{"id":2197,"date":"2021-05-21T20:45:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T20:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlinegaminggear.com\/bad-news-for-the-best-buy-ps5-and-xbox-series-x-restock-today-when-to-get-it\/"},"modified":"2021-05-22T08:48:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T08:48:41","slug":"bad-news-for-the-best-buy-ps5-and-xbox-series-x-restock-today-when-to-get-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlinegaminggear.com\/bad-news-for-the-best-buy-ps5-and-xbox-series-x-restock-today-when-to-get-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad news for the Best Buy PS5 and Xbox Series X restock today \u2013 when to get it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> There&#8217;s bad news for the Best Buy PS5 and Xbox Series X restock today, we can exclusively report based on the sources of our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/mattswider\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/mattswider\">PS5 restock Twitter tracker Matt Swider<\/a> who say there&#8217;s no inventory on hand. Matt will send you an alert when US retailers are back in stock \u2013 <strong>if you follow his Twitter account and turn on notifications<\/strong>. This news is despite the fact that Best Buy hasn&#8217;t had a restock of consoles this week and usually does at least a PS5 restock on Thursday or Friday. When is the next PS5 and Xbox Series X restock? Rely on Matt&#8217;s alerts, which have helped point 25,000 people to the Sony and Microsoft consoles.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>When will Best Buy restock PS5? <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/mattswider\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/mattswider\"><strong>Follow our PS5 restock Twitter tracker Matt Swider<\/strong><\/a> for notifications and live updates. It&#8217;s the fastest way to get real-time updates.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Caution: Don&#8217;t buy from Twitter users \u2013 which are all scams. <\/strong>Only buy from the US stores Matt points you to. No one is looking to eagerly sell a console for just $550.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click this example of a Best Buy PS5 restock from our console Twitter tracker Matt Swider to get alerts:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/mattswider\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/mattswider\"><\/p>\n<figure data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:590px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:72.54%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" alt=\"PS5 restock Best Buy\" class=\" lazy-image-van optional-image\" onerror=\"if(this.src &amp;&amp; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/techradar\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DYm4yGc3fmnkfZzk3MQRLE-320-80.png.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DYm4yGc3fmnkfZzk3MQRLE-650-80.png.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DYm4yGc3fmnkfZzk3MQRLE-970-80.png.webp 970w\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DYm4yGc3fmnkfZzk3MQRLE.png\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DYm4yGc3fmnkfZzk3MQRLE.png\"\/><source type=\"image\/png\" alt=\"PS5 restock Best Buy\" class=\" lazy-image-van optional-image\" onerror=\"if(this.src &amp;&amp; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/techradar\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DYm4yGc3fmnkfZzk3MQRLE-320-80.png 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DYm4yGc3fmnkfZzk3MQRLE-650-80.png 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DYm4yGc3fmnkfZzk3MQRLE-970-80.png 970w\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DYm4yGc3fmnkfZzk3MQRLE.png\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DYm4yGc3fmnkfZzk3MQRLE.png\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Matt Swider \/ Twitter)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-time-will-best-buy-restock-ps5\">What time will Best Buy restock PS5?<\/h2>\n<aside class=\"hawk-placeholder\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p>The Best Buy restock time for PS5 and Xbox is between 12pm EDT and 3:15pm EDT \u2013 with 12:30pm being the most popular time \u2013 when it&#8217;s on a Friday. When it&#8217;s on a Thursday, as it has been for the past two weeks, it&#8217;s usually at 3:40pm EDT.<\/p>\n<p>However, we don&#8217;t expect a PS5 restock at Best Buy today, May 21, according to the sources of Matt Swider. There&#8217;s nothing scheduled and no inventory at Best Buy warehouses, even if they did want to launch orders. Unlike Walmart, Best Buy only sells consoles it has on-hand or in the pipeline.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"will-ps5-be-restocked\">Will PS5 be restocked?<\/h2>\n<p>Yes, American retailers, in addition to Best Buy, will put PS5 and Xbox Series X on sale \u2013 it&#8217;s a matter of when, not if, as inventory is low across the board in the US. The only stores that haven&#8217;t had a restock recently include <strong>Costco<\/strong> and <strong>Amazon<\/strong>, but those stores are always a surprise with very little intel coming out of warehouses. We don&#8217;t expect an Amazon PS5 or Xbox restock until early June.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Antonline<\/strong> does weekly PS5 restocks (sometimes it&#8217;s Xbox like it was this past week), while there is an ongoing <strong>Target Xbox Series X<\/strong> restock but based on local stores, so you will see online orders open up in your region on a gradual basis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Walmart<\/strong> has consoles in stock on Thursdays, but usually every other Thursday, while <strong>Sam&#8217;s Club<\/strong> is often between 12am EDT and 1am EDT. The <strong>Microsoft Store<\/strong> has been restocking at the same time every week at Sunday at 12pm EDT (or a little later), though recently it&#8217;s just been the Xbox Series S at that restock time.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"buy-best-restock-tips-for-ps5-and-xbox-series-x\">Buy Best restock tips for PS5 and Xbox Series X<\/h2>\n<p>Even if the Best Buy PS5 restock isn&#8217;t today, you should be prepared for the console to be back in stock any day next week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Best Buy PS5 restocks are different from other US retailers in \u2013 you shouldn&#8217;t refresh the page in order to successfully purchase the PS5. Instead, Best Buy has set up what&#8217;s almost like a Sony Direct queue system right inside the yellow add-to-cart button to prevent scalpers and automated bots from buying the Sony console.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Attempting to Buy the PS5 or Xbox from Walmart, Best Buy, or PS Direct - PlayStation 5 Restock\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2SUGMa3iCes?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"did-best-buy-sell-out-of-ps5\">Did Best Buy sell out of PS5?<\/h2>\n<p>Best Buy did sell out of the PS5 within 30 minutes last Thursday, and this was the second week in a row that the US retailer&#8217;s restock date and time has been a Thursday at 3:40pm EDT. It used to launch orders on Fridays.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, it didn&#8217;t go three-for-three with a PS5 restock this week, and the Xbox has been absent from its roster for even longer.<\/p>\n<p>We may see the next PS5 restock at Best Buy this upcoming Thursday, May 20 at 3:40pm EDT, if the electronics retailer sticks to its ongoing pattern.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>Original by Techradar<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/exclusive-best-buy-ps5-and-xbox-series-x-restock\/\"> &#8211; Click here to read full post <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>Brought to you by <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinegaminggear.com\">Online Gaming Gear | Best Gear for Best Gaming Experience<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: There&#8217;s bad news for the Best Buy PS5 and Xbox Series X restock today, we can exclusively report based on the sources of our PS5 restock Twitter tracker Matt Swider who say there&#8217;s no inventory on hand. 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