Press drive device for a press having a connecting rod that has an driving end and an driven end, having a drive shaft that can be rotated about a shaft axis and that comprises a connecting rod bearing, which is eccentrically arranged relative to the shaft axis and on which the driving end of the connecting rod is supported, having at least one electric driving motor comprising a and a rotor, having a rotor hub, which supports the rotor and which is connected to the drive shaft in a torque-proof manner, having a first bearing mechanism, which is provided at a first bearing site and which supports the drive shaft on a first bearing part, and having a second bearing mechanism, which is provided at a second bearing site and which supports the drive shaft on a second bearing part, wherein the two bearing sites (36, 39) are arranged on axially different sides of the connecting rod bearing, wherein the rotor and the rotor hub of the at least one driving motor are supported only via the first bearing mechanism at the first bearing site and/or the second bearing mechanism at the second bearing site, characterized in that at least a first drive housing and a second drive housing are provided, wherein each drive housing (24, 25) has a circumferential wall extending in circumferential direction around the shaft axis in a ring shaped closed manner and/or coaxially with respect to the shaft axis, and has an interior wall connected to the circumferential wall, wherein the interior wall is arranged on the interior side facing the connecting rod bearing, and in that the first bearing part with the first bearing site is a component of the first drive housing and/or that the second bearing part with the second bearing site is a component of the second drive housing. having a connecting rod that has an driving end and an driven end, having a drive shaft that can be rotated about a shaft axis and that comprises a connecting rod bearing, which is eccentrically arranged relative to the shaft axis and on which the driving end of the connecting rod is supported, having at least one electric driving motor comprising a and a rotor, having a rotor hub, which supports the rotor and which is connected to the drive shaft in a torque-proof manner, having a first bearing mechanism, which is provided at a first bearing site and which supports the drive shaft on a first bearing part, and having a second bearing mechanism, which is provided at a second bearing site and which supports the drive shaft on a second bearing part, wherein the two bearing sites (36, 39) are arranged on axially different sides of the connecting rod bearing, wherein the rotor and the rotor hub of the at least one driving motor are supported only via the first bearing mechanism at the first bearing site and/or the second bearing mechanism at the second bearing site, characterized in that at least a first drive housing and a second drive housing are provided, wherein each drive housing (24, 25) has a circumferential wall extending in circumferential direction around the shaft axis in a ring shaped closed manner and/or coaxially with respect to the shaft axis, and has an interior wall connected to the circumferential wall, wherein the interior wall is arranged on the interior side facing the connecting rod bearing, and in that the first bearing part with the first bearing site is a component of the first drive housing and/or that the second bearing part with the second bearing site is a component of the second drive housing.