Sony announced PS5 game sales and engagement are higher than PS4 over the same period
Sony announced that the DualSense wireless controller for PlayStation 5 will launch a new color scheme, which is Cosmic red and Midnight Black. The new handle will be on sale worldwide next month. The time to market in different regions will vary. The North American region will be on sale on June 11, and the red will cost $5 more.
According to Sony, the DualSense wireless handle is significantly different from the previous generation handles with its tactile feedback and adaptive trigger functions. Leo Cardoso and Satoshi Aoyagi of the design team also shared their insights on color selection. They said that the goal is to always find a design that can surprise and tempt our fans. They hope that the new color scheme can complement the original DualSense wireless controller and the PlayStation 5 console, so the color is chosen as the “galaxy” design. Both color schemes use blue elements, plus a unique red or black main color. The original DualSense wireless controller also has blue elements, and the three colors compliment each other.
In addition, according to Wccftech reports, Hermen Hulst, head of Sony Interactive Entertainment’s global studio, confirmed that more than 25 games are currently in development, and nearly half of them are brand new IPs. These works come from studios in different regions, and they are a variety of different types of games, including masterpieces and small games, and they are very diverse.
The relevant person in charge of Sony also stated that it is currently working hard to improve the supply situation and increase production to meet the needs of the majority of gamers. It is hoped that the supply and demand situation can be restored to a normal state as soon as possible. At the same time, in the first five months of the launch of the new console, PlayStation 5 sold 11% more games than PlayStation 4, and the time for gamers to log in to PlayStation 5 was 81% longer than PlayStation 4 during the same period.