Xbox Series X restock: Microsoft, Walmart and Best Buy – when and where to buy it

Microsoft Xbox Series X restock update: The Microsoft Xbox store had the Xbox Series X in stock just now, and it made up for the fact that there was no Walmart Xbox Series X restock today, April 22. Didn’t get the alert from Xbox Series X restock Twitter tracker Matt Swider? He’ll notify you when the Microsoft console is back in stock at any store in the US. Yesterday’s Amazon restock alert helped a lot of people, and all eyes are now on Antonline and Best Buy tomorrow to see if there’s an Xbox restock or a PS5 restock in the next 24 hours. 

Matt Swider will send you an alert with advance notice – if you follow his account.

Our Xbox Series X restock alerts look like this (for example):

There are US stores that could have the console soon. Antonline usually has the Microsoft console first (among the four) – if it’s going to do an Xbox drop (it promises a ‘next-gen console every week’). We didn’t see a Target restock date today, April 22, so next week seems very likely, and the hope of Walmart Xbox restock looks slim by the minute for this afternoon. The Best Buy restock could happen tomorrow, Friday, April 23 (an entire month since Best Buy last had console inventory).

You can get alerts on when and where the Xbox Series X is back in stock, with real-time updates through Matt Swider’s Xbox restock Twitter tracker. Other stores that should have availability that he tracks include Antonline (which had an Xbox Series X restock two weeks ago, so this week), Newegg, Costco, Sam’s Club and the official Microsoft Xbox store.

Walmart Xbox Series X restock date

The next Walmart Xbox Series X restock is unlikely today, April 22, and may be a better sign for a massive restock next week. The past two Walmart Xbox restock events have seen limited consoles on hand (both April 15 and April 8). Matt Swider always has information about the Walmart restock time nearly three hours ahead of orders opening up (hasn’t happened yet, which is bad news). When Walmart Xbox orders do get announced, they usually begin at 2:30pm EDT / 11:30am PDT, and the Walmart press release goes out on our Xbox Twitter tracker by noon EDT.

Here’s what our Walmart Xbox stock alert looked like on March 22:

Target Xbox Series X restock date

The next Target Xbox Series X restock date is likely to be next week, as the retail chain may be waiting to restock due to the fact that it’s still building up more inventory. It’s been over six weeks since that last Xbox drop at the retailer. We’ve seen a few stores build up small amounts of Xbox console inventory over that time. Matt Swider will have early information on the Xbox restock situation next week.

Here’s our Target Xbox Series X restock alert from Thursday, March 11:

Amazon Xbox Series X restock date yesterday

We saw a surprise Xbox Series X restock at Amazon on Tuesday, March 23 at around 7:12pm EDT, and our restock tracker sent out an alert as soon as it happened. Even with that, the restock lasted just a few minutes for the Series X. Those who were able to order the Amazon Xbox Series X restock were persistent – it wasn’t just about the speed of getting to the website. Another tactic used was adding the ‘sold out’ Xbox to your wish list, then add it to the cart. That’s in case Amazon gave you an error message when trying to check out with the Xbox Series X. 

Here’s what our Amazon Xbox restock alert looked like on Wednesday, April 21

GameStop Xbox Series X restock date: today

The GameStop Xbox Series X restock is today, April 21, according to Mat Swider citing the US game retailer and their official communications. The Xbox is for sale right now, in fact. You won’t be able to buy the Xbox Series X console outright, however, as it’ll be offered through Xbox All-Access, the Microsoft financing plan to spread the payment out over time for the console and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. That’s a great option for some people, but lots of people prefer to pay off the console right price, or not have Xbox Game Pass Ultimate – and some people don’t have good credit to make the purchase. In those cases, we’re still tracking Xbox Series X restock at other stores this week.

Our Xbox Series X restock Twitter tracker alert for GameStop will look like this:

Best Buy Xbox Series X restock date

There hasn’t been a Best Buy Xbox Serie X restock in a month, and it’s overdue at the largest electronics retailer in the US. In fact, we haven’t seen any console restock from Best Buy recently, despite some rumors every Friday.

What time will the Best Buy Xbox restock happen if it does this week? We usually start looking at 12pm EDT / 11am CDT / 10am MDT / 9am PDT. We’ve seen Best Buy restock as late as 3:15pm EDT, but it’s usually earlier with the three-hour time frame.

Antonline Xbox Series X restock date

The next Xbox Series X restock date may be at Antonline, as the US retailer is known for next-gen restocks weekly, according to its own admission on Twitter. There’s a chance of a PS5 restock and Xbox restock this week – both consoles in bundle form.

Antonline ships consoles fast and it doesn’t play games with its add to cart button like other Xbox Series X restock locations. This means you have about three minutes from the time Matt Swider sends his tweet to actually buy it.

Our last Antonline Xbox Series X restock alert from Wednesday, April 7:

Microsoft Xbox Series X restock date

The official Microsoft Xbox store used to have the Series X console back in stock on random days through the week, however, it sold out one minute, according to our restock Twitter tracker account. We haven’t seen a restock in recent weeks, though. Is Microsoft allowing other retailers to sell its console, or is it building up inventory? We’re going to keep watching and send alerts when Xbox Series X is in stock.

The secret: some people either cancel their orders midway through the process, or their credit card gets rejected, so do keep refreshing when we send out the Xbox restock alert. You may get lucky in scooping up a console that gets kicked back into the inventory system after five or fifteen minutes. 

Costco Xbox Series X restock date

The Costco Xbox restock date, like Newegg, is always unpredictable, but we often see the console back in stock on weekdays during normal hours (unlike rival Sam’s Club, which can be all over the place with times as late as 1am EDT). There’s a barrier to entry here, which can be a really good thing for you: the Xbox stock is open to Costco members only. That slows down the pace at which people can buy the Xbox Series X, but also means… you have to be a paid Costco member. The last Costco Xbox restock was Tuesday, April 13, so expect to see more Microsoft inventory soon.