Sony has launched a new section of the PlayStation website that allows players to sign up for a chance to pre-order a PS5 directly from Sony. Here is the link to the US PlayStation website to sign up for this opportunity. (We haven't found any links to UK or Australian sites yet, but we'll update the article when we do.) Now, of course, that doesn't get you to pre-order Sony's next-gen console. You've just signed up for your chance to be among the first to pre-order the console when pre-orders finally go live. The good news is that the form is not long and does not require much information, just your PSN ID. But the bad news is that this is a lottery scheme and there's no guarantee that inserting your PSN ID now will guarantee you a pre-order spot online later this day. year.
Put your name on the hat
The reason this is happening, according to Sony's official website, is that a limited number of PS5 consoles will be available for pre-order and reservations will be on a first-come, first-served basis. served, meaning there won't be enough won pre-orders to go around. Lottery schemes aren't great, as any new ComicCon user will tell you, but this deal seems to be rewarding fans with pre-existing PSN accounts. It's still unclear when pre-orders will open in earnest, but with Gamescom's Opening Night Live event taking place on Thursday, August 27, it may only be a matter of hours until we hear more from Sony about its plans to release. PS5 release.- Here is the complete list of all the PS5 games that we know of so far.