Update (10/11/21): Following the launch of PlayStation Direct in Germany on Monday, Sony's online retail store is now live in the UK:
You can access the UK version of the site through the link. PS Direct will be rolling out to other European countries in the near future, and we expect the below list of territories to grow as time goes on.
Original Story: For many hopeful PS5 purchasers, PlayStation Direct has been one of the more reliable ways to buy one of Sony's sought-after consoles. As the name suggests, it's an online store through which the company sells PS5 consoles — and many other products — directly. While it's a great option, it's only been available in the USA, but it looks like PS Direct is finally coming to European territories.
A tweet from PlayStation UK states the store is starting to roll out in the region:
So, starting today with Germany, PS Direct will be coming to Europe at last. As the tweet says, other countries receiving access soon are the UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg, although there's currently no date attached. It sounds like more information will be coming soon, however.
It's good news, because up until this point, European PlayStation fans have had to stay hyper-aware of various online shops and when they'll next receive PS5 stock, something that's proven incredibly tricky — especially when the console sells out in minutes. While the Direct store doesn't guarantee you a PS5, being able to register your interest and join its queueing system at least gives you more of a fighting chance.
We'll update you when the UK version of the site arrives, but it seems like it's not too far away now. Are you glad to see PS Direct coming to Europe? Tell us in the comments section below.
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[source direct.playstation.com, via twitter.com]
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Why only on these countries? This is the same bc they did with PlayStation Gear (they added more countries to this site recently including Finland)
Good news albeit a year too late, hopefully it helps those still after a ps5
@Milt logistical issues I think. Like almost every European Country has different taxes, languages, not all of them are in the EU or have the Euro if they are and so on.
No plans for my country like PS Now, good thing I got lucky and got a PS5 already at normal price.
Nice! My country as well. I think they are slowly expanding into more countries.
The US one is the main reason I have a PS5. It's not 100% that you will get one but if you lose out it's not bots...
So a bit like the official nintendo online store.
Thats great news as Game in the uk get all the playstation power and it goes wrong and crashes.
Fake sh**. You can order, sure, just not the thing you really would want, you know, like a ps5 console.
Dudes, Sony is so freakin behind times. I was lucky to grab a ps5 on amazon during preorder. Pure luck, waking up at 2:30 AM, and preordering with no fuss. Amazon. If not for that stroke of luck, I wouldn't have had it still. I looked ever since. Not a single chance.
You know how I got my xbsx? I went to the hardware section on the ms store on my xb1x, click, click and two days later there it was at my doorstep.
@TheDudeElDuderino it's crazy really because I had two friends who got from Game, I got mine from Smyth's and another friend from Amazon with absolutely no struggle when pre-orders went live. Usually it's the other way around but this year pre ordering was a breeze if you was online on time. Anything after that though, a whole different story!
Bonkers that this wasn't a thing already - I assumed that they already had a UK online store, like Xbox and Nintendo have.
Shame they don't have a PS5 waiting list on here though, especially as they could do it with a valid PSN ID.
Ireland is forgotten about. If you think it's hard in other places to get a PS5, it has become almost impossible to get one here.
Awesome, one more place to visit and see the words Out of Stock..
Maybe it will come to Ireland someday too
I went straight to the PS5 console page and sold out Nice to see even SONY can't even have any stock (still?!?!) :-/ Glad I got one by pure luck last year on day 1
Happy to hear, glad my UK friends will have access to this store!
If this allows more users in more countries the chance to get a ps5 , this can only be a good thing.
Won't be paying those prices for the games tho...
Got a notification about it on the ps app followed the link & both consoles are unsurprisingly out of stock no option to register your interest in buying one or anything
Lol at no ps5s…. I feel this is a year late.
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