PS5 consoles will be available to buy at UK retailer Game today

PlayStation 5 consoles will be available online at UK retailer Game on Thursday morning, it has confirmed.

The company didn’t say what time the consoles will be available, although some of its recent PS5 restocks have gone live at around 10am GMT.

Game also warned that PS5 demand continues to far outweigh supply, but said it’s taken measures (such as limiting consoles to one per customer) to ensure as many people as possible get the chance to purchase one.

PS5 standard edition disc consoles will be available to purchase via the links below, although you’ll be placed in a queue and there’s no guarantee you’ll be able to secure one as stock is limited.

• PlayStation 5 standard edition console
• PlayStation 5 console bundles

Sony has reportedly started flying PS5 stock into the UK as it attempts to better meet demand in the runup to Christmas.

The platform holder chartered three Boeing 747 jets from Seoul, South Korea to London in the last week, each loaded with nearly 50 pallets of PS5 consoles, according to The Sun.

The PS5 stock carried by each 747 was reportedly enough to require 12 articulated lorries per jet to transport the cargo to UK distribution centres.

Console manufacturers have struggled with stock shortages for over 18 months now, after the pandemic shut down essential supply chains and saw demand for gaming devices increase significantly as countries implemented social distancing measures.

The boss of AMD, which makes the CPUs and GPUs inside PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, has said she expects chip supply issues to ease gradually in the second half of 2022.

Chip maker Toshiba also recently warned that supply issues for power regulating chips will stretch well into next year and perhaps even beyond.