If you’re looking for a game console and want to avoid the hassle of getting infected and/or stabbed, I recommend following the online inventory trackers. I used the Stock Informer discord and managed to snag an Xbox in the middle of the day. There’s also uptimerobot if you need custom alerts.

Still hit n miss though, as the sneakerbot army has much faster updates.

Really happy with my decision to ignore consoles entirely after the 360 era