Update: The latest PS5 restock today was at 2pm EDT – and it only for sale if you had an email invite from Sony Direct, the official store for the PlayStation brand. We did track another PS5 restock this morning, October 13, a Target – online for in-store pickup – but not all Target stores had it in stock. Two very small PS5 restocks.
If you didn’t get the Sony Direct email invite, step 1) follow our PS5 restock Twitter tracker Matt Swider for alerts – follow and turn on notifications. Step 2) sign up for our email alerts. Sony Direct often (not always) opens up a second virtual queue for all registered PSN users at a later time – usually at 5pm EDT or 6pm EDT. It didn’t happen today, however. Even Sony’s store to sell the console is experiencing PS5 supply constraints.
Matt Swider has helped 90,000 people buy a next-gen console via these alerts:
► Never buy from other Twitter users – ever. They’re all scams. Only buy from the US stores Matt alerts you about. No one will sell a PS5 for just $550.
Here’s a prime example of what these crucial PS5 restock alerts look like:
Sony Direct restock time today
There are usually two times to check for the Sony Direct PS5 restock every time we see a bunch of email invites go out to PSN users (they’re sent at random). When do you need to check in the future? It all depends on whether or not you have the email invite from the console maker.
If you got the email invite, the virtual queue started at exactly 2pm EDT / 11am PDT, according to the official email invite sent to hundreds of users. This is an exclusive PS5 restock, meaning your chances are much higher but you’re not guaranteed to be able to buy a console to checkout with it.
If you didn’t get the email invite, then we always look for a possible PS5 restock to open to everyone with an active PSN account. It didn’t happen today, but for future reference, it’s most recently happened between the times of 6pm EDT and 6:05am PDT. At that time, it starts with a waiting room before launching everyone into a virtual queue that lasts about 30 minutes before Sony Direct completely sells out.
How to get the Sony Direct email invite
Obviously, the easier restock time is 2pm EDT during the exclusive virtual queue. As we’ve reported on in the past, getting that coveted email invite is mostly about luck, as it’s sent randomly to registered PSN users.
However, as outlined if you sign up for Matt’s crucial restock newsletter emails in the past, you can also open yourself up to marketing emails from Sony by diving deep into your PSN account settings: Account Settings > Notifications > Check the first item regarding receiving special offers from Sony.