Sony PlayStation 5 restock update: Check PS5 India restock availability, price, how to pre-order and more

The Sony PlayStation 5 is available for pre-order again in India, which is currently one of the most in-demand gaming consoles globally, due to which it goes out of stock within minutes of its restock in India. 

Now, Sony quietly updated its PS5 console page with the pre-order date along with its e-store. Also, Vijay Sales also announced that both the standard and Digital Edition variants of the PlayStation 5 will be made available from today.

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The last pre-order sale for the PlayStation 5 was held back on July 26 and was finished within minutes. While sites like Amazon, Shopatsc.com had the stocks finish within minutes, some retailer websites like Games The Shop and more were unable to handle the traffic and went down completely for many.

Sony launched its PlayStation 5 Standard and Digital Edition globally in November last year. Followed by a soft launch in India in February this year.  PlayStation 5 Standard Edition is priced at Rs 49,990, whereas, the Digital Edition is priced at Rs 39,990. The retail box includes the console itself, a stand, documentation and a DualSense controller.

It will be made available at ShopAtSC, Amazon India, Flipkart, Croma, Vijay Sales, Reliance Digital, Prepaid Game Card andGames The Shop. Ever since its launch, the PlayStation 5 has been plagued with stock issues globally due to the high demand and much lower supply.

Earlier, Sony has announced that till July 18, it had managed to sell over 10 million PS5 consoles globally, making it the fastest-selling console ever. Unable to meet the surge in demand, Sony has still managed to sell 7.8 million PlayStation 5 consoles till March 31 this year.

In its latest earnings report, the company revealed that PlayStation Plus has 47.7 million subscribers globally, a 14.7 percent increase (year on year). Sony has registered $3.14 billion in operating profit for its 2020 financial year.

PlayStation 5 is the fastest selling console in the US history in both unit and dollar sales (lifetime sales with five months on the market), according to market research firm NPD. According to IANS, the stock of Sony PlayStation 5 will continue to be very limited until the second half of 2021 due to chip shortage. Sony has been struggling to maintain the supply of the PS5 consoles.