Sony surprisingly announced thePS5 Slimtoday . It ’s a smaller , light version of the console table with more storage and a detachable disc crusade . Here ’s what we know about when you ’ll be able-bodied to get it .
Sony ’s traditional mid - cycle PlayStation hardware civilisation is here . The 2020 model will be retired in favour of the PS5 Slim once current hardware supplies have been expel .
In the meantime , you ’ll have a choice when the PS5 Slim becomes usable . Here’show the PS5 Slim and PS5 compare .
However , Sony is n’t quick to spill the bean about exactly when you ’ll be able to pre - regularize the PS5 Slim . Especially in the UK .
PS5 Slim release date
Sony is only promising the PS5 Slim will be available in the United States primarily at some full stop in November . So , it ’s at least three weeks out at the time of writing ( on October 10 ) .
As for everyone else – in the UK , Europe , and even in Sony ’s Nipponese homeland – the troupe is keep back us in the dark for the time being .
All Sony is saying is “ The novel PS5 role model will be available starting this November in the U.S. at select local retailer and direct.playstation.com where available . It will proceed to roll out globally in the come calendar month . ”
Hopefully , Sony is able to get the console to UK shores before the merry season .
How to pre-order the PS5 Slim
We ’re not sure when pre - orders will open for the unexampled PlayStation mannequin . Sony has tell us that thedirect.playstation.comwebsite will be one locus . The traditional third - party vender will doubtless join .
Hopefully gamers who desire to snag one on release day will be able-bodied to pre - order in advance . We ’ll keep you brand on the UK merchandising organization and drop the pre - order link in here when it becomes usable .
