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PS5 Is Currently The Only Platform That Runs All The Top 20 Best Selling Games Of 2024 [US Sales]

PS5 is currently the only gaming platform that can run every title in the top 20 best selling games of the year 2024. Matt Piscatella, Executive Director

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Einhander1972302d ago

PS5 is pretty great and you can get one for $450, though honestly they go on sale pretty often so you can regularly find them for less and bundled with games.

Such a great value.

purple101302d ago

Learning from their mistakes launching ps3 at £599 makes me think the ps5 pro will launch at £499

Which would make it quite the bargain to play at 4k for technically cheap vs a gaming laptop or pc where just the graphics card would be that price

Bearing in mind no windows licence but you get a controller a 1tb ssd, power supply and case, all for the same money, maybe even a free Astro game thrown in, (one can hope) 😊

ZycoFox302d ago

The Pro is going to be using a 5 year old CPU with a small clock increase, it will run some games better but because of the CPU bottleneck it will still have its limitations where the normal PS5 does in frame rates. The Pro is mostly about running higher resolution/detail than PS5 can manage.

Babadook7302d ago (Edited 302d ago )

“The Pro is going to be using a 5 year old CPU with a small clock increase, it will run some games better but because of the CPU bottleneck it will still have its limitations where the normal PS5 does in frame rates“

Regarding CPU gains. Yup.

Thank goodness for modern frame gen hardware that eliminates the barrier of the weaker cpu. Effectively doubling the fps without doubling the cpu usage.

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Cacabunga302d ago

PS3 had a much higher exclusive quality and quantity compared to PS5 and still acclaimed to this day.. some of the most memorable consoles ever..

Einhander1972302d ago

@AsimLionheart

I just want to point out what you said as a perfect example of how Digital Foundry is completely full of crap.

The PS5 can play PS4 games even though it has a different CPU there is ZERO reason to even think that the PS5 Pro would be limited in anyway by a different CPU. Obviously the PS6 will play PS5 and PS4 games and it's almost certainly going to have a different CPU.

The fact of the matter is that games are not CPU limited in most cases, and PSSR is there in cases when they are. Every game that has any kind of a 60 FPS mode on PS5 is also going to have 60 FPS on Pro, and I think it's extremely likely that you will see games that are able to play games that have 30 FPS graphics modes on PS% with unlocked framerates that hit 60 FPS or close enough that VRR will kick in on the Pro..

The PS5 Pro is going to be fantastic.

I trust that PlayStation engineers know what they are doing more than some goofballs who make videos on the internet.

Kurisu302d ago

The PS3 launched for £425. £599 would have been crazy money!

DarXyde302d ago (Edited 302d ago )

I don't think they're above matching PS3 in price. $600 USD doesn't exactly have the same purchasing power as it did in 2006.

The PS5 has also stayed at $399 minimum for the entire generation to this point. But that said, if the Pro is $499, that means PS5 standard is dropping in price....BUT, I think Pro will only be available as a digital edition (with the detachable drive for base PS5 being compatible). So even at $499, an $80 disc drive puts it around $599. I also wouldn't be surprised to see it feature a CELL chip for proper backwards compatibility (and it's also a selling point). In that situation, $600 is likely.

Michiel1989302d ago

@einhander still crying about that 0.1s framedrop in hb2? you will probably never answer this but if DF is the lying piece of shits you made them out to be, wouldn't that mean that they were also lying about all the ps games they analyzed? or are they only lying when you don't like the result (aka anything remotely positive being said about how a game runs on a console that's not ps5)?

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GamerRN301d ago

Yeah but what a disappointing top 20. 2024 has been a shitty year!

Eonjay301d ago

2024 has been a great year depending on your taste in games. I have enjoyed several of the games on this list.

shinoff2183301d ago

Depends on what you play I guess. As a jrpg fan and other genres, shts been fantastic. Last couple years have been amazing.

DodoDojo302d ago (Edited 302d ago )

"Digital sales on Nintendo and Xbox platforms not included"
The list is a bit skewed.

DodoDojo302d ago (Edited 302d ago )

Yeah I didn't read the chart well. Still surprised to see MK8 not on the list, as it's been consistently on top of the charts since it released and Palworld has sold 15m on Steam alone yet its missing.

ChasterMies301d ago

Only skewed for Xbox. Lots of folks buy cartridges for Switch. No Xbox Series S owner is buying discs. But on PS5, no one is buying discs for PS5 digital.

Christopher301d ago

All these charts from Piscatella are like this. So many footnotes on where they're not counting sales. About as useful as VGChartz numbers.

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VersusDMC302d ago

And that's why a playstation is my main console.

It's got the exclusives i prefer and rarely gets excluded from multiplatform releases like xbox and switch does.

crazyCoconuts302d ago

And that controller is just fun when you factor in the speaker, haptics, trigger feature, gyro, etc
Maybe I'm alone here but I really notice that stuff and miss it if I play a controller game on the PC.

Profchaos302d ago

I love my Ps5 but to be honest the controller has been the most disappointing aspect for me personally and I know it's an unpopular opinion most people love it and I'm not talking about all the cool stuff it can do but I just prefer the feel of the ds4 and it's grips with its lighter weight and comfort.
Basically I miss the ds4 after so long with that it felt natural to use has been my favourite controller since the PS1 days

shinoff2183301d ago

Still waiting on eastward from chucklefish.

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Why Grand Theft Auto VI Can't Just Be a Hit—It Has To Be A Miracle

MonsterVine: "Grand Theft Auto VI isn’t just facing a release delay—it’s battling shareholder expectations that demand nothing less than record-breaking perfection."

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anast4h ago

It won't be a miracle, but ti will be one of the biggest releases in gaming history.

Profchaos2h ago

Just look at how much this game has influenced take twos stock price.

If you were able to put money into take two prior to the first trailer it has climbed so much and just keeps going up with anything GTA releated or down for things like delays

DarXyde1h ago

Didn't Rockstar say not to expect it to be transformative for the franchise as GTA IV and V were?

I guess it's not a problem since GTA V was great. it's probably going to be $100, but it's going to be a great game and it's going to break all sorts of sales records.

The recent trailer got 20M views in 4 hours. It'll be a much needed industry row, but certainly not a miracle.

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Players Are Skeptical That GTA 6 Will Look Like the Trailer

We all saw the life-like new trailer for GTA 6, and basically everyone was speechless; now, when the initial hype died down, the players are a bit skeptical that the game will look like the trailer.

RaidenBlack11h ago

I have my slight doubts as well. To my eyes, the visuals in first trailer looks marginally better.
I presume there might be different visual preset(s) for cutscenes, and gameplay and the game'll seamlessly transition between the two.
Then again, they made GTA V possible on a PS3 and RDR2 on an Xbox One. So ... fingers crossed, I guess.

darthv7211h ago

With the way they made this trailer... it looks more like a fast and furious movie than a GTA game. I wouldnt be surprised if this will get a mod on PC to replace Jason and Lucia with Dom and Letty.

RaidenBlack11h ago

I want them replaced by Phil and Jim Ryan models.
The bed scenes'd be quite metaphorical, with current Xbox injecting its games to PS library, Phil'll be knocking up Ryan.

abstractel4h ago

I'm a long-time dev (am I allowed to mention this here?), worked/working on triple A games, and I don't blame people for being skeptical. To be fair, most of my dev friends were also skeptical Black Myth was going to turn out as well as it did (mostly because it came from an unknown dev). GTAVI looks _incredible_ and the "running on PS5" text on the trailer and not specifying PS5 Pro makes me even more skeptical. Also curious how they'll swing the Series S version. Having said that, it's been in development for what, 10 years(?) with an almost unlimited budget and attracting the most talented developers in the industry. With those resources it's possible.

Obscure_Observer11h ago

"I have my slight doubts as well. To my eyes, the visuals in first trailer looks marginally better."'

Do not fear.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

rudero7h ago

Cut scenes can always look amazing.
Gameplay is what we see the majority of time when playing the game.

thorstein4h ago(Edited 4h ago)

Killzone 2 says hi.

Initial trailer "omg, no way that's real!"

Game: looks even better.

Profchaos4h ago

Rockstar tweeted this

"Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 2 was captured entirely in-game from a PlayStation 5, comprised of equal parts gameplay and cutscenes."

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wesnytsfs9h ago

I will wait for PC version it will be the best version. Sucks to wait but it is what it is

Lightning779h ago

I 100% believe that's what the game will look like. Presentation and high fidelity graphics are finally starting to shine later in the gen so expect this game to look as advertised.

darthv729h ago

Oh it will.... on the Pro. All the effects and reflections look to exceed anything ever done on a base 5 before.

cloganart6h ago

I'm expecting a big resolution and FPS bump instead of marginally different effects like that.

Flawlessmic6h ago

Rockstar have come out and come firmed trailer was a mixture of gameplay/kinematics and that it was all running on a base ps5.

The game will look as advertised they literally have a team of like a 100 people working on this and apparently a cost of a billion dollars to make.

This game will be super optimised!!!

andy857h ago

GTA games always look as good if not better than their trailers

Ninver6h ago

That's cause it won't. This was all cinematic in-engine footage. It's always doll'd up for trailers.

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Overwatch’s Success Has Been ‘Life-Changing’ For Zenyatta Voice Actor Feodor Chin

Feodor Chin discusses lending his voice to beloved gaming icons like Overwatch's Zenyatta and Lee Sin, and reflects on a diverse career across animation, film, and TV.

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