{"id":95205,"date":"2026-10-24T03:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T19:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=95205"},"modified":"2026-10-24T03:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T19:32:15","slug":"playstation-5-console-sales-up-22-ahead-of-gta-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=95205","title":{"rendered":"PlayStation 5 Console Sales Up 22% Ahead of GTA 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The latter part of 2026 has been packed with excellent games, all leading up to GTA 6 on November 19, so it&#8217;s not surprising that PS5 sales have jumped over last month. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">PlayStation 5 sales have jumped by 22%, according to a report from Bloomberg, with data from Circana. And, while it&#8217;s likely that the buildup to GTA 6 has contributed to those sales, it looks like it was September&#8217;s all-star lineup of games, and particularly Marvel&#8217;s Wolverine, that were primarily behind the PS5&#8217;s recent success. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">We reached out to Circana Senior Director and Video Game Industry Advisor Mat Piscatella for comment on these recent sales increases, and he told us that despite its middling reception, Wolverine drove quite a bit of hardware sales. &#8220;PS5&#8217;s hardware boost was primarily driven by Marvel&#8217;s Wolverine. NBA 2K27 and Grand Theft Auto VI also likely helped,&#8221; he said. However, he added that &#8220;Xbox Series did not get a similar sales boost during the month.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-slideshow\"><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">All Marvel&#8217;s Wolverine Suits<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2277167929 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">When IGN reviewed Wolverine, we gave it a middling 6 out of 10, with reviewer Simon Cardy saying, &#8220;Marvel&#8217;s Wolverine&#8217;s slick and satisfying combat wears thin well before its conclusion, so much so that even its strong character work can&#8217;t quite save it from being anything more than okay.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In the weeks that have followed the game&#8217;s release, the community has also been mixed on the game, and Insomniac has had to respond by fixing some of the more hand-holdy mechanics, like adding a toggle for the ever-present scent trail that guides you to objectives. But, even early on, there were signs that Wolverine was selling.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Now, more than a month after release, Wolverine seems like it was absolutely a success, with Piscatella saying, &#8220;For Marvel&#8217;s Wolverine, [it&#8217;s] tough to give things a vibe check without understanding folks&#8217; frame of reference, but it was the month&#8217;s best-seller, ranks 11th year-to-date, with a hardware bundle that seems to have sold out and the market&#8217;s best-selling accessory during the month with the limited edition Marvel&#8217;s Wolverine DualSense. Seems pretty good to me. But, we&#8217;ll have to see how the legs are over time. It wasn&#8217;t as big as say Marvel&#8217;s Spider-Man 2, but I don&#8217;t think that would have ever been a reasonable assumption.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">That hardware bundle was likely a big reason why PlayStation&#8217;s sales were so rosy over the last month. The controller looked amazing, and started selling out before the game even launched. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Looking ahead to GTA 6, though, if a game like Wolverine was able to drive hardware like this, I can only imagine that GTA is going to make an even bigger impact. We&#8217;ve already started to see signs of that happening, too. Just a couple of weeks ago, the PS5 Pro started selling out enough that used models started going for as much as $1,400, $500 more than their shelf price. And, to this day, that price still holds, with the PS5 Pro available on both Amazon and Gamestop for $1,399. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">At that price, it&#8217;s going to be interesting to see sales data for this coming month, and how many people are willing to fork over that kind of cash for a new console. After all, there have been rumors this week that the next-generation Xbox Project Helix may cost up to $1,800. There were also leaks that suggest that for the PS6, just the RAM and SSD alone will cost around $680, which could see Sony&#8217;s next-gen console commanding a similar price. <\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"poll-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\"\/><\/span><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"author-sign-off\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"author-sign-off\" data-cy=\"author-sign-off\"><span class=\"stack jsx-59817748 jsx-1927875859\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-444076027 jsx-1730475047 profile-thumb jsx-2141281959 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-1-1\"><img alt=\"Jacqueline Thomas Avatar\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image profile-thumb-img jsx-249361588 jsx-2338608387 expand\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/avatars\/640f55c4f3866b000174a9c6\/RD5zbE5b_400x400-1679594933868.jpg?crop=1%3A1&amp;width=56&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=80 1x, https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/avatars\/640f55c4f3866b000174a9c6\/RD5zbE5b_400x400-1679594933868.jpg?crop=1%3A1&amp;width=56&amp;dpr=2&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=80 2x\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-2509706801 jsx-3630940851\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"interface jsx-1132626198 sign-off-text\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Jackie Thomas is the Senior Tech Editor at IGN and the PC components queen. She&#8217;s been covering gaming hardware for more than a decade for IGN, TechRadar, Gizmodo, PC Gamer and more. You can follow her\u00a0<\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jackiecobra\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\"><em>@Jackiecobra<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/section>\n<p><\/output><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/ahead-of-gta-6-playstation-5-sales-were-up-22-likely-due-to-wolverine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><br \/>\n<center><script>\n  atOptions = {\n    'key' : 'ab8cc34fbebd96e6c135978b4baca540',\n    'format' : 'iframe',\n    'height' : 90,\n    'width' : 728,\n    'params' : {}\n  };\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highrevenueformat.com\/ab8cc34fbebd96e6c135978b4baca540\/invoke.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latter part of 2026 has been packed with excellent games, all leading up to GTA 6 on November 19, so it&#8217;s not surprising that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","wpcat-32-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}