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PS5 UK stock update: The stores restocking PlayStation today, timings and availability

Andrew Griffin
Monday 23 November 2020 11:03 GMT
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PS5 Launch – Play Has No Limits

The PS5 has arrived, and then disappeared again almost straight away.

Fans are rushing to try and find in-stock PlayStation 5 consoles wherever they can.

But they are few and far between – every retailer that does get stock sells out as soon as they can announce it. (Their website invariably goes down, too, due to the interest.)

Here’s the latest on all of the major retailers’ stock, whether they have any consoles, and whether some might be arriving soon.

Amazon – out of stock

This was the big hope for release day. Amazon had suggested they would refresh their stock at noon – when that arrived, the website crashed, and when it came back they were “currently available”.

It’s not clear whether anyone actually managed to buy one during the outage. But either way there’s none to buy now.

More restocks may be coming through the day, so keep an eye on this page and our live coverage.

Buy here

Game – out of stock, mostly

At the time of publication, the Game website was showing a host of “pre-orders”, which it said you could buy now and should arrive by 10 December. It’s offering bundles that include games, accessories and even T-shirts.

Trying to buy them was fairly tough, however, with customers reporting virtual queues of over an hour.

Buy here

Curry’s – out of stock

More consoles were supposed to come from Curry’s on release day, at 9am. Then they were delayed, and then they were cancelled entirely.

Now the company says that it will send out an update when it has more news to share about when it might have more stock to sell.

Buy here

John Lewis – out of stock

Perhaps the most bruised , the whole John Lewis website went down amid hopes of a restock on release day morning. It’s back up now, but without any consoles to offer.

Buy here

Argos – out of stock

Having been up front about the fact that it would not have any consoles to sell on release date – but that it would update people when it did – Argos has been fairly quiet all day. It has said that more are coming in time, so it’s still worth keeping an eye on them.

Buy here

AO – out of stock

Speaking of transparency, AO says it’s not got any consoles left and it’s not getting any any time soon. Anyone visiting the website sees an error message that sounds like it has been written in the face of a host of upset customers.

"We're really sorry but unfortunately we don't have any Playstation 5 consoles available for order at the moment and we won't be receiving any stock in the near future," it says.

Buy here

Studio.co.uk – out of stock

After having some stock earlier in the morning, Studio now seems to have run out once again. But they might be refreshed through the day.

Buy here

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