Update: The final Walmart PS5 restock wave is coming up at 4:20pm. Click on the links to Walmart below in order to get either the Disc or Digital PS5 – if you can.
The Walmart PS5 and Xbox restock is today, with the largest US retailer confirming the start time to TechRadar of when you can finally get those hard-to-buy consoles. We can already see the product pages for PS5 Digital and Disc versions, as well as the Xbox Series X and Series S versions.
$499 PS5 Disc restock at Walmart – in stock right now
$399 PS5 Digital restock at Walmart – in stock right now
$499 Xbox Series X at Walmart sold out
$299 Xbox Series S at Walmart sold out
🚨>90mins to Xbox restock / 2hrs to PS5 🌟Walmart🌟THIS IS THE BIG ONE🐳 PS5 Digital https://t.co/znn5fqVNI1PS5 Disc https://t.co/fOQxCworacXbox Series X https://t.co/rDu9ZnRy1iXbox Series S https://t.co/wU69mKu7OiMy how to buy it tips @techradar: https://t.co/LjreRk1bbsMarch 4, 2021
1. PS5, Xbox restock tips: the Walmart time
New Xbox restock time price – it’s about to begin
The Xbox restock will go on sale at 2:30pm EST and you won’t have to go through the Microsoft Xbox All Access financing plan this time around.
“I can confirm that this restock is for the standalone console, not All Access pass,” a Walmart spokesperson told TechRadar this afternoon.
PS5 restock time and price – this is the next console drop
The PS5 stock will go on sale at 2:30pm EST, 30 minutes after the Xbox restock, according to Walmart, and it’ll cost $399 and $499 for the PS5 Digital and Disc versions respectively. Unlike other retailers, Walmart won’t stick you with bundles.
How to get our Twitter tracker alert
This is the sort of Twitter notification to look out for when the console drops happen:
🚨 PS5 restock – they’re both live now!!!!! 🥳 ♻️ RT + follow @mattswider + @techradar (can I get to 70,000 followers this weekend?!) ❤️ All versions ($399+): https://t.co/B6Pgt2XRRr https://t.co/Wprfgyojjo pic.twitter.com/KlVlh3x1bsFebruary 26, 2021
3. PS5 restock stores in the US list (if you miss Walmart)
3. How Walmart restocks work: don’t give up
Keep refreshing and keep trying to hammer that Add to cart button. You will see it go out of stock three or four times once every 10 to 15 minutes. It’ll suddenly say the PS5 will be back in stock at 3:10pm. Don’t take that first delay as an answer. But refresh more often than the 10 to 15 minute intervals.
Try multiple devices: phone, tablet, several browsers – both the mobile app and the web have had different results for people. Persistence and variety will help.
Basically, refresh the website, tap add to cart, refresh, add to cart until it actually goes in. If it’s sold out, keep trying, as it’ll comes back in waves.
We sent out an instant alert about the Amazon PS5 restock via our Twitter tracker, and we plan to do the same for Walmart today. Amazon on Wednesday had the console in stock – it had been 15 days since the retailer had new PS5 stock and it’s the easiest retailer to check out from, so it went out of stock in about two minutes.
Remember, the time and date for restock is never truly known. These big box stores in America do gravitate toward launching new stock during the same time window, though, according to our PS5 restock Twitter tracker.
Happy ending to this PS5 story. Happy to play a part.❤️ https://t.co/WhtMOS2putFebruary 25, 2021
Through Twitter, we’re tracking the next PS5 stock from more than 12 sources, and we’ve seen a few PS5 consoles pop up over the last week and, even better news, high success rates for people who have been looking for restock for months.
Even if you don’t get to buy the console today, there may be a PS5 drop any one of the days in the upcoming week.