PS5 stock was made available at both Best Buy and GameStop yesterday afternoon.
Separate PS5 consoles and bundles reappeared on Best Buy’s website yesterday, and GameStop followed suit shortly thereafter with its own stock.
The target may also be back in stock soon.
Both stores had the drive and digital consoles in stock, along with their own package offerings.
GameStop’s most expensive PS5 bundle includes Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Demon’s Souls, and a $ 20 GameStop gift card for $ 729.99.
Best Buy customers, on the other hand, can pick up a cheaper bundle of $ 689.96, which contains the same items as GameStop minus the gift card, and instead offers Black Ops: Cold War.
Once again, hopeful fans got the chance to grab a PS5. Following the redesign, Twitter sees an influx of proud new PS5 owners, sharing their triumphant relief in the form of confirmation email screens.
However, success was not easy.
Buyers faced an abundance of barriers. Absent confirmation emails and post-purchase cancellations were just some of the frustrations customers faced.
For some people, the PS5 did not even make it into their car. Best Buy customers have been constantly getting error messages and GameStop seems to be blocking buyers’ IP addresses at random.
Unfortunately, not everyone got their PS5 solution. Limited stock and technical issues have disappointed many fans and left PS5 less.
It’s uncertain how long the inventory lasted before buyers exhausted all available PS5s, but we do know that bundles and packages survived the longest.
Scalpers has claimed more than 3,500 consoles, so if you still can’t get a PS5 in your basket, bots can probably get the blame. However, there are a few ways to get around this – here’s our advice to put them into action!
When will Best Buy and GameStop reload the PS5?
Both stores have yet to officially announce another new stock. Therefore, it can not be said how long it will take before we see the PS5 at Best Buy and GameStop, but there are many places that are reported to be able to start again soon.
Check out our US PS5 stock listing to find out more. We also have a UK inventory tracking.