Hey, I just passed helping 250,000 people (a quarter of a million) get a PS5 (or Xbox Series X, but mostly PS5 these days) thanks to the Walmart PS5 restock at the top of June. Thanks for coming along with me on this journey as a start-up a new tech website that answers your questions directly (like I do on Twitter and via email).

Seeing thousands of people I’ve connected with enjoy their new console every month and enter a new (delayed) generation of gaming is truly awesome.

🙌 If you didn’t get one yet, my PS5 restock at GameStop will help you.

🙏 If you did get a PS5, refer me to your friends over Black Friday and Cyber Monday (I expect demand to surge), and stay tuned for more deals like this Far Cry 6 deal for $14.99, engaging giveaways, and fresh content as Adam and I build out The Shortcut. Thank you for your support.

Latest giveaway for subscribers

• 🎁 I just launched a 12-controller + PS5/Xbox console + gift card giveaway

  • I often end up purchasing stuff, as I teach people how to check out with in-demand or on-sale items. Where do they go? Charity and giveaways

  • I’ll try to launch the giveaway on 4th of July (that, I believe lands on *checks notes* July 4th this year) and the other half of the prizes will be given out during Amazon Prime Day (July 12 and July 13)

Enter the giveaway

Launching tomorrow

• ⚔️ Fire Emblem Warriors tomorrow for Nintendo Switch (pre-order link still live)

• 🛑 PS5 restock at GameStop – Everyone gets the date. Subscribers get full info: when to line up, how many will be in stock, bundle info (there are three bundle choices)

• 🟩 Xbox Series X is on sale via Microsoft (more inventory daily, no bundle required in the end despite the confusing messaging to ‘build a bundle’)

Free games

• PS Plus free games this month: God of War, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (like Smash Bros but for Nickelodeon), Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker

  • 🔥 Get $17 off PlayStation Plus

    • Use promo code: TSCPSNPlus

  • 🔥 Save $15 on any PlayStation digital game (yes, any game)

    • Use promo code: TSCPS100

• Street Fighter 2 for all consoles is free until July 21

• Xbox Games with Gold: Raskulls, Aven Colony, Project Highrise

  • 🔥 Get Xbox Game Pass 12-month for $25 x4 (MSRP is $45 x4 [it’s sold quarterly but you can stack multiple digital codes)

  • Use promo code: TSCXULTI3

Top Samsung Discover deals

• This is Samsung’s largest quarterly deals week

• 📱 Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra deal

  • Free memory upgrade (goodbye, 128GB, hello 256GB for the price of the 128GB one

  • Up to $1,000 trade-in credit

  • $100 instant credit)

• 📱Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus deal

  • Free memory upgrade

  • Up to $700 trade-in credit

• 📱Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3

  • $800 trade-in credit

  • Free Galaxy Buds Live

• 📱 Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3

  • $1,000 trade-in credit

  • Free Galaxy Watch 4 offer

• ⌚ $30 to 60 off Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 + get an extra charger

  • It seems like the Galaxy Watch 4 is $30 off, and the pricier Watch 4 Classic is up to $60 off

⬇️ More deals below

📦 $10 toward Amazon Prime Day deals

I’ll be emailing you + tweeting the best deals on July 12 and 13. You can get a scoop on when (the exact times) and which products are already marked down.

• $10 free credit for Prime Day if you complete four actions (first link)

📺 Samsung TV deals with Gaming Hub

• 🛍️ All Samsung TVs on sale (ranked by most popular to make it easy)

• 🥇65-inch Samsung Neo QLED 8K QN900B Smart TV - $4,799 $4,999 (Samsung’s best)

• 🥈65-inch Samsung Neo QLED 8K QN800B Samrt TV – $3,299 $3,500

• 🥉 55-inch Samsung S95B OLED 4K Smart TV – $2,099 $2,199

  • This is Samsung’s first OLED TV

• 🔥 50-inch Samsung Neo QLED QN90B Smart 4KTV – $1,499 ($1,600)

  • 🙌 Sequel to the one I personally own at the 65” size

  • 📐 Also comes in sizes 43”, 55”, 65”, 75”, 85”, 98”

📺 Other TV deals

• 55-inch Sony KD55X80J 4K Smart TV – $598 $1,015

• 65-inch Sony KD65X80J 4K Smart TV – $798 $1,400

• Save $300 on the 65-inch LG C1 – $1,599 $1,900

• Save $400 on 65-inch LG C2 – $209.99 $2,500

• Much cheaper LG TV deals

🎮 Video game deals

• Far Cry 6 PS5 – $14.99 $60

• Far Cry 6 Xbox – $14.99 $60

• Elden Ring – $49.94 $60

• Deathloop – $24.99 $60

• Grand Theft Auto Trilogy – $29.99 $60

• Ghostwire Tokyo – already $29.99 $60

• Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch) – $39.99 $60

• Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time (Switch) – $26.49 $40

• Nintendo Switch Sports (Switch) – $43.99 $50

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch) – $49.94 $60

• Super Smash Bros Ultimate (Switch) – $49.94 $60

• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch) – $49.94 $60

• Nintendo Switch Pro controller – $39.90 $70

• Fast & Furious Crossroads – $15.99 $60 (sorry, kid, you were never worth $60)

• Madden NFL 22 – $29.96 $60

• Pre-order: Madden NFL 23 for limited edition Steelbook

• Gears [of War] 5 (Xbox) $9.99 $60

• LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga – $44.99 $60

• Horizon Forbidden West – $59.99 $70 (trick: save by buying the PS4 version, which can upgrade free to the PS5 version that costs $70)

• Watch Dogs: Legion – $13 $40

• Crackdown 3 (Xbox) – $6 $30

• Borderlands: The Handsome Collection (Xbox) – $7 $60

• Borderlands: The Handsome Collection (PS5) – $12.88 $60

🎧 General tech deals

• $10 off Amazon Fire TV Stick Lite – $19.99 $30

• B&H Photo Apple deals (scroll down – good for MacBook deals)

• AirPods Max – $429 $550

• AirPods Pro – $175 $250

• AirPods 3 – $169 $179

More 🌟 gold-star 🌟 content on The Shortcut

• Best SSD for PS5

• PS5 SSD upgrade and install guide

• PS5 Disc vs PS5 Digital: what’s the difference?

• Target PS5 restock update

• Best PS5 games list

• PS5 games 2022 list and release dates

• PSVR 2 games list (confirmed titles only)

• PSVR 2 pre-order date tracker

• Xbox Series X 2022 games list and release dates

• PS5 controller colors ranked

• Best PS5 accessories

Remember, Adam and I put together all of these banner-ad-free pages where pesky advertisers won’t track you ❤️

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