PS5 India July 23 Restock: How to Pre-Order PlayStation 5 Digital Edition

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PS5's July restock is here, and it's a unique one. Today at 12pm noon, only the disc-less variant of Sony's elusive next-gen console — PS5 Digital Edition, priced at Rs. 39,990 — will be up for pre-order in India. This has never happened before, going back to the India launch of the PlayStation 5 in February 2020. In every restock since, Sony India has offered the Rs. 49,990 Blu-ray-equipped PS5 on its own, or along with the PS5 Digital Edition, and in recent months, the Gran Turismo 7 bundle. This also means that for the first time since November 2021, the more expensive PlayStation 5 won't have a monthly restock in India. Hopefully, things return to normal in August.

If you are trying to buy PS5 Digital Edition online, you can do that on Amazon, Croma, Flipkart, Game Loot, Games The Shop, Reliance Digital, Sony Center, and Vijay Sales. You can also check out game stores near you. Those tend to be a better shot at times. Though as has been the case for over a year now — the PS5 celebrated its first birthday in India earlier in 2022 — the big concern is whether you can actually manage to buy one, given Sony India's continued inventory struggles.

The July 23 PlayStation 5 restock is just the 11th time Sony's disc-less PS5 is being made available for pre-order in India, since its launch in February 2020. (By contrast, interested buyers have had the opportunity to pre-order the Blu-ray-equipped variant of Sony's flagship console 17 times now, with the June restock being the latest one.) Of course, that is far from the only hassle with buying a PlayStation 5 in India. Every single time, the likes of Croma and Games The Shop have shown themselves to be unable to handle the load. Even Amazon has had trouble a few times.