Blimey! PS5 Sales Doubled Last Month in the UK

I'd like to quote Aloy here since we seem to be seriously kicking off this console gen slowly but surely:

A storm is coming... and I...will be ready.

Well-deserved success.

That cost of living crisis is really biting hard...

Went to Walmart today and PS5's in stock, just right on the shelves. Also a stack of PS4 slims

Sony are doomed, Jim Ryan Out?

/sarcasm

That’s what stock does for you.
Having top end AAA games.
Knowing how to PR, promote and advertise.

Putting the hybrid console aside. There is nothing stopping PS5 now this generation as long as they keep them games coming and very good stock.

@Nexozi
The only one difference I have noticed now cost of living wise.
Even with PS5 disc solo consoles in stock, some are buying the digital edition Solo a lot more often than they were.
Maybe the cheaper price.

@Dezzy70 do you oversee sales for a large company?

if not its just luck of what people buy

I saw a PS5 in Walmart last week and it’s the first time I’d ever seen one for sale at a physical retail store. Didn’t even know they’re putting them on shelves now.

@Dezzy70 I had originally considered going digital only but decided to get the disk version. Older and 2nd hand physical games are generally cheaper than digital. Also good if ur not planning to keep a game once it's finished. If people were trying to save money the should mostly go physical, would work out cheaper in the long run.

@Nexozi
We both know that 😂 but some parents who are buying for children, which is what I see most at the moment, don’t normal think that way.

@Nexozi There wont be any physical disks "in the long run"

@Dezzy70 Yea, they just see a cheaper version and go for it.

@Smiffy01 How long a run are u going on?

thanks to the ps4s success . not because of you know who

@theheadofabroom what good has he done ? the ps5 will sell itself and is selling because of the accolades when he wasn’t in charge & xbox one fiasco . it’s pure luck

@Dezzy70 i bought the Digital edition and passed on Disk models in the beginning, i don’t buy physical media, and it looks better. The Disc drive looks tacked on to the real design which is the Digital model. I wished the Xbox Series X had a Digital model. I would have gotten that and saved a few bucks. Good to see PS5 in stock and they will sell a lot for sure, but this recession they say that is coming soon and food prices that are continuing to go up will hurt the industry some, but not completely.

@nomither6 that’s why Jim won’t sign the 10 year COD deal Microsoft offered them. It’s not about losing COD, it’s COD going to GP along with other huge AAA’s. That is the one area not only Jim but Sony don’t want to compete with going forward. Lot’s of people point to how well Jim has done and largely he’s been good, he took over a floating ship and he has done nothing to sink it. Sony knows PS is their cash cow, so they are all on board to see to it that no one rock’s the boat and it sail’s steady, that’s smart and it works. I bought a PS5 and enjoy it. But if Services become a bigger and bigger thing in the next 3-10 years, that is an area Sony feels nervous about. Sony nor Microsoft think services will erode and kill game sales. They are a option not the only offering, but the difference is one offer’s a service that is worth $20 a month after the ABK deal, and the other should be lowering the premium tier price as they have shown not to care about it enough to justify the cost. Just wait until the court case comes up and MS ask’s in front of a judge if Sony has blocked games from going to Gamepass, if that get’s enough attention and the court deems it as unjust, that is a huge window for services to grow and be decided by the developer. This may have seemed like a Pro Xbox post and it isn’t, it’s just that i like services and i think Jim Ryan is a block to services growth. He is afraid of it and so is Sony and that is my only true stink eye to the job Jim has done at sony, other than that he has played the part and i am happy to see the success the PS5 is having.

I guess the only downside is that the non-US pricing won't be going back to the pre-interest hike levels anytime soon. Other than that, its great news.

@Green-Bandit he played the part by not fixing what isn’t broken ; though that’s debatable and not entirely true either , but unfortunately it seems insignificant enough for people not to care but a few keen eyes . I hope the deal goes through , because not only would Xbox have exclusives , but they’d also have their large backwards compatibility library - something sony has a whole legacy of but treat it like trash . Nintendo has the rep they do mainly because of them holding on to their legacy ; for the longest time now Playstation has been severing its roots and is just a corporate PR entity instead of games anymore . see the blurring of lines with “sony productions” and “sony interactive entertainment” , they might as well just make PS5 a complete blu-ray player and make every IP they have be HBO content.

they also invest in things that no one asked for

@nomither6 i can agree with a lot of that. I do think the days of games like Sly Cooper, Ico, Socom, Day’s Gone, Jak and Dexter for PlayStation are over. Those can’t become the block buster game and potential tv show. However we are getting a Twisted Metal game to follow the show, if the game is good, my bet would be the game does better than the show. Nintendo hold’s some of the most iconic characters ever made in gaming and they do a great job of making those experiences for their fan’s. Xbox needs more iconic series and characters, and sony needs to be more of a game’s console with a soul than a corporate feeling of just making money, tho this is a business and making money is the goal. Just like to see PS be more like the older consoles that took chances. The ABK deal will pass and it will give Xbox and their GP model a huge lift. If they market COD on GP right, it could flip the U.S market which is hanging by a 2 million lead by PS, but very even for the most part. After Buying a Dual Sense Edge and likely returning it, Sony at the moment and Jimbo need to focus on Battery life on it’s controllers and bring more features to the Ui and i will largely be happy, i already like my PS5 more than the PS4.

@Sequel as bad as i want to be a PC gamer, the GPU’s right now put me off, i have a Series X and PS5, and feel like i ain’t missing much. But PC is great and in many ways the best place to play if you could only own one gaming rig in the house. I am to in love with my Mac’s to build a PC that i would only use for gaming, but i am always happy to see Console be a place for gamers. Plug and play console nature has it’s limitations, but makes up for it ways i feel are more harder to obtain on PC for it’s benefits.

Yes come on consumers..support your chief capitalist pig SONY and embrace your corporate brainwashing and drool into whatever bowl of cereal the tv advertising has subliminaly programmed you to buy...on a more serious note this is really good news and even better news is hogwarts is out this friday..praise the sun.

@Green-Bandit during the ps3 era i built what was then a pretty good gaming rig on the budget i set aside. But i soon had the stark realisation that whilst it was nice to play games running in 60fps and upwards (battlefield 3 running at almost 100fps on ultra settings @1080p was epic) it was ultimately unsustainable for me..constant upgrades,driver issues blah,blah,blah. I seemed to spend more time updating the damn thing than enjoying it. I switched back to console gaming with the ps4 because i enjoyed gaming again and even though my ps5 will never beat a £3000 gaming rig at least i'll have the money to pay my leccy bill and buy some games with the change..

@nomither6 People said the same thing about the ps4's success. "It only did well because MS messed up". Excuses, excuses, excuses. Give credit where it's due.

@naruball jim ryan wasn’t in charge way to miss the point

@nomither6 how ironic. Way to miss mine.

@naruball i’m talking about jim ryan , you’re talking about playstation . way to miss it again

Its very amusing to read comments on Jim Ryans position from people who havent got the first idea what his job is. Like hes intimately involved with hardware or software development, or marketing, or deciding on new firware features. Lol.
His job is to set the parameters for others to do those roles and grow the buisness. Based on those objectives hes doing a great job irrespective of what clueless armchair critics might suggest.
I dont like the man, but theres no requirement for me to do so and at least hes more honest and forthright than Phil 'trust me im a gamer'

@nomither6 the job of a CEO isn't supposed to be flashy, they're not supposed to be celebrities. He seems to just be quietly getting on with the job while folks wail and gnash their teeth about some impending disaster based on guesses and speculation.

It's not so much that I support him, or even Sony, but I find the constant doomsaying and calls for firing baffling, especially when it so often (not AFAIK in your case) comes from the same people who ridicule anyone who doesn't want to buy the latest TERF wizard game.

@nomither6 " jim ryan wasn’t in charge way to miss the point"

Imagine having absolutely no clue about the mans credentials or the massive part he played in the generation you're constantly praising.

He was the president of SIE Europe throughout the entirety of the PS4 generation, he oversaw and ran their most successful and dominant region. He was also made head of global sales and marketing in conjunction with that role from 2016 onwards. Do you understand how impressive you have to be at your job to simultaneously hold two roles of such significance, not to mention receiving another promotion at the end of it.

The constant bashing of the man from people who are ignorant to what he's achieved just comes across as pathetic at this point.

@Intr1n5ic i’m on the outside looking in , but i guess other gamers are stock investors and sony employees . my bad for only looking at the gaming side of things

not

& for the record it ain’t personal shots at him , i’ve been saying this whole time things have sucked since he’s been in charge . he is in leadership of PS right ? has nothing to do with him personally

@nomither6 I'm looking at it from every side and I have no issue acknowledging an individuals achievements and giving credit where it's due.

You keep stamping your feet and crying about everything online though, you're really making a difference.

@Nexozi It's hard now the gas bill tripled even when being like scrooge with everything. But if you safe and work hard its still doable.

@AhmadSumadi Weird times aren't they it's like finding a endangered species in the wild. 😅

@Intr1n5ic LOL yeah , you don’t have to tell me ; i’m gonna definitely keep having my own opinions.

@Northern_munkey great point and see thats what scares me is i have heard from a lot of people that it can be a little more tricky on PC to get it all optimized and running smoothly. I heard you might have one game running just right and then load a different game and have lots of driver issues and spend more time updating than playing. At that price range that is a turn off for me. I am happy with the PS5 and Series X, I think both hardware are the companies finest in terms of build quality and features and such, so no real rush to build a PC even if i was going to. I did see Dead Space running on a high end PC the other day and was like WOW. I think i will just happily stick to what i got, thanks for the reply and reminder it can be difficult on PC no matter how much money you throw at it.

That picture is like a PS5 centipede....

With Jim I think that's where a schism is because the historically well regarded gaming executives have been able to grow the business while also resonating with the customer base as understanding the market and being symbiotic with them. Jim's just an executive. Could be selling toothpaste, doesn't matter, it's numbers on a ledger. Jim has a simultaneously hostile and out of touch relationship with the market, and mostly seems to drive the company away from the existing market in pursuit of new bigger ones. If we're supposed to approve of execs solely based on their value to investors, we should be celebrating Kotick. The guy brings it.

Yes, on one hand his job is to give investors more money, and more money has come to them during his watch. OTOH, he's not done much of anything particular, and most of what he has done particular has been generally flipping off the existing customer, reminding them they're not needed, and they're not the focus of the product anymore. By sales, he appears to be right. The Fortnite kids are providing investors far more money than us old Ico customers, that's great if you're a shareholder, but not particularly great if you're a customer. It's entirely possible for Jim to be a perfectly good corporate executive answerable to the board, while being a gawd-awful gaming leader.

@Northern_munkey Everyone says PC isn't like those dark days anymore and I still do not believe them...

@NEStalgia most people want a competent person running a company.

one that is delivering.

we all know you prefer your mate Phil, but he is under delivering right now.

@stvevan Delivering returns to investors - yes. He's going to deliver product...not the product this audience wants, though.

@NEStalgia well said . but please do keep “crying” and “stamping your feet” over your valid criticism, because only positive feedback is legitimate (sarcasm)