🚨 Our PS5 Pro restock tracker @mattswider on X sends out instant alerts
😬 The PS5 Pro is available, but only for nearly double the asking price
📈 The console remains sold out at MSRP as demand has increased ahead of GTA 6’s launch
🏭 RAM prices and the component shortage has also impacted manufacturing
After a PS5 Pro restock took place at Best Buy on October 23, Sony’s souped-up console remains sold out for its $899.99 asking price. However, you’ll find refurbished and pre-owned models at Walmart, Best Buy, Amazon, and GameStop, if you’re willing to pay almost double to price for a PlayStation 5 Pro.
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GameStop has refurbished and preowned PS5 Pro stock for $1,399. An Amazon reseller is offering a refurbished unit for $1,599. Best Buy’s third-party seller is asking for $1,549 for a PS5 Pro, while Walmart is the worst of the bunch with an open box PS5 Pro for $1,644. Of course, this is way more than the $899.99 you should be paying.
Our advice: don’t do it unless you’re desperate. The Shortcut’s exclusive restock tracker run by @mattswider on X sends out instant alerts whenever PS5 Pro stock appears, and we’ve seen that it is possible to get Sony’s more powerful console for MSRP if you’re patient.
After Best Buy held a quick-fire restock, Walmart may be the next retailer to stock the PS5 Pro ahead of GTA 6’s November 19 launch. The largest US retailer hasn’t had PS5 Pro in stock since early September, and it typically launches new waves of the console every month to month and a half. To put it simply: we’re long overdue a restock.
PS5 Pro restock stores in the US
While we’re tipping Walmart to be the next online store to offer a sizeable restock of the PS5 Pro, Sony’s PlayStation Direct store has also held sporadic PS5 Pro restocks. They’re much harder to predict and tend to sell out extremely fast, but with our alerts you at least stand a chance before they’re already gone.
Amazon has also had the PS5 Pro stock, albeit only briefly. According to The Shortcut’s retail sources, a big PS5 Pro restock could take place at GameStop closer to GTA 6’s launch and Black Friday. The plan is that by holding back PS5 Pro stock, consumers will make additional purchases during Black Friday or GTA 6’s launch, instead of just grabbing the console.
Why you can trust our PS5 Pro restock tracker
We offer exclusive PS5 Pro restock updates with up-to-the-second US store inventory checks. Retailers like Best Buy, Walmart, GameStop, PlayStation Direct, and Target are all on the restock tracking list.
Through restock alerts on X (then Twitter), The Shortcut helped 400,000 people buy a PS5 when it was almost constantly out of stock for almost two years. We’ve made it our mission to track hard-to-find items, including the Zelda Switch 2 40th Anniversary console, which launches in just a few days.
Given the fact that Black Friday is next month and GTA 6 releases on November 19, demand for the PS5 Pro will only increase. Sony will hopefully be producing more units to meet the newfound interest in the most expensive PS5, which is only going to grow if GTA 6 lives up to expectations and the PlayStation 5 Pro proves to be the best place to play the game.
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Adam Vjestica is The Shortcut’s Senior Editor. Formerly TechRadar’s Gaming Hardware Editor, Adam has also worked at Nintendo of Europe as a Content Marketing Editor, where he helped launch the Nintendo Switch. He also runs a retro gaming YouTube channel called Game on, boy! Follow him on X @ItsMrProducts.