PS5 Restocks Continue to Be a Mess Nearly One Year After Release

02.10.2021 Comment Views: 28

Yet another substantial restock of the PlayStation 5 happened today at not only one, but two major retail storefronts. Both Target and Best Buy released a new slew of units for sale online this morning for customers who still haven’t been able to snag Sony‘s next-gen console for themselves. Unfortunately, even though the PS5 itself has nearly been purchasable for a full year now, many consumers still seem to be in dire straits when it comes to acquiring the hardware.

In the aftermath of these PS5 restocks at Target and Best Buy today, social media lit up with complaints from customers who still haven’t been able to get their hands on the platform. Per usual, the sale process at Best Buy continued to be the most troublesome. The store’s website, at least in the case of many customers, began locking up not long after the restock began. As such, they were met with a number of errors that prevented them from completing the purchasing process.

On Target’s end, customers seemed to find at least a bit more success. While there were still a large number of people that weren’t able to cop the next-gen system through Target, complaints were low when it came to the state of the store’s website. As such, if you’re still on the hunt for the PS5 in the future, Target could be a retailer to keep an eye on.

Were you someone that tried to buy a PS5 today through Best Buy or Target? And if so, how did your own experience work out? Let me know either down in the comments or over on Twitter at @MooreMan12.

Conversely, keep reading onward if you’d like to see some of the experiences that many customers had today with their own PS5 hunt.

This Is Why You Should Get Married

Wife casually comes downstairs…..”I got you a PS5 at Target online.” pic.twitter.com/qAeJNHGCk4

— Slim Chaby (@SlimChaby) October 1, 2021

Pain

Tried to get a PS5 with the Target drop this morning. Had one in my cart the second it went live & still didn’t come up with it. The most frustrating thing is I went to Target today & saw them all sitting behind the counter 😩

— Todd (@HelloToddMiller) October 1, 2021

Switch to In-Store Releases, Target

@Target having a ps5 and xsx drop but you cannot search it on the app – so you catering to just bots now? just do an instore release!

— Elmo (@havenguyz) October 1, 2021

Stores Need More Stock!

@Target if your gonna sell ps5 online atleast have decent stock 2 consoles in some stores why even bother just sell in store your online is trash

— sonya (@sonya06576850) October 1, 2021

So Close, But So Far

Been waking up at 4 am for 2 weeks waiting for ps5 restock at target, went back to sleep at 5 am, they restocked at 5:11… kill me

— Octopus (@Octopus05964498) October 1, 2021

Is This the Best You Can Do, Best Buy?

@bestbuy ok listen lol I’m no huge franchise owner or anything nor am I a very successful business person, but is this the best you got on the lines of giving people the opportunity to get a PS5?!?! Cmon, between bots, and people on their PC/phones all day, it’s all just luck.?

— Bill Ritchey (@Bill_Ritchey) October 1, 2021

How Is This Still a Problem??

@BestBuy what a joke, a company that sells and services technology that can’t even get their own site working. It’s been Ober a year since ps5 released and you still can’t handle a drop.

— Mantis Toboggan (@_MantisTobbogan) October 1, 2021

Well today I had a PS5 in my cart ready to check out, but lost it because I didn’t have a best buy account set up. 😭

— Kathy Myers (@kathyemyers) October 1, 2021

Oops! All Errors

I really dislike BestBuy for playing with my emotions this afternoon. PS5 in the cart, but couldn’t login to pay for it.

Everything was an error, even the signup. I felt so helpless. pic.twitter.com/MwfmZOIpm5

— Tre (@TreStewart_) October 1, 2021

Do Better

@BestBuy has to get them servers upgraded I carted PS5 thinking finally I can get a personal! Nope just wouldn’t let me log in for about an hour to very me, by the time I got in finally with my account….. SOLD OUT! smh 🤦‍♂️ Best Buy do better

— Brandon Avaroa (@babybackbrandon) October 1, 2021

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