The article and the graph fail to say what the figure actually is. Looking at it, Sony sold 180 ps5's

@Llamageddon you then need to add games, psn subscription and broken controllers into your equation

I'd imagine a lot of people on this site had their first consoles bought for them for Christmas or birthdays by their parents. To think we're now in £1000 territory is ridiculous. Not a chance

I'm disappointed I misread Back Country Radio, thought it said Black Country Radio. A showcase of the best Dudley and Wolverhampton has to offer

Pretty much all of those 51% in Europe will also have paid less than buying from Sony digitally, good on them.

There's no real data to the article though is there - it could have sold 5 pre-orders and happened to be 2nd. What else is there to pre-order right now other than gta?

2pm in the afternoon UK time certainly doesn't help. By the time working folk could have watched it, sites like this already had all the news up anyway.
Opening with (or even having) a film on there was just stupid

Looks like a 50% success rate from the screenshots used in the article

@ShadowRJ gta5 runs at 60fps in performance mode on ps5, although that's obviously the game's third round of being released on PlayStation consoles

Played and loved the first one on ps+ so I owe the developers some direct cash for the sequel

Pointless stats as usual without the full data. How many games sold more than 100k digitally during the month of July? How many have sold this calendar year?
How many of those are only available digitally?

Council tax up, water bill up, gas/electricity up, TV licence up, sky TV up, netflix up, broadband up, car tax up, petrol price up, Mobile phone bill up, food prices up, car/house/health insurance up, mortgage/rent up.
Just add it to the list Sony, see you next year for more

For me, it's not a £70 game and I'll pick it up when it gets to something more acceptable. I'm still very much looking forward to it though

@BobSpeed1 that's a good point and hasn't been made clear at all - will all under 18s now be banned from messaging/parties/group chat?
If not, then the whole thing is a pointless data grab

Off to the No Tell Motel to have a look at the upgrade.

As an aside, it's so annoying that the game is available on ps+ extra, which I have, but the old install on my ps5 is from a disc so I'm forced to mess around putting that in. For it to then start installing the ps4 version

@Marquez CEX have increased the amount you get by £20 since the price increase was announced (was 175 now 195).
I might wait a while and see if that increases again but doubtful.
I do hate selling things on ebay etc though especially something this heavy and costly so if anyone has any postal or sale tips on best companies and sites to use?

@Number09 unless there's a bit more to come, CEX have already adjusted their prices. The fat og disc console was £230 trade in last week and has now gone up to £256 over the weekend

I just can't see what could release on a ps6 in 2027 to make buying one at launch worthwhile, whatever it's price.
It'll just be an enhanced version of GTA6 and remasters of intergalactic and wolverine etc.

Aside from potentially gran turismo 8 and something from Santa Monica, the majority of PS studios that are left have either just released a game or due to this year, and with dev cycles as they are we won't be seeing any new games from naughty dog, housemarque, insomniac anywhere close to a 2027 release.

My ps5 is going to be getting a lot more use yet before even considering ps6

Well at least a couple of all those on the PS blog mention the word Christmas 🙄

Game company learns that releasing a more polished finished game = it is received better.

100% of forza horizon 5 sales on ps5 are digital which proves a dramatic decline for physical sales...

Excellent news, really enjoyed the first game

I too have fond memories of that Toys R Us at Dale End in Birmingham

@Olmaz I'd say that's spot on.
One comment I found quite relevant said 'A reminder that folks who are leaving Twitter are doing so not because they were not permitted to express their opinion, but because you are permitted to express yours.'

I personally see similar amounts of pro/anti maga stuff, same as pro/anti labour UK stuff on X.
The people I've seen publicly announcing their departure from X for Bluesky are generally those unable to accept a differing opinion and have a full on melt down when things don't go their way.

@themightyant I'm pretty sure it (Y axis) works all the time in first party games as you'd expect, but very rarely otherwise.
As for heathen! What do you do if you want to look up to the sky? You pull your head back. Mimic that action with the dualsense 😉

@themightyant that invert Y option seems to work in less than 10% of games I've played, always have to manually change it

Extra runs out in December for me, and I have the option to buy another year at the same tier with 25% discount. Same happened last year.

@Anke game collection - not used that site personally so cannot vouch for it

@Anke I'm on the lookout too. Cheapest brand new at the moment is 185

The new level today is very enjoyable. The times at the top of the leaderboards are mind bogglingly quick

@MrPeanutbutterz nonsense, I've been playing astro bot for a few weeks

@LowDefAl the way you get so passionate about this topic, it seemed to me that you were anti-second hand/trading in from your original comments - it made me think you were a digital only person. It seems you are a fellow savvy shopper.

@thefourfoldroot1 exactly, I keep stating that on these persistent articles. There's a massive second hand market so the least pushsquare could do is acknowledge the fact this is brand new sales

This site continues to bang the drum that 75% of sales in the UK are digital without any caveats - it's nonsense as it takes no account of the physical second hand market.

@Can-You-Believe-Sith there was a TV series in the UK called 'Humans' which is quite close to the some of the themes in this game

The rain on the windscreen effects haven't been beaten. Great game

Good honest review and a remake nobody asked for. Sony are all over the place with their upgrade paths

Wasn't expecting this to score so highly, well done bloober team

@Andee this article will be 100% brand new sales, so doesn't account at all for second hand

In other news - ps5 game sales from CEX, ebay etc (second hand games and one massive advantage disc has for consumers) was 100% physical and 0% digital

The hogwarts bits on the showcase were the only ones that stood out and you could easily tell the difference. The shiny floor does look very nice, but not 700 + a disc drive nice

He mentions in a later reply that astro UK sales are 55% digital. So it's good to see physical is still at a decent enough percentage

I'm expecting gta6 on ps5 to be a similar scenario to gta5 on ps3 - this will be the first release of many re-releases on subsequent consoles, each one improving with more power

I'll save my money and put it towards the ps6 like I did when I didn't buy last gens pro.
Beyond GTA6 not a single game has been announced that could push the base ps5, don't see the point of buying it to replay games I've already finished with slightly better hair follicles

@ShogunRok by bottom of the barrel you mean aside from new games, we are getting ones that your website scored 7, 9, 8, 7, 6, 7?

Quite tragic really

It might just be the video, but the weapon sound could do with more of a thud, and James (particularly his clothing) looks a bit wooden and stiff. It looks good and faithful though.

Bloodborne, days gone 2, factions 2, sly Cooper - there's a couple of ideas for Sony to get cracking on whilst working on new IPs. And maybe announce games a little earlier rather than a beta weeks before release to test the water