It’s been a good week for PS5 restocks, and while there hasn’t been an PS5 restock announced today, that doesn’t mean we won’t see one this afternoon. Out of the most frequent PS5 restock providers, Walmart has been silent this week on consoles to buy. Between Walmart and GameStop, it’s likely we will see another PS5 restock this afternoon. 

Here are some of our best tips, tricks and advice to help you snag your PS5:

• If you see someone offering to sell you a console on Twitter, it’s almost certainly a scam. Avoid these people.
• Where applicable, use an app to complete a purchase instead of a browser. Not only are apps frequently faster than mobile browsers, but also it’s easy to use an app and a browser at the same time if you’re trying to buy on multiple computers.
• PS5 restocks are a lot more common in the afternoon and evening than in the morning. Chances of an unplanned restock tend to go up dramatically after 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT), so if you’re wondering when to check, that’s usually the best time to start.
• PS5 restocks almost never happen on weekends.
• If a restock starts and you immediately see “Out of Stock” on the screen, do not give up. Refresh the screen a few times and keep trying. Some retailers release the consoles in waves to keep bots from getting all of them.
• Have an account set up and logged in for any retailers you’ll be shopping on. Speaking from personal experience, it’s devastating to get a console in your cart and then miss out because you had to waste precious seconds entering your payment and shipping info.

Over the last year, the biggest retailers have made a lot of changes to the checkout process in an effort to offer peace of mind and to keep bots from buying all of the consoles and selling them for more somewhere else. The most recent change we’ve seen in the PS5 restock game has been paid access, meaning once you buy a subscription, you get in on the next PS5 restock either earlier than anyone else or exclusively for your club.