India PS5 Restock: PlayStation 5 Digital Edition Pre-Orders Go Live July 23rd

The PS5 July restock is here. Sony has announced pre-orders for its next-gen console in India, which is set to go live on July 23 at noon. This time, Sony is only distributing the discless digital variant, priced at Rs. 39,990 – but functions similarly to its beefy counterpart. This is the first time that Sony distributes the only digital variant for restocking in India. Previous campaigns included both digital and Blu-ray variants of the system or just the disc version. A Rs. 54,490 Gran Turismo packs have also gone on sale a few times.

The bundle remained on store shelves months after its release, so there is still a slim chance for customers to pick up a disc variant, albeit at a higher price of Rs. 54,490. For the uninitiated, Gran Turismo 7 on PlayStation 5 released in March, with a day one patch that added a slew of grind-based microtransactions and mechanics. This resulted in a collective backlash from gamers around the world, bringing the user’s Metacritic score down to 2.0/10. By default, all PS5s come with a fun platformer, Astro’s Playroom, to get you started.

Currently, pre-order pages are up on Games the Shop and Sony Center ASC. Given what we’ve seen in the past, the next-gen console should also be up for pre-order on Amazon, Flipkart, Vijay Sales, Croma and Reliance Digital – although those store pages haven’t been updated yet. . These pre-order campaigns work similarly to flash sales on a first-come, first-served basis, so it pays to be quick.

Getting a PS5 console has been a long struggle around the world – thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to global chip shortages and inventory difficulties. The July 23 PlayStation 5 restock is the 11th time the next-gen console has been available in India, following its delayed February 2021 release. And each time, these online stores run out of stock within 10 minutes. following the page. live – adding to load times and server crashes.

None of the aforementioned websites mentioned any pandemic-based delivery restrictions, so if you manage to pre-order your console, it should reach you in around 14 days. Until last month, the Sony Center website had a COVID-19 boilerplate – warning of shipping delays, though it still hasn’t been updated.

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