PS5: Sony first birthday statement
The PS5 celebrates its first birthday today. With this in mind, Sony’s Jim Ryan addresses the community with a few words and figures and promises the fastest possible replenishment.
European players had to be patient for a week longer. However, in the United States and beyond, the PS5 went on sale on November 12, 2020, meaning Sony’s new-gen console will celebrate its first birthday today. In keeping with this, the console manufacturer has published on the official PlayStation Blog published a few statistics. At the same time, Jim Ryan, President & CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, addressed the community in a few words.
In his statement, Ryan speaks of an eventful year in which a number of games such as “Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart”, “Returnal” and “Deathloop” were released and other studios of the PlayStation family joined them. So grabbed Sony developers like Bluepoint Games, Firesprite, Housemarque and Nixxes.
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“It’s been a busy year and we’ve only just started with the PS5,” said Ryan. “The resourceful game developers and publishing partners we work with have released more than 360 games for PS5. In addition, PlayStation Studios are currently developing more than 25 games for the PS5. “
The blog entry also shows that PS5 players combined more than 4.6 billion hours of gaming in the first year of the console. In addition, more than 26 million hours of content were transmitted. Since all information relates only to the period up to September 30, 2021, “a few” hours should have been added in the meantime.
Some of the most played PS5 games in PS5’s first year include:
- Fortnite
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
- FIFA 21
- NBA 2K21
- Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
- Destiny 2
- MLB The Show 21
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
- Demon’s Souls
- NBA 2K22
The biggest console launch in history
“You made the PS5 the biggest console launch in history. And I can’t thank you enough for your support and commitment over the past year, ”Ryan continued.
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At the same time, the SIE head would like to thank the members of the community for their patience. The company continues to see “historic demand for the PS5” and understands that the supply bottlenecks are “a source of frustration” for many customers. Ryan would like to assure you that Sony is doing everything in its power to deliver as many units as possible.
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