PS5 India January 18 Restock: How to Pre-Order PlayStation 5 on Amazon, Flipkart, Croma, More

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PS5's first 2022 restock is here. Today at 12pm noon, the Rs. 49,990 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray-equipped variant of Sony's elusive next-gen console PlayStation 5 will be up for pre-orders in India. This is only the 12th time the PS5 has been made available in India, since its launch back in February last year. If you are trying to buy a PS5 online, you can do that on Amazon, Croma, Flipkart, GameLoot, Games The Shop, Reliance Digital, Sony Center, and Vijay Sales. Of course, whether you actually land one is the bigger question, given Sony India struggles to secure enough PS5 stock for India, month after month. Industry insider Rishi Alwani, formerly of Gadgets 360, has noted that the January 18 PS5 restock will be more limited than usual. That does not bode well for those looking to buy PS5 today.

Unfortunately, that is far from the only hassle with buying a PlayStation 5 in India. Every single time, several online retailers have shown themselves to be unable to handle the load. Croma and Games The Shop are routine offenders — even Amazon has had trouble once or twice. Additionally, Croma, Flipkart and Reliance Digital are also known for cancelling PlayStation 5 pre-orders due to their own technical challenges. And while restrictions on deliveries have eased, Sony Center website ShopAtSC continues with its boilerplate: “We intend to deliver your allocated stocks around 8th February 2022 and onwards — however please expect a delay in our delivery services which might get impacted due to regulations imposed by lockdown/ curfew in your locations.”

While the rest of the official PS5 online retailers — Amazon, Croma, Flipkart, GameLoot, Games The Shop, Reliance Digital, and Vijay Sales — haven't given us shipping dates, expect them