If you don't count Sony, which has been aggressively staging its own PS5 restock events through the PlayStation Direct service, these retailers are the most common places to find a console in the US by far. 

But Walmart isn't the first to offer customers the ability to pay extra money to buy something on its site.







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This year, Outline Walmart is also offering its members early access to online Black Friday sales. Best Buy granted early access to PS5s to people who signed up for its $200 per year Totaltech program, and GameStop offered consoles to its PowerUp Rewards Pro subscription, albeit at a more modest $15 per year.





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