Rumors: Amazon might have PS5 stock on Prime Day (this Monday, June 21st) for those fast enough
Amazon Prime day is coming on June 21st worldwide, this coming Monday. Some news websites are speculating that Amazon might have some PS5s in stock for the event. But…
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Amazon have been notoriously out of the loop for most PS5 restock events throughout the year, which is strange considering they’re the biggest online retailer. Among others, Gamestop and Gamesradar are speculating that Amazon might have been hoarding some of their PS5 stock for Prime day.
On the one hand, it would make sense for Amazon to ensure they have stock of one of 2021’s most in-demand items, on their biggest day of sale. On the other hand, it’s not like Amazon will be needing the extra traffic driven by people looking for PS5s, on a day where they’ll already have more traffic than they can handle.
So, personally, I don’t think Amazon will have PS5s in stock during prime day. And if they do, the stock will be gone within 15 minutes anyway.
Nonetheless, if you have been looking for a PS5, you might want to get ready, just in case.
How to get ready to snatch a PS5 on Amazon in the (unlikely) event they have stock on prime day
Given the low-stock, high-demand situation of the PS5, if Amazon have stock, it is obvious they will reserve it to their Prime customers on Prime day. So make sure you get a Prime free trial right now to be ready on the day:
- Get a Prime free trial if you’re not prime yet. It’s free for 30 days and you can cancel it afterwards. Don’t wait until the day of the event to become a Prime member, you’ll regret it if you miss a deal because of the extra time it takes to set up your account. Amazon Prime day is exclusive for Prime members so you will need this to get the deals.
- Worst case scenario: no good deal shows up and you can cancel the auto renewal of your subscription to have it automatically stop after the 30 days free trial.
- If you can’t get the prime free trial (if you already subscribed in the past, or for other reason), they have a 50% off discount on the subscription for students.
- In your Amazon settings, make sure you have a valid shipping address and payment method. Reload your gift card balance ahead of time if that’s the payment method you plan to use.
- Amazon PS5 Page – Amazon PS5 Digital Edition Page <– hit the browser’s refresh button like a mad lad on Monday
The PS5 has been in huge demand since it came out. Amazon might have stock this Monday
Any other good deals to expect on Prime Day 2021?
Basically Prime day 2019 will be a full 48 hours of discounts for a bunch of stuff sold on Amazon. Although every year there’s a clear push in the electronics section for Amazon’s own products (this year’s no different with up to 50% discounts already in place for Amazon’s electronics, including 30% off the Luna controller, up to 40% off on some FireTV powered TV screens, and 30% off their fitness wristband “Halo” ), we can also expect more deals related to gaming and electronics (PC gear, TVs,…).
Amazon are discounting their own electronics for Prime Day, including their popular fitness wristband “Halo”
There can be a lot of good stuff to be acquired for cheap on Prime Day (and not only on Amazon! In the US in particular, competitors such as Walmart, Best buy, Target, are expected to do massive sales as well), but there’s also a lot of offers advertised as “deals” that are just not worth it, so tread carefully.
How to get ready to snatch Prime Day deals for gamers
The main concept of Prime day is that Amazon will have lightning deals that pop up every 10 minutes or so, and last for a few hours or until all stocks are claimed, whichever happens first. Additionally, a lot of other retailers have similar events going on at the same dates, in order to compete.
What’s critical to remember is that every year on Prime day, the good deals sell out within minutes. So if you’re thinking of getting a game for cheap or improving your gaming gear on 6/21, it’s essential that you get ready beforehand. The last thing you want is missing out on a deal because your Amazon account does not have a valid payment method or the right billing address!
So here’s what you need to do to get ready for Amazon prime day:
- Get a Prime free trial if you’re not prime yet. It’s free for 30 days and you can cancel it afterwards. Don’t wait until the day of the event to become a Prime member, you’ll regret it if you miss a deal because of the extra time it takes to set up your account. Amazon Prime day is exclusive for Prime members so you will need this to get the deals.
- Worst case scenario: no good deal shows up and you can cancel the auto renewal of your subscription to have it automatically stop after the 30 days free trial.
- If you can’t get the prime free trial (if you already subscribed in the past, or for other reason), they have a 50% off discount on the subscription for students.
- In your Amazon settings, make sure you have a valid shipping address and payment method. Reload your gift card balance ahead of time if that’s the payment method you plan to use.
- Make a list of the stuff you actually want, ahead of time. This will avoid purchasing a bunch of *** you didn’t actually want.
- Lots of good deals are outside of the realm of gaming by the way. I need a new belt, and to stock up on some of my pantry items, I will definitely leverage prime day for that.
- Check the Amazon deals page regularly, and use their “watch deal” feature, which will warn you when an upcoming deal goes live.
- Beware of “not so great” deals. Just because there’s a deal on Amazon Prime day doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a good one (I can’t emphasize this enough: there are great deals on Prime day but also a lot of ***! Make a list, see point 3 above!!!). My strategy so far: buy the deal anyway, then take a few minutes to compare prices with the competition (again, lots of competitors have similar deals going on). If the deal’s not worth it, I cancel my purchase before it ships.
- I used to recommend to Follow us on Twitter. But the reality is that nowadays I don’t live in a US-compatible timezone so I’m usually not awake for the good lightning deals in the US. I’ll do my best though, so follow me on twitter anyway, I guess?
It’s still a bit early to know what Prime Day 2019 will bring to gamers, and if anything will be good, great, or just “meh”. The only way to get those deals is to be ready for them.
No idea how people are tripping over each other for this piece of unfinished junk.
Soldered, static storage with no method whatsoever to expand, and none in near sight either. Rest mode that doesn’t work. Corruption issues for saved games, and downloads.
Designed like absolute garbage, and so awkward to look at it, it won’t fit in anywhere in the home. No games worth getting it for, except maybe 2 or 3 at most, and that’s reaching. Stick drift on the sticks after a few months. Etc. etc. etc.
And people are tripping over each other to get fleeced in buying this pile of trash? Unbelievable.
Yeah, it not even a necessity. It not like it can mine ETH or something.
Just let reseller die in stock of PS5.
Or just check again if you really need it (mostly not), then follow the guide.
Because it isn’t a “pile of trash” for most.
I would like a PS5, myself, and it’s one of my favorite console designs of recent years. And I can certainly justify it’s worth with more than “2 or 3 games at most”. That said I knew it would be a mess when it was initially announced when it would come out, and I certainly won’t pay scalpers for it.
It does have an m.2 expansion slot that will enable a compatible Gen 4NVMe when Sony enables it in a firmware update.
Yep, I run a repair business in San Diego, I’ve seen about 30 ps5’s come through the door with bricks that I can’t help the customer with. On top of the dumb design (50 screws, still using a half dozen flimsy ribbon cables, flimsy hdmi ports) I just tell them to use their manufacturer warranty, something none of them so far seem confident trying.
thank you…. thanks to your information i wont buy ps5 this year
I stopped after ps3 for someweird reason I know Microsoft was gonna buy minecraft and have it, and bone it sideways. then every company followed there security style messure. that is why I stopped playing with new consoles and just switch to pc gaming. It’s getting better. Need that pc gaming tho witch sucks.
So is it Prime day 2021 or Prime day 2019?
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Hey, in Poland you can normally buy PS5 for past month, they are always boundled but those bundles are ok, Ratched, Returnal ect.
Found out about the security scanner site BlackLight today, and decided to run it against wololo.net. 109 tracking cookies, that’s insane!
https://themarkup.org/blacklight?url=wololo.net
I know you guys need to keep the lights on, but holy cow.
Promotions baby!!! it is a popular site, so what the heck? or are you that guy type of person xD (dont want to be that dude/guy but im that dude/guy) yt. And after awhile i reference xD for you buddy.
Or google imeant google not yt and about video games.
I’m checking the french amazon site for prime days offers this morning june 21st
So far I only see xbox series S, sold with 3 oldgen games codes (forza4+halo5+ori) with a price cut of 25%, and not very popular on sales (only 1% sold so far and more than 9 hours left)
Also it has not been put in the correct category (if you filter by checking ‘video games and consoles’ you don’t see it…)
So the rumours of ps5 stocks for prime days seems to be false, so far. I will check the incoming offers as well.
See people still waiting to buy a ps5. Here in Canada I called the local EB Games and asked to be put on the list (whichever model shows first). Picked up a Digital edition yesterday. Less than a week where I’ve been trying to buy online. Gamestop is the ameircan EB, might do the same?