Sales of physical PS5 games in the UK last week suggest that customers picked up a win over scalpers following 2021's first w💫ave of new consoles.
New consoles are almost always hard to come by when first released. However, the launch of the PS5 and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Xbox Series X/S has been something else entirely. The usual struggle to land a console has been exacerbated due to a number of reasons. Most notably the pandemic, and also the 🔯increased ability of bots and scalpers to buy up consoles before genuine customers have the chance.
A new wave of PS5s hit the UK last week, sending those who are yet to find one into a frenzy as they waited for the stock to drop in various online stores. Yet again, the consoles disappeared fast, and one group of scalpers claims to have pickedಞ ✨up 2000 more PS5s to resell at inflated prices.
Physical game sales in the UK last week released by GfK and shared by would suggest otherwise. Physical sales of PS5 games increased by a whopping 324% last week compared to the week before, which implies quite a lot of genuine customers actually managed to bag a PS5 this time around. This comes after retailer GAME revealed it was revoking s🌞ales of the console to anyone it found trying to buy more than one.
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation exclusives 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Spider-Man: Miles Morales and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Demon's Souls jumped 161% and 291% respectively. The PS5 version of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Assassin's Creed Valhalla's were up 174%, and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Black Ops Cold War sales increased by 56%. Even though all of those games boast free next-gen upgrades for anyone who bought a PS4 version of the title, these numbers would suggest many were♏ waiting to land a PS5 before buying some🅺 of 2020's final releases.
The success of the PS5 and the victory of customers over scalpers also benefitted Hitman 3 during its launch week. 49% of its sales in the UK were on PS5, and it clocked in at 17% beღtter th𒐪an Hitman 2 during its predecessor's first week. The battle against the bot🐟s is far from over, and many of you will have still been left wanting when it comes to next-gen consoles. All of the above is a promising step in the right direction, though.