13 totally understand. What’s super irritating are the scalpers who are buying lots and lots of ps5s. On top of that you have to compete against bots. So frustrating. Hopefully after Christmas and the holiday rush there will be more and more soon.

@Aslanmagic I think that things will get better after the holidays, but not dramatically so, and its going to be gradual. Sadly, as long as the scaplers have the incentive to keep scooping up as many systems as they can, they're probably going to keep doing it.

My hope is that some time in January, we'll start to hear at least educated guesses as to when the first ones will be available in stores. Whether that's in the winter, or not until the summer, I'd at least like to have an idea.

"Which shops have PS5 stock for January 2021?"

Spoiler alert: none.

EDIT: There is always eBay....

The way this is going I might as well as wait for the ps5 pro and at least the ps5 games will be cheaper by then lol

This situation is plain stupid.
I receive tons of ps5 related commercials and cannot buy it anywhere.
Sony, are you promoting scalper's stock?

even the rumors are true of restocks on the 7th, expecting them to be gone in a few hours thanks to scalpers, sony and retailers need to do something about this

@r1chard

The last few months it's been all about clicks with pushsqare, once I agree they would of been above this but not anymore!

Curry's had some in stock this morning but the online wait queue was something like 154000 strong.

Some of these internet shops are not helping they all did it better for preordering before the console came out.
Most left the console front and bundles open all the time and just updated if they had stock, so it helped by not hiding these away like most do now.
As when they change it goes crazy.
Additionally all the stores should have dropped stock together at the same time, like most did for the initial preorder, it helped some how as I managed to get PS5 disc version then.
Also as additional stock dripped through and the front pages left open the following weeks, gamers managed to obtain consoles.
Now we just a store, get ready on their own change the front pages and the bots and scalpers get a good heads up and rush to that one store.

@Blacksmith1985

To be fair, its a number of issues making them hard to get, not all in Sony's control, slow down of production & shipment due to Covid-19, the scalpers & their bots, covid-19 causing shop closures

wow click on amazon uk and scalpers are selling them for 900+

No chance i recon july or mabe august until stock calms down

Its been nearly 5 months and I am yet to see a PS5 in stock, this demand is unreal.

@Netret0120 there is a major CPU shortage that is contributing to a limited production run. the demand is high, but it is being dramatically exaggerated when you consider that available stock is likely 75% lower than it should be. until AMD sorts out it supply chain issues, ps5 will remain hard to find for the next 6-12 months. add to that the possibility of a high failure rate in the production of ps5's and most people will be waiting until 2022.

Every time this article gets reposted I get excited and every time I’m disappointed as it always says out of stock!!! Is this reposted just to get clicks??

@Porco Thanks for the info. I hope im able to get one by the end of 2021 at least. I dont want to cave to scalpers but if i can find one close to retail price, ill get it.

Wal Mart is by far the worst when it comes to online sales.

Stock showed up on either Thursday or Friday in 10 minute intervals for about an hour, and the second the Add to Cart button is available (after refreshing a few times to get it show) it's already out of stock. It also seems that the "online-only" for Wal Mart is on a store-by-store basis. All of the Wal-Marts in my area have a sign in store that says "use Walmart.com".

Best Buy seems to be the best as it makes everyone wait a small amount of time when clicking "Add to Cart" for another "Add to Cart" prompt to show up - that's how I was able to secure a Series X.

Smyths in UK had a drop this weekend, but play straight into the hands of bots; already seeing them on eBay. They should have made it click and collect, harder for the same scalper to turn up in person to collect 5.

@Netret0120,

Or Sony are not making enough consoles, funny how people were saying there were far more PS4 stock available at launch, only for this to be dismissed later, looks like a lot of consoles have been saved for the Chinese launch.

I'm just planning on getting one in 2022. I do not have the time nor the dedication to monitor multiple websites to finally get one. I'm just going to wait until they're just sitting on the self and I can just go to the store and pick one up.

noticed something (maybe?) particularly scummy this morning on Amazon - noticed that they had a restock (I already have a PS5 but have a few friends who are after one). By the time I looked at Amazon all the disc ones were gone, but there were still some digital versions left. Anyway, the following happened:

1: Digital edition was in stock @ RRP on Amazon
2: Digital Edition out of stock @RRP, but some now available on Marketplace
3: Digital Edition completely out of stock

I can only assume that at step 2, there were some scummy individuals buying stock up @RRP and instantly marking it up and selling on Marketplace. I mean we can't really expect any better at this point, it's just another example of them not providing the "valuable service" they claim to - they don't even bother leaving the website they bought PS5s on, in order to sell them on

this whole scenario is purely speculation but I reckon it's highly likely what actually happened due to the fact that PS5s were only available on marketplace for that slim 5 minutes or so after the Amazon stock dried up

A friend od mine just landed a Digital Edition (which is the one he wanted but hasn't been restocked in a while) here in Poland. Bundled with a year-long PS Plus subscription but that's something most users want anyway.

Hear we go again out of stock.
Scalpers on ebay have stacks of ps5's some have 30+ and double the price .

I finally landed one after months of searching. Ordered from ace.co.uk and it arrived this morning. Very happy now. Would never pay more than RRP

I've had a PS5 since launch, but finally managed to get hold of a charging station today

@deathaxe yeah, one thing I didn't mention is I got the charging station from Amazon - I managed to get hold of it for RRP but I did notice after the order went through, that suddenly all the RRP ones were gone - no surprise there, but all of a sudden there was a listing for £50 for a charging station. This soon went, and Amazon went back to just having the unbudging £70 charging stations that presumably nobody is willing to pay for.

Like I said with regards the consoles on marketplace though, it's hardly surprising, just the most annoying way I can imagine someone trying to make a quick buck. I don't like scalpers anyway but at least most of them put in slightly more effort than just buying and re-selling on the same website

Huzzah! I finally got one!

Thank god there is not really any games that actually require a PS5 to play. I've tried several times but the hoarders keep slurping them up.

Smyths has stocks a few days ago, think Friday. I think all of them should drop the stocks at the same time, this might increase our chance. Dropping at 3 am and during the work hours don’t help. Still can’t get to buy one despite I tired since pre launch.

In Minnesota (US), I have not seen the PS5 system available in any store, but there are loads of PS5 games in every store that sells video games. Since there’s a decent number of games and very few people have a system, I’m not seeing a demand for all those games. They’re gathering dust. I can’t imagine the stores just want to sit around with all that stock, so I’m a bit surprised that PS5 game prices haven’t fallen sharply yet.

Even CEX are getting in on the scalping mentality at almost £800 for the disc version! How are they being allowed to do this?

Unless the stock situation improves markedly, I'm thinking of waiting for a few years until the 'slim' (or hopefully 'shorty' or WeightWatchers?) version appears. That's unless the PS4 games dry up which, given the current release schedules, seems highly unlikely.

I just went ahead and bought a used PS4 slim to tide me over. I'll give it some time and maybe try to grab one in the fall. I also want to wait until I can add on to the internal storage before jumping in. Hopefully that happens this year.

In the US, I've got my PS4 and PS5 on launch day through PlayStation Direct. I still think that it has been mostly due to pure luck but the transactions with them went smoothly and nothing went wrong.

Hope you guys find one. Do not give in to the scalpers.

Just a heads-up to UK consumers, I was able to get one last week from eBuyer.com. They have a much better system, where you have to email them to say that you would like to reserve a place in line for future stock. Keep an eye out on their website for the next time they invite people to join their waiting list. It took them about a week to respond to my email requesting a place in line, but once they did it was stress free as I didn't have to compete with half the country and an army of bots to complete my purchase.

Heads up people Game currently have stock and bundles of PS5 consoles. Just got one for my nephew cued about 40 mins. Good luck guys.

The longer this goes, the longer I think its going to be before they're readily available. I used to think it would be by July, but now I'm thinking more that Autumn is a best case scenario.

The quicker SONY can get stock in stores and online that never sell out in 1 second the better because I get nervous if there is no stock available just incase my PS5 dies :-/ I play it everyday and can't live without it(sad(maybe) but true)

Good old creation of demand by reducing supply. "oh look our product is so good it simply vanishes, everyone want it" strategy. Meanwhile I will just wait until there are actual games for it.

I finally got one from game. Only been trying a couple of weeks but snagged one yesterday. Took way too much effort though

It's the same story every month this article is updated

Another update - another Out Of Stock list.

Good job I'm not hankering for anything on the 5 at the moment.

@Phelan oh, yeah. Totally. It's a good thing they're doing that because clearly otherwise no one would have wanted to buy a ps5.

Well done. You figured it out.

@Quintumply Probably too much to expect; but is it possible to get any information regarding other regions than UK or US? I believe there is quite a few readers on this site not living in named regions ... me included. And in my region, Scandinavia, there is not as much as a hint of news regarding the PS5 like, anywhere. It's a non existing product.

How about trying to get some info from Sony, what is actually going on? I know for example that there is a global problem with producing enough components which also affects the PC delivery to private business firms around the globe. And not just in the gaming industry.

March 11th, 3 months, 92ish days, until R&C:RA June 11th. Barring delays. 😝

Hopefully Sony can get things moving along a little better by then. Father's Day is June 20th. 😁

The whole thing is a total shambles, both Sony and Microsoft have not made anywhere near enough stock available, sure you can blame component shortages, but at the end of the day they are both in control of when their consoles launched, why not delay until the supply chains were in place at full capacity.

Scalpers and bots are also an issue, but the initial stock shortages are still to blame for this, as if there was enough stock available what would the point of buying consoles to scalp people be in the first pace.

No rush from me to get one but if by some miracle i happen to get an opportunity to get one it will be from the PlayStation direct website.

I don’t believe the dates. I don’t believe any store has had any to sell for a couple of months.

I scored mine on Wednesday from PlayStation Direct.

Get the HotStock App - it was a life saver for me! It sucks that you never know when stock will pop, but at least getting a heads up is better than random searching.

Also, I just discovered a feature of the PS5 that I absolutely love:

PS4 games that enabled 3D Audio ONLY when using the Platinum Headset now enable 3D Audio with ANY headset. Thank you, Sony!

I gave up long ago and i just bought a SSD for my PS4 Pro i have a backlog so im good.

Woo hoo! Got one on Amazon UK this morning. Interestingly it was listed under "Other sellers", but the seller was still Amazon. I don’t know if that’s standard practice or if it was their attempt to block the scalper bots, by listing it separately. If that's the case then it worked for me! Clicked straight through, ordered, done. Should be arriving tomorrow.

Just hoping it actually arrives.

Edit: the HotStock app is what worked for me eventually. I’m also on the Stock Informer Telegram channel, but that doesn’t seem as reliable as HotStock.

Completely gave up trying to buy PS5 in the Czech rep for standard price from a local shop. The PS5 launch is a farce and you guys from pushsquare should stress this ridicuouls state of things more instead of playing the usual role of fanboys

Wow, I got one today from Smyth's (Ireland). Tbh I hadn't been trying hard and thought I'd just wait until whenever, but got a tweet saying GS were dropping, joined the queue wile working this morning and then saw another tweet about Smyth's dropping, went onto their site and picked it up straight away... Pure blind, dumb, luck!

@daldrum Here in the Netherlands its the same its sold out but the reporting from Pushsquare has nothing too do with fanboy rantings.

@daldrum scalpers buying up stock and hardware supply issues for Sony. Do you think Sony does this on purpose? They're losing money and customers this way.

@Flurpsel,

Looks very dodgy, and as we all know Sony will be losing money on he consoles at this price, but who knows.

One thing I do know is the whole thing five months or so in is a total shambles, and the newspaper articles about stock are just as bad, tipsters saying thousands of consoles on there way, when in reality it's probably very few, they say they have exact times, then say it could be any day at any time. Websites can't cope with the demand so they list stock at stupid times, but then state they have bot protection, yea right.

It's bad that after five months your easiest place to buy a PS5, without resorting to being chained to your P.C/Smartphone device, and having a lot of luck, is buying one off a scalper on E-bay.

Not of course the average price has shot down to around £600 but still £150 more than retail, so as it stands unless Sony actually get some serious stock to the U.K it will not get better anytime soon.

I guess I'll just stick with the PS4 this gen. Maybe I'll get the PS5 by next gen ... :-/

Random question given the topic, but does anyone else who owns multiple consoles buy certain games for one machine over another? I find myself buying a game on Switch or Xbox or PlayStation because it feels right for that system. Please tell me I'm not the only one!

If you are checking back this month - It's still out of stock.

I don’t understand the shortage of DualSense charging stations. I’ve been checking a handful of places a couple times per week since November. I’ve only seen them on Amazon and eBay marked up $$.

Funny my son's PS4 has started being weird and kinda glitchy which isn't too big a problem, I thought, because it is one of the OG models and it'd be nice to upgrade him to a Pro anyway.

So I pop online to get him one only to realize they basically don't exist now. Okay, I think, guess I'll just get a replacement PS4 then but oh wait those are gone too. Even drove to 3 different Walmarts, 2 Gamestops, Target, Conns Electronics, Kohls, and Big Lots just to be sure. No dice. Various employees telling me they've been out of stock for months.

I say all that to say I'm basically another schmuck looking for a PS5 now. Might as well if even the old gen is this hard to find. This semiconductor situation is crazy.

Edit: eh, nevermind. Went with a Series S instead. Seems like an affordable, available stopgap. This waiting by your mobile for alerts and queuing up for an extremely slim chance to throw money at Sony for a system with no games... nah I'm good.

By time I get a ps5 the games will he $30 or less and the ps5 will be announced lol

@zupertramp got the disc edition + miles morales from amazon an hour ago... if only you waited a few more hours😆

@Bush nah if I'd have kept at it longer you probably would have still ended up with mine anyway.

it's really all good though. enjoy your PS5 in any case.

who cares anymore. the fact that its come to this , over a freaking video game toy , is cringe. never have i seen such a scarcity for a video game console , ridiculous is an understatement. and corny to say the least.

meanwhile you can find your most obscure snack at your local grocery store , or almost any food at that.

absolutely stupid.

Almost 6 months later and it's nowhere to be found on "official" stores, nor it was ever there other than for a few seconds once every 2 weeks. So it still baffles me how can it be the best selling console ever while you cannot really buy it.

I think by this time next year...I'm STILL gonna be searching for one!!!!

I give up. I'm just going to wait until I can just drive to the store and buy one. Yeah, I know that won't be until 2022, but it's better than wasting all of my time trying to find one.

Whilst this page is welcome, I can't help but think that any stock would be sold out by the time the page was updated with stock arrivals.

"Give it up... baby, give it up",

We're all gonna have to give up on trying to get a ps5

Well on the subject of PS5 stock I have seen one of my Japanese friends obtain one and a guy I know living in the US appears to have also managed to get one so stock is appearing from time to time.

'Which shops have PS5 available for May 2021?'

ANSWER = NOWHERE

Over on NowInStock the data shows these are selling out within 30min of stock being posted. Most people don't even know when stock will be posted. A lot of the time, stock sells out in 10 min.

Every time I look at this page it just says out of stock. I’d be lucky to see this page say it’s in stock and still have enough time to go and buy it.

What would be interesting to see if you could pull your data to see when the common date/time for new stock is. Should we be looking at certain stores on certain days at certain times?

After some data crawling, here are some predictions on when things might be in stock in the US at least, and in PST. No guarantees, just the current consistencies.

First week of the month, check Walmart on Thursdays around 12pm

2nd week:
Tuesday - Playstation Direct, 1pm
Wednesday - Gamestop, 10:30am

• playstation Direct, 1pm
  Thursday - Best Buy - 12:40pm
  Friday - Best Buy, 12:40pm

3rd week:
Thursday - Walmart, 12pm

4th week:
Wednesday - Target, 4am

• Gamestop, 10:30am
  Thursday - Target, 4am
• Best Buy, 12:40pm
  Friday - Best Buy, 12:40am

Again, these are in stock for 10 to 30 minutes.
Gamestop is all bundles.
Playstation Direct is most consistent.
PD and Best Buy are fairly concise with their stock (no in and out of stock every minute).
Walmart is the worst in and out of stock (the worst being on 3/18 in/out 23 times)
Walmart also sells out the fastest, sometimes within a few minutes. This could be bots buying them. Then possibly being canceled leading to restocks, repeat.
Gamestop also sells out very fast.

Shopto.net for the UK had console bundles yesterday day time.

What’s funny is that Gamestop has them in stock right now. Digital sold out first. The disc bundle is $730, and still in stock for at least 30 min. But it comes with baseball, which is my reason for skipping it. Sorry, I’m not paying extra for something I don’t need.

Now they are out. Took over an hour. I guess people weren’t throwing themselves at the chance to pay over $700 to play baseball.

The UK was crazy today, tried to get one for a friend, I have disc one.
I was bang on time at Amazon the split second it became available.
Would the dam thing go in my basket no, constant tapping for 15 minutes. Then out of stock.
Sometimes I wonder if there are really any in stock or about 10 are available.
God knows who manages to buy one, especially as they said about 8 thousand were available today at Amazon UK.
Anyway poor friend will have to wait.

I preordered with base (UK) back in November and just had an email 6 months later saying its available

When and where starting to feel like never and nowhere.

There was a time not so long ago when I assumed Sony would hold back a ton of stock so retailers would have some to sell alongside 1st party next-gen exclusive Ratchet & Clank on it's release day, and while I do think retailers will sit on their weekly allotment of a dozen for that week to release that day, a dozen isn't going to do it.

I'll keep my eyes open - following a couple of people on Twitter - but if I don't have 1 by the end of June I'll give up searching until Christmas. And if I don't get1this Christmas then next Christmas.

I do have a pre-order in for the extra expensive red controller, but it looks like I'll just be using that for Xbox Gamepass on PC. Why it can work on PC and Switch but not on a PS4 is beyond me.🤷

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/11/random_ps5s_dualsense_controller_works_with_your_nintendo_switch_kinda

@Grimwood
Lame joke. Weak bait.

What a surprise, every store is out of stock!

@NeonPizza Hey, at least we have folders and themes.

I'm in the US and ps5 continues to be elusive. I'd believe the scalpers with the bots have perfected the art of snatching up all the units. By the time I am able to buy one, I'll probably have a choice at buying the better 2nd generation version or a bundled deal during Xmas. I'm very interested in getting one but definitely not going to lose sleep or overpay a scalper. I've got over 300 games on my Ps4 pro.

Accidentally bought a digital version this morning. Oh well...

This repeated article is absolutely pointless and unnecessary. PS5 consoles are out of stock in lots of places. We get it. Stop reporting on it to try to show AMAZINGLY in demand it is. Anyone who knows how to visit Push Square or has heard of Google knows how to find a PS5 console for purchase online if they really want one.

Pushsquare I love you but this article is pointless!

All it tells us every month is that we can’t get a ps5 anywhere lol

I haven't seen one on sale online since I bought mine day 1 last year I want another one just incase my one dies + it's the 23rd June and nothing this week? Not sure how people are buying them really. Oh well.

Dear Pushsquare staff,

When we say that some of your articles are clickbait, this is exactly what we mean. Maybe in a couple of months this article will make sense, but for now, it's just adding insult to injury.

Holy crap, I got one. I actually got one!!!

@B_Lindz congrats hope you enjoy it

@middyone Thank you so much! I'm setting it up right now. I forget how long it takes to update and set up consoles when you first get them. Haha!

you're very welcome. I was lucky enough to get one as well. Been having an absolute blast. Make sure you try out the ps plus collections. It is absolutely great on top of the free game this month.

As a day one os5 owner. If you haven't got one by now you don't really want one. Get an xboxsx they are easy to get. I have 3

Just had a new system update for my Ps5, can't seem to find anything out about it. Hope it's the damn ssd update....

NewEgg has a solo Digital PS5 (no Bundle) on the shuffle today.

@B_Lindz Nice!!!! go play some games.

This page is always so vague and useless. It's annoying it's constantly put on the news feed. Save it for when they are actually available, maybe?

@Saucymonk "As a day one os5 owner. If you haven't got one by now you don't really want one"

ignorance intensifies

@naruball It's not ignorance it's knowledge. If you want something buy it early. Simples.

@Saucymonk wow. Fantastic, baby. Dance!

Lots of PS5's in the wild now here in Belgium. We're getting there...

When? NEVER
Where? NOWHERE

I have been looking(in the UK) everyday online but I haven't seen it once yet for sale :-/

It’s all silly. This console is nowhere to be found in my region. I hope it soon will be possible to find it in physical stores and not just on online «lottery outlets» as it is here in Norway😐

Just grabbed another one this morning. My 2nd one in as many weeks. 3rd console in total.

I gave up for the moment as my original PS4 had broken down, had to buy a replacement PS4 Slim and bought a Switch Lite too.

@AhmadSumadi are you just trolling or trying to act clever? We dont need to know you have two. Douche.

@NeverRedNever nope. Just mentioning that I have multiple consoles. Don’t be a whiny little b...

@AhmadSumadi you know exactly what you are doing, so grow up little boy.

PS5s currently available at Best Buy!!

@NeverRedNever words from an unknown identity on the internet should not being out such anger in guy my friend. Nothing I said should’ve hurt your feelings as much as they apparently have.

Shopto.net have 3 bundles live for about 3 hours and just ordered one with ease.

Argos has PS5 stock.

The DualSense charging station link is broken. Was thinking of getting one next payday.

GAME is getting PS5 stock tomorrow morning.

https://twitter.com/GAMEdigital/status/1428008928802136070

Why can't we get news on sony taking up security measures against people using a bot program been hearing about sony creating more playstation 5 good but don't trust it

Game UK have PS5 in stock online tomorrow morning. Check their Twitter for more info.

I guess I'll get one next year 😭 I just want to walk in a store and pick one up I might as well wait for the ps5 pro if I waited this long.....my switch is keeping me happy.

Just got word my local game shop is getting some in next week and getting the pick of the bundles ! Beyond excited! Current gen here we come!

It appears that 99.9% of all retailers are out of stock on the PS5.

@Jmck87 Good for you!

@Far_Cide it was good for me and it might help other people who are still looking to talk to their local independent gaming shop. Often not as swamped as other retailers and usually have to buy physically beating any bots.

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@Jmck87 woohoo!

april the 1st 2022 the shops will be over flowing with them

This is the most pointless article ever published. And its on the loop too 🥱🤦

@IronMike it is but my guess is they get a lot of clicks on it from people trying to find a ps5 and probably quite a few purchases through the affiliate links on the games.

It’s the only reason I can think of for re-publishing it what feels like every week for a year…

Game got open pre-orders for the 19th November.

From an ebay scalper that has over 20 PS5's near you.
It's the only way to get one sadly.

Is this a legitimate website and PS5 deal???

https://www.peisoulnese.com/PlayStation-5-Console-and-PlayStation-5-DualSense-Wireless-Controller-Midnight-Black-p2929598.html

I recieved one of those PlayStation emails with a limited window to potentially buy a PS5...Weirldy thought I am happy mostly playing games on the Switch Lite these days, so I didn't bother. I'll probably get one, when you can just go out and buy one.

I was in a shop and saw some bloke walking around a with a brand new PS5. I said to him he was lucky to get his hands on one of them and he started cursing his kids with all sorts of expletives. He must have been through one hell of an ordeal to get it.

I have been saying this every month on this -

Where to buy - Nowhere & When to buy - Never

It's amazing how we still can't get PS5's just normally still. Crazy Luckily I got mine day one just by accident and pure luck because I haven't seen any online since(well ShopTo did have some in a online queue thing but they were expensive rip-off bundles) :-/

Looks like even the PS4 is out of stock pretty much everywhere too!

I won the lottery from Sony to "get a chance" to buy a PS5 from them, got it and it arrived the other day. after all this time of a terrible time trying to buy it no more disappointment over stock selling out in under a minute due to scalpers. Good luck everyone I hope you all are able to get a system.

My local Walmart, and I assume all Walmarts, have a sign that says to check walmart.com as they don't stock the PS5 or Xbox Series in stores. Why are they still doing this? Horse crap!

@jorel262 it’s a scam to entice people to pay to join their walmart plus service & become a member . when i became a walmart plus member it was easy to order a ps5 when they re-stocked for black friday . no freezes or immediate “out of stock” a second later BS . plus members get a head start on things before theyre available to public customers .

Can't believe stockouts are still an issue, I know covid is a factor but come on Sony

@Emperor_Rusty it's mostly due to the superconductors shortage, which is out of every console manufacturers and graphic cards manufacturers hands...

That and scalpers make it impossible to get ahold of it...

Available at Currys UK right now.
However expensive bundles only, as bad as scalpers
This should be stopped and all consoles should also be made available solo.

This is ridiculous. Worst console rollout ever.

So went on eBay made the only bid on an auction and just wandered away with a ps5 for retail price. Guess that's my luck run out for the rest of the year 🤣

It's a shame the official PlayStation site doesn't let you get in some sort of queue to get a PS5??? :-/ Everytime I look on there it says sold out(like everywhere else) It's annoying :-/ Saying that I got a PS5 day 1 luckily but I want another one just incase mine dies(I use it sooooo much I get worried I am going to kill it dead)

I lucked out in December and got one from Studio.

I paid RRP, so I'm happy. I managed to catch a new article on my phone that said "in stock in the UK!" within an hour of it posting.

Pure chance, just picked up my phone. I joined a queue and managed to get through to the store pages and went for it.

'Which shops have PS5 available for March 2022?' NONE This is all DREADFUL really :-/ I know the PS5 is selling well(god knows how because I have never seen one for sale online or in a shop yet apart from the one I got just by luck on day 1) COME ON SONY!!! SORT THIS S***...Stuff out :-/ It's ridiculous that still now I can't just go online or go to a shop and buy one :-/

Unsolicited advice:
Walmart+ is probably your best bet to get one, close to msrp. When Walmart has a restock, just get a one month sub for $15. It'll give you an hour access, to buy ps5, before the general public. Last Monday, they must've had ps5's available for members for an hour or so.

GAME already sold out. Currys have a few £700 to £800 overpriced bundles with 1TB SSDs & headphones going and a DOA edition.

Even the PS4 seems to have gone out of stock...

https://bit.ly/Gagnerplaysstationsessionmars-avril2022

https://bit.ly/Gagnerplaysstationsessionmars-avril2022

@IAM1982 My guess is that it will keep going until Sony is on the verge of releasing the PS5 Slim/Pro (which is what I'm waiting for), which will then have the same scarcity issues.

Finally was able to order one through the Walmart restock on the 14th, but my order status hasn't changed from the day I made the order. Luckily it hasn't been cancelled, nor has the arrival date changed (March 31).

Anyone order on the 14th and have their order say anything different in their account?

I refuse to give in to scalpers .. no matter how long i've to wait to get my hands on a PS5 , may my dear ps4 give me strength to fight those greedy scalpers.

@TheNomadLad I would have been happy to pay Sony an extra 100 big ones just to avoid the stress of not knowing when I could get hold of one, but the mark-up for a scalped console is so ridiculous. Then you are left trusting someone who is unscrupulous by nature to actually send you the thing and in good condition.

I finally ordered one today via PlayStation direct. I signed up a few months ago and focussed on other things in my life aside from gaming and had the attitude that I will get one when I get one.
Good luck to you!

@Apfelschteiner I'm happy for you , i don't know if i can focus on other things in my life aside from gaming, like i usually play every day , but i'm also okay with just gaming on my PS4 and have your same attitude of i will get one when i get one.
Thanks for the kind words, happy gaming

Finally had a few drops in the UK this week all gone now. What gets me is the main shops that put the console in £750 bundles with the only way to get one and not selling it solo.
You put solo in your basket and when you try to but it says out of stock. Put a big bundle in and like magic the console is in stock with the bundle.
The cost of living in the UK and extra taxes is bad enough without these greedy horrible shops making you buy expensive bundles.

So so glad to see the Curry’s UK PS5 disc bundles costing £750 and £799 still in stock and the general public not buying them. They been there for about 4 days, nasty horrible shop.

@sanderson72
So so glad to see the Curry’s UK PS5 disc bundles costing £750 and £799 still in stock and the general public not buying them. They been there for about 4 days, nasty horrible shop.

@Dezzy70 Can't understand the logic - people want the base console (disc edition - doesn't seem to be the mad rush for the DOE).

Currys (and GameCollection) stocking bundles for £800 and they sit there for ages. The PS5 is expensive enough, more so in the current climate, at £450 and some people can't stretch to £800.
Personally, I think I'm just going to buy a Switch in the meantime and keep an eye out for 1) stock becoming available and 2) a decent reason to go next gen as at the moment, the PS5 'exclusives' just aren't of interest.

@sanderson72
I have a Switch OLED get used a lot.
Especially at the moment family and friends Easter time a-bit of Mario Kart couch competition and Kirby seems to be going down well.
It’s a nice little console and does a good job all round.
HFW is probably the PS5 show case game at the minute, if you into that sort of game it is very good.
You should try Argos or Smyths toys they normally sell PS5 no bundles but you have to be so quick.

@Dezzy70 Yeah, GAME had quite a few recently but the console only sold out in about half an hour. Bundles, including extra storage, games and/or extra controllers were selling for £600 and upwards - they hung around for a while before people (begrudgingly, probably) bought them.

Sadly I’ve given up trying to get a PS5 after two years and am still happy with my PS4. Horizon Forbidden West played great on it. Hopefully will find one this year!

@mrtennis1990

@MightyDemon82 thank you! Just registered!

@mrtennis1990
In stock all day and still available right now, at Very.

April 2022 is too vague, when in April? I've given up trying to wait for paying retail price for the console so I've managed to get a used one from someone, can pay it back bit by bit but what else can I do 😬😬😤😤

Just got one from EE with their add to plan service, with GT7 and an extra controller

Thanks for the heads up. Just pre-ordered one from Game. So hopefully that'll arrive with me next week.

Had one since launch day at 8am and been enjoying it ever since 🤷🏻‍♂️

Any Swede still haven't got one, CDON has preorders up for new stock released at 30/6 -22.
Warning: If you already have bought one, don't order another -they WILL ban your CDON account forever!! They really don't want scalpers to buy them.
3 different bundles all for 7500 SEK. (extra game, extra dual sense)

Welp just got my amazon invite so that’s done.

Well we have plenty here in Lebanon 🇱🇧
Just walked in store and bought one 😁

I keep getting emails off Sony so I decided to purchase another one. They let buy two per household now instead of just one.

@NinjaNicky
So do you have one in the bedroom and another one in the kitchen?!😃

I don't think it's hard to get a ps5 in the UK. I bought mine in summer and I spent only a few hours to seal a deal. I ordered one last week, my friend is just too excited.

By the way, I saw PS5 DualSense Charging Station at Lidl(UK) for £12. Ps4 charger was £10 I think.

@silverspeed an official one? Or a dodgy one? Ive been looking for a charging dock. Smyths is usually the best place for stuff like that, I got a red controller for £30 during the black Friday deals. the price for the PS5 has gone up though (at least on the Sony site from £450 to £475)

@NinjaNicky, it's Lidl brand.
Only reason I mentioned to everyone because in my local Asda/Currys even Argos didn't have official, only other brands(for the cost is around £20.). And I don't think they are better than this.

I have a few tech stuff from Lidl and Aldi. Mainly stuff are which I don't care about brand. Quality is good.
I wouldn't buy PC, laptop, or specific camera from there. Or anything really costly. But I am fine with accessories. And never regret them.

Was able to get a PS5 Digital (HFW bundle) from Gamestop (US) last week. When I clicked into the product listing, the 'Add to Cart' button was gone, and was replaced with a 'Not Available' button. But when I clicked the 'Not Available' button, it let me through to the checkout page. lol. A couple days later, it shipped.

@eagletrippin i just checked and it said available for me here, then i only signed in and was gone lol, jeez, sigh..
I dont know if they get stock on Mondays or which day, i can't remember now if i checked yesterday.
Goddamn..
After checking how games run much nicer on ps5 in backward compatibility especially settings of ps4 pro enhanced ps4 games,
I should have bought a pro back then.

Much more pleasant, many games could be smoother on ps4.

ShopTo are now selling the twin controller packs for a smidge under £530 making it probably the best value deal out there.

Should be just under £500 of course - thanks greedy Sony from the people of the UK...

Well...I am not surprised. PS5 is the best choice for gamers for now.

What a useful article. There I was, standing in line at the hairdresser's, all excited to buy a console I got on release day years ago, and this article saved me the embarrassment of informing me that they are available from every retailer you'd expect them to be.

This isn't an article, it's just a list. ..still, it worked 300+ of us commented

@silverspeed
Yup, easy to get in the UK.
Smyth's, Argos, game, you name it, they have it, and they've been available for a very long time.
My Smyth's have the special Spiderman 2 bundle, they had the horizon bundle for ages, and they got all the slit sided consoles in on day one and have them available off the shelf.