The Best Buy PS5 restock that’s expected on Friday, April 2 is the greatest chance to make up for the lack of any restock on Thursday.
The Best Buy PS5 restock is thought to be happening on Friday, April 2, according to the retailer’s undeniable pattern of stocking the Sony consoles every Friday for the last six weeks. Will Best Buy for 7-for-7 with new PlayStation 5 inventory? There’s a very strong chance, and our PS5 restock Twitter tracker always has the answer ahead of time. To get advance notice, follow our tracker: This is what the notification for Best Buy PS5 restock looks like (last week): The Best Buy PS5 restock date will be Friday, April 2 if the retailer sticks to its pattern of launching next-gen console orders on Friday afternoons. The PS5 restock time is usually just after 12am EDT, though once it landed later than normal at 3pm EDT. We’ve had exclusive reporting pieced together from inventory counts via warehouse and store employee sources to confirm the Best Buy restock date and time right before it officially went live, and we will be looking to do the same tomorrow. Last week, the PS5 inventory at Best Buy was Disc only, with the PS5 Digital Edition not being sold whatsoever. We don’t have a clear count on how many versions of the console will be on hand this week, but we’re also searching for those sources. Best Buy could help thousands of people who were disappointed today, Thursday, April 1 when Walmart told us “Nothing today” when we asked if there would be a PS5 restock at 3pm EDT. You may have to wait until Thursday, April 18 for the next Walmart restock today. It has done a restock every other Thursday for two cycles, then takes a one month break before two more cycles of console orders. We’re now seeing some PS5 orders from March 18 are finally being shipped, according to people who bought the console from our alert and reported back to us. Others are still waiting for it, stuck at ‘preparing’ status.
