In some countries, the start of sales of the new PlayStation began a week ago, but it reached Russia today. But it’s still not easy to buy a console – no major retailer has it available.

The new generation consoles have just gone on sale, but Newzoo has already prepared a report on the most popular games on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S in the USA. Sony’s audience traditionally prefers exclusives, while Microsoft users prefer subscription games and multiplatform.Note: The MAU data only counts players from the USA and is taken as of November 15.

The number of copies of Ghost of Tsushima sold exceeded 5 million. This allowed the game to gain a foothold in the status of the fastest selling new IP for PS4.Herman Hulst, head of PlayStation Worldwide Studios, told about this on Twitter.

The PlayStation 5 was officially launched today, but only in some regions. Russia is not among them. Sales of the new generation console in our country and in the rest of the world will start in a week.

A drama is unfolding in the Japanese market. Sony is unhappy with PS4 sales in Japan and is focusing on the American market. At the same time, Microsoft is interested in local development studios and plans to make Xbox the second console in the market of the “land of the rising sun”.

Sony has published a financial report for the second fiscal quarter (July-September 2020). The gaming division turned out to be the most successful and earned almost $5 billion. At the same time, most of the revenue came from digital versions of games and in-game purchases.Basic figures

After Sony denied the creator of Return of the Obra Dinn the right to introduce a temporary discount, attention was drawn to the problem on English-language forums and social networks. It turned out that this is not the first time the company does not allow indie developers to arrange sales.Lucas Pope, the creator of the detective indie game Return of the Obra Dine, decided to arrange a sale in honor of the two-year anniversary of…

The conflict between Epic and Apple could turn into problems for console manufacturers, according to judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers. Now the court wants to get more information about the principles of closed platforms.

Sony has increased prices for the Russian PS Store. Basic versions of some games have gone up to 6 thousand rubles, and versions with additional content — up to 9 thousand rubles. The change is due to “current market conditions”.

Sony‘s official blog has information about how much it plans to sell games from its internal studios for the new generation of PlayStation. Prices will range from $49 to $69 per title.

At the PlayStation 5 Showcase, Sony named not only the price tags for the next generation, but also announced an important component of its PlayStation Plus subscription. Its users on the PS5 will have access to the line of hits of the previous generation of the console.

During the PlayStation 5 Showcase, Sony released information about how much the console will cost and when it will be released.

Newzoo analyzed the MAU of the main games on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 over the past month. The report not only shows the popularity of projects like Fortnite and GTA V in different countries, but also gives an idea of Sony’s dominance in specific regions (especially on the example of Japan).Analysts say that this year the total revenue from games in the world will be $ 159.3 billion.

Neither Sony nor Microsoft are in a hurry to officially announce the cost of future consoles yet. But the American retailer Best Buy has already put a preliminary price tag on the PS 5 and the new Xbox. Judging by it, it won’t be cheap.

Analysts from SuperData published a report on digital sales of games for July, detailing the data on the most successful projects. Among them are Ghost of Tsushima, Pokémon GO and others.For the first time in a long time, SuperData did not give a cumulative assessment of the market, limiting itself only to the chart of the most successful projects on the main platforms.

By 2020, digital copies have become more in demand in console retail. Major publishers now sell more digital than disc versions.

The latest big exclusive for PS4 is rapidly gaining popularity. But while gamers from Europe rejoice at the quality of the picture, in China they massively criticize the plot. It’s all about disrespectful attitude to the image of the Mongols.

On Thursday, Sony became a minority owner of Epic Games. A Japanese company bought 1.4% of the Unreal Engine developer for a quarter of a billion dollars. Based on the deal, the market value of the entire Epic Games is now an astronomical $17.86 billion.

The new blockbuster Naughty Dog for the opening weekend (June 19-21) sold 4 million copies. According to Sony, no exclusive PlayStation 4 game has ever been sold out at the start at such a rate.