PS5’s September restock is almost here. On Monday, Amazon India put up a banner detailing a PlayStation 5 restock scheduled for September 26. The promotion, which coincides with Amazon’s Great Indian Festival sale — starting September 23 — was eventually pulled off, leading many to speculate that the ad went up a bit too quickly. According to the banner, this time Sony will distribute both digital and Blu-ray-equipped PlayStation 5 consoles. There was no mention of price, but looking at the current rates, the disc-less digital version will cost Rs. 39,990, while the beefier disc version is priced at Rs. 49,990.
Late last month, Sony hiked prices for its current-gen consoles in several overseas markets. These include Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific (APAC), Latin America (LATAM) and Canada. However, PS5 prices in India and the US remain unaffected.
As has been customary with previous pre-order campaigns, an official announcement should be expected closer to the September 26 date. The banner on Amazon also noted that pre-orders will go live as usual at 12:00PM.
This will be the first time since May that Sony has re-stocked both PS5 variants at the same time. Previously, the Japanese company made the console available bundled with Horizon Forbidden West, the PlayStation-exclusive action RPG that launched back in February.
With the September 26 restock, customers will only receive the console, with platforming game Astro’s Playroom installed by default. Currently, pre-order pages are not available for any major online retailer. But looking at what we have seen in the past, the PS5 pre-orders are expected to go to the aforementioned Amazon India, Croma, Flipkart, Game Loot, Games the Shop, Reliance Digital, ShopatSC and Vijay Sales.
Even Sony Center is yet to post a PS5 pre-order ad on its website or Instagram handle. Another sign that Amazon India jumped the gun.
Getting hold of the PS5 console has been a long struggle around the world – thanks to the pandemic, which resulted in global chip shortages and inventory struggles. PS5 pre-order campaigns work similar to flash sales on a first-come-first-served basis, so you better hurry. On top of that, digital storefronts have proven themselves to be unable to handle the server load, with Flipkart and Reliance Digital being notorious for canceling pre-orders due to technical issues.
