How to Find the PS5 in Stock Now

How to Find the PS5 in Stock Now is a post by Adam Mills from Gotta Be Mobile.

Finding Sony’s PS5 in stock is difficult. This guide will help you get one, hopefully without paying inflated prices. It will also show you where to check for PS5 stock and how to get notified when stock is available at a retailer so you can order a console quickly.

Sony’s PS5 Digital Edition costs $399.99 while the standard disc version retails for $499.99. Both versions are hard to find right now and it will take some patience if you haven’t managed to track one down yet.

Unfortunately, stock shortages continue to plague the console. At one point Sony said the situation would improve every month, but consumers will have to wait longer for PS5 stock issues to truly recover. In fact, the chip shortage impacting devices like the PS5 could stretch well into 2022 and, perhaps into 2023 or even 2024.

Back in November, Bloomberg said Sony’s “reduced its PlayStation 5 production outlook for this fiscal year due to component and logistics constraints” and that it will be even harder to find a PS5 as shortages and logistic issues continue to plague the company. The Biden administration also believes the chip shortage will stretch into the second half of 2022.

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger recently told CNBC the chip shortage could last until 2024. Initially the company believed the shortages would end in 2023.

In a financial presentation, Sony believes PS5 stock will start to recover over the next year and then finally surpass the PS4’s selling speed in 2024.

The company is currently forecasting improved PS5 sales during this fiscal year which means we could see some improvements in the short-term.

So, for the time being, you can expect PS5 stock to remain in a constant state of flux in the months, and perhaps even years, ahead.

Where to Find the PS5 in Stock Now

The PS5 is sold directly at several stores though many of them are sold out. You can, however, buy it right now on resale sites like eBay if you’re willing to pay a premium for the console.

Here’s a rundown of where you can check the PS5 stock manually. This is smart to do because it can give you an edge in some cases.

You can use the links below to check for the PS5 Digital Edition in stock to save $100 if you don’t want access to the console’s disc drive.

Some retailers let you sign up for in-stock alerts. Some also allow you to join special programs, like Amazon Prime and Walmart Plus, and these may give you access to PS5 stock.

It’s also worth noting that you can still register for an opportunity to purchase a PS5 directly from Sony. You can signup for a chance to buy one over on Sony’s website.

You can also try and order inside physical retail locations, some GameStop locations have allowed this, but quantities may already be spoken for.

How to Find the PS5 in Stock

You can get a notification when the PS5 is in stock.

If you don’t want to manually check the stock at stores, you can signup to get tracking alerts from NowInStock. These are great in addition to any stock alerts that retailers allow you to set up directly.

Go to the PS5 page on NowInStock.
Register for a free account at NowInStock.
Check your inbox for a verification email and click the correct link to verify.
Go back to the PS5 NowInStock page.
Click Add/Manage alerts in the right corner of the screen.
Add an item to track it.

You can get browser alerts, text alerts, or email alerts when the PS5 model you want is in stock. You can also see the history of when the PS5’s been in stock at specific retailers. You can use this to figure out when you should manually check or when you should expect an alert.

If you use social media, we also recommend following accounts like Wario64 and PS5 Stock Alerts for the latest news about PS5 stock.

How to Get a PS5 Right Now

If you don’t want to deal with manually tracking stock at retailers or waiting for orders to start back up when small amounts of stock trickle in, you can look for both PS5 models at resellers like eBay and Craigslist.

People are reselling both versions of the PS5 on eBay for well over their standard retail price. In some cases, we’ve seen the consoles listed at well over $1000. That’s obviously far from ideal, but it’s an option if you’re tired of waiting.

Be careful to read the listing before you buy as we’ve seen questionable listings. eBay is pretty good at closing them down, but you’ll still want to exercise caution.

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If security is important to you, you'll want to think about installing Apple's iOS 15.6 update right away.

The iOS 15.6 update has 30+ security upgrades on board and they are essential if you want to keep your device and its data protected. You can learn more about them right here.

If you missed iOS 15.5 it brought 27 new security patches to the iPhone. You can learn more about these patches over on Apple's security site.

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If you missed iOS 15.1, iOS 15.6 will bring its security patches to your iPhone. You can read more about them on Apple's website.

If you missed iOS 15.0.2 you'll also get its security patch with your upgrade. You can learn more about it right here.

iOS 15.0 also brought numerous security patches to your iPhone. If you'll be moving up from iOS 14 and you're interested in the exact nature of these improvements, you can read about them over on Apple's security website.

Apple's updated its website with new information about iOS 15's batch of security patches. The company now says the software patched up an issue that could have exposed a user's private Apple ID information and in-app search history. It also says iOS 15 patched up an issue that allowed apps to override Privacy preferences.

If you skipped iOS 14.8 or any older versions of iOS, you'll get the security patches from those updates with your iOS 15.6 update as well.

In addition to those patches, iOS 15 comes with some security and privacy upgrades including improvements to Siri. Requests made to Siri are now processed on the device itself using Neural Engine. This makes it more secure.

If you're an Apple Card user, you'll now get a security code that changes regularly to use when you make online transactions.

Apple's also included a built-in authenticator that's similar to Google Authenticator. This will let you generate verification codes for enhanced sign-in security under your Passwords.

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