Arc Raiders has now sold over 4 million copies worldwide less than two weeks since its release date, cementing its commercial success.
Publisher Nexon confirmed the milestone in a glowing press release, which also revealed that the extraction shooter had reached a huge concurrent count of 700,000 players across all platforms.
Within a day of its release, Embark Studio's shooter hit a Steam concurrent peak player count of 264,673, making it one of the biggest extraction shooters ever on Valve's platform. That record was smashed again over the weekend when Arc Raiders hit a concurrent peak of 462,488 players according to Valve's official figures. and now we know that, combined with users on consoles, the true figure is closing in on three-quarters of a million players.
Nexon added that Arc Raiders has "maintained its number one spot on Steam's global sales rankings" ever since it released on October 30, and congratulated developer Embark, writing: "We are deeply impressed by the enthusiasm shown by our player community and look forward to building on that excitement with our content plans, including new maps, ARC vehicles, weapons, and quests, which will be available starting this month."
"I thought I was only going to play five or six hours of Arc Raiders on launch day before sitting down to write this initial review in progress, but after just a handful of matches, I suddenly couldn’t pull myself away – and before I realized it, I’d been playing for 10 hours," we wrote in IGN's Arc Raiders review-in-progress.
"This is without question the most hooked I’ve found myself on an extraction shooter (and I’ve played a lot of them), with clean and tense gunplay, a progression system that’s been incredibly satisfying so far, and a loot game that has me sweating over what to put in my backpack and what to leave behind."
Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky.
DICE has just released Title Update 1.1.1.5 for Battlefield 6 and shared its full patch notes. So, let’s see what this new update brings to the table. Patch 1.1.1.5 fixes a bug that let players reach off-limit areas by standing on a Recon Drone and hitting it with a Sledgehammer. It also fixes a problem … Continue reading Battlefield 6 Update 1.1.1.5 Released – Full Patch Notes→
The PlayStation 5 is now up to 84.2 million copies sold after shifting an additional 3.9 million units during the three-month period ending September 30, Sony has announced.
That’s a slight increase on the 3.8 million PS5 units Sony sold during the same quarter last year, but it's an impressive result given the price of the console has actually gone up over the course of this generation, rather than come down.
Interestingly, the new sales figure puts PS5 ahead of every Xbox console ever released, overtaking the official figure for the Xbox 360. But official sales figures here are somewhat misleading. Microsoft last reported Xbox 360 sales figures over a decade ago, in June 2014, when it said the console had sold more than 84 million consoles into retail worldwide.
It seems likely that those 84 million consoles sold into retailers were eventually sold through to customers, and that it probably sold an additional 1 million or so in the 10 years after that announcement (Microsoft discontinued the Xbox 360 in April 2016). So the true Xbox 360 sales figure is probably a little higher than the PS5’s current tally, but until Microsoft issues an official sales update for the Xbox 360, the PS5 is officially ahead of it and all other Xbox consoles. And in any case, the PS5 will go on to sell tens of millions more units over the course of its lifetime.
As an aside, unlike Sony, Microsoft does not make Xbox Series X and S sales figures public, but analysts have suggested the combined Xbox Series effort is being outsold by the PS5 by at least a factor of 2:1.
The more appropriate comparison for the PS5 then, is with its predecessor, the PlayStation 4. Five years into the current console generation, the PS5 is slightly behind the PS4 (the PS4 sold-in to retailers more than 86.1 million units after five years on sale).
But Sony has said this console generation is its most financially successful ever, with sales surpassing those made during the reign of all previous Sony consoles. In a graph recently published by Sony, its Game & Network Services (G&NS) division, which includes Sony Interactive Entertainment, was shown to have brought in more money with each console generation since the PS1. Of course, PS5 increased in price this year to $550, while PS4 retailed for $300 at this stage, and the video games themselves have got more expensive.
Nishino-san says PlayStation 5 is the most successful generation in PlayStation history. pic.twitter.com/E5feupYHGr
Sony has already started talking about PlayStation 6 in vague terms, but it has a number of PS5 exclusives yet to come, including Insomniac’s Marvel’s Wolverine, which is due out next year. There are also reports that Sony plans to release a PlayStation handheld console, although the company has yet to comment.
Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
Nintendo has issued a fresh system software update for the Switch and Switch 2, bringing both consoles' firmware up to Version 21.0.0.
The latest patch adds a range of features for both consoles, including a number of useful changes for managing digital games, and upgrades for the Switch 2's built-in Game Chat.
On both consoles, you can now see a symbol above software icons on the Home Menu that will show whether the game is a cartridge-based or not. You can also set virtual game card data downloading even if you have chosen to disable the "Use Online License" setting.
On Switch 2, you can now receieve a prompt to download any software bundled alongside the console (like Mario Kart World!) which sounds like it'll save you from inputting any pesky codes.
Switch 2 Game Chat also gets some upgrades, with the game you're playing no longer automatically going to sleep if you're still chatting. You'll keep chatting, too, if your console is docked and you switch over to a wired connection (or vice versa).
And in a minor but amusing tweak, Nintendo has renamed the battery saving "stop charging around 90%" option to now more accurately reflect how it operates. It's now named "stop charging around 80-90%", so you can stop worrying if it's working correctly.
As ever, a few extra tweaks appear to be in the update that haven't made it into Nintendo's official patch notes. On ResetEra, fans report that you can now disable auto-playing videos in the eShop — which is a truly welcome addition. Nintendo dataminer OatmealDome, meanwhile, stats that there's also a new menu to view your peak brightness value when adjusting HDR settings in TV mode.
Here are Nintendo's full patch notes:
Nintendo Switch Ver. 21.0.0 (Released November 10, 2025):
Added symbols above software icons displayed on the HOME Menu to indicate whether the software is a physical or a digital version.
Added the ability to download data for a virtual game card even if the "Use Online License" setting is turned off.
This option is available in the Options of a virtual game card when accessed via Virtual Game Cards from the HOME Menu.
The information regarding Save Data Cloud Backup that appears when launching certain software has been updated.
The option "Platinum Point Notification Settings" was renamed to "Nintendo Switch Online Notification Settings" in the Notifications menu in System Settings.
Added the ability to disable the following options when performing a system transfer from a Nintendo Switch system to a Nintendo Switch 2 system using System Transfer to Nintendo Switch 2 in System Settings.
Redownload Software on Nintendo Switch 2
Transfer Album Data
Added the ability to adjust the volume from the Quick Settings menu while in VR mode.
General system stability improvements to enhance the user's experience.
Nintendo Switch 2 Ver. 21.0.0 (Released November 10, 2025)
Added symbols above software icons displayed on the HOME Menu to indicate whether the software is a physical or a digital version.
When multiple software downloads are in progress, there is now an option to cancel all.
If a console bundle includes a software download, there will now be an icon to "Receive Software." It will display if the system is connected to the internet.
The icon will launch Nintendo eShop and you can proceed to the downloadable software.
You can still receive the software by navigating to Nintendo eShop from the HOME Menu directly.
When finding users to send a friend request to, the Search for Users You've Played With option under Add Friend now includes people you've interacted with in your friends' GameChat rooms.
Added the ability to download data for a virtual game card even if the "Use Online License" setting is turned off.
This option is available in the Options of a virtual game card when accessed via Virtual Game Cards from the HOME Menu.
The following updates have been made for GameChat:
The game will not automatically go to sleep while chatting.
The option to turn off "Chat Audio Panning" has been added.
Chat can continue if the console goes from TV mode (docked) to Handheld or Table mode where this scenario changes the internet from a wired connection to a wireless connection.
The following updates have been made in Accessibility in System Settings:
When Use Text to Speech is turned on, the description of the predictive conversion character on the Japanese keyboard is now read out loud.
The upper limit of Text-to-Speech Speed was increased from 300% to 400%
The following updates have been made in Audio in System Settings:
The ability to change the audio mode for a wirelessly connected Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller was added. "Stable" or "Low Latency" can be selected.
"Low Latency" will reduce audio latency when compared to "Stable" but may be more subject to interference in some wireless environments.
The following updates have been made in Display in System Settings:
"HDR Output" was renamed to "System Screen's HDR Output."
Improved the screen display when using Adjust Screen Size to make it easier to adjust.
The following updates have been made in Notifications in System Settings:
The option "Platinum Point Notification" was renamed to "Nintendo Switch Online Notification."
The following updates have been made in System in System Settings:
"Stop Charging Around 90%" was renamed and updated to "Stop Charging Around 80-90%"
Thai and Polish were added to the list of options under Language.
Thai and Polish will only be available in software when it supports the respective language.
General system stability improvements to enhance the user's experience.
Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social
Ghost of Yotei has sold 3.3 million copies in its first month on sale, Sony has confirmed.
As part of its latest financial results, Sony said Sucker Punch’s PlayStation 5-exclusive action adventure sold 3.3 million units in the 32 days since going on sale on October 2 — so sales up to and including November 2.
Sony announced the figure without any commentary, so it’s hard to know whether the company is happy with the result. However, there is a great deal of context we can add that helps us paint a picture of Ghost of Yotei’s commercial success.
The first comparison we should make is to its predecessor, Ghost of Tsushima. It sold 2.4 million copies in its first three days after going on sale exclusively on PlayStation 4 on July 17, 2020, then hit 5 million after 118 days (just shy of four months). It’s now up to 13 million copies sold, including sales of the PC and PS5 Director’s Cut.
So it’s worth remembering that while we don’t have a figure for a comparable period of sales, it looks like Ghost of Yotei is selling about as well as Ghost of Tsushima before it, a suggestion backed up by sales data from the U.S. and across Europe.
But is that good enough? We need to consider that Ghost of Tsushima came out on the PS4, which in the summer of 2020 had a much bigger install base than the PS5 does today, and amid the stay-at-home gaming boom fueled by lockdowns. Ghost of Yotei also sold for $70, which means its dollar sales are greater compared to the cheaper Ghost of Tsushima, whose standard edition launched at $60.
The timing of each release differs also in that Ghost of Tsushima came out in the summer, and Ghost of Yotei came out in the fall. Yotei has the crucial holiday season coming soon, and it will surely be a popular pick for those buying a PS5 for the first time or upgrading to the PS5 Pro.
And finally, multiplayer add-on Ghost of Yotei: Legends comes out at some point in 2026, which will undoubtedly give Ghost of Yotei a shot in the arm next year. And we all know that Ghost of Yotei, like Ghost of Tsushima before it, will eventually launch on PC in Director’s Cut form. Perhaps there will even be a PS6 version, whenever that console rolls around.
So, Ghost of Yotei has some way to go before it matches the total sales figure of its predecessor, but is has plenty of opportunity to catch up. And, as Circana’s Mat Piscatella said last month, its launch sales were “perfectly fine... Not amazing, not bad.”
Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
Incredibly, almost unfathomably, the humble original PlayStation, our little grey slab of joy, is turning 30. It's got grey hairs, now old enough to have a couple of kids, a few different careers, a car in the garage. You could say it's accomplished all those things in different ways.
In the before-times, many previous and current IGN AU staff cut their teeth at the Official PlayStation 2 Magazine (Narayan Pattison, Tristan Ogilvie, Luke Reilly, Patch Kolan, and Adam Mathew among them), so it's an understatement to say that the brand, hardware, games and experiences were formative for us and extremely close to our hearts.
The Little Grey Box That Could
When the original PlayStation launched in Australia, stock was extremely limited and the thing cost $AUD699 (or about $1300 in today's money) if you could manage to get your hands on it. If you did, you could play nearly a nearly perfect port of Namco's superb Ridge Racer, try some 3D fighting (a novelty!) in Battle Arena Toshinden, a bit of 3D platforming (woah!) in Jumping Flash!, and 2D sidescrolling platforming in Rayman. The games were perhaps a tad "safe" at the time, but it hinted at big things coming – and within a year, the PlayStation had cemented itself in the Australian gaming landscape.
I picked up my PS1 from a Cash Converters in 1999, then immediately bought Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy VII. From there, I delived into a catalogue of JRPGs, racing simulators (yeah, that series), scrolling shooters and impenetrable dating games as my N64 quietly looked on, judging me from the shelf. I'm fairly certain I did not see daylight for about two years – and I knew I wanted to do this stuff as a career.
"In the late '90s, PlayStation was the only console my family had, but that was okay: PlayStation was the only place with all the games I wanted to play – Metal Gear Solid, Gran Turismo, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Driver, Colin McRae Rally, Medal of Honor, Crash Bandicoot, Shane Warne Cricket '99. You name it.
"It was also the only place with a simply unbeatable supply of plug-and-play demos.
"My prevailing memory of PlayStation is demos. I inhaled them throughout the late '90s and 2000s on PS1 and PS2. I played every one, some of them dozens and dozens of times. I bought my first copy of Official PlayStation Magazine - Australia back in 1999 for the Metal Gear Solid demo. I did so with no idea that the magazine that MGS disc was glued to would ultimately change the trajectory of my life, but within 10 years I was the editor.
"This is peak PlayStation for me. No other console or era of games can match the joy I gleaned from my PS1 and PS2, and the people I was playing them with. I would go back in a second."
- Luke Reilly
By that point, it was also clear that Sony had a stranglehold over the entire industry – delivering a suite of the finest games month after month that neither Nintendo or SEGA could match for sheer volume. It brought gaming out of the niche basements of the stereotypical gamer and put it smack-bang on the covers of cool magazines. It changed everything.
By 2000, the world was getting swept up into the hype machine around the forthcoming PlayStation 2 – a monolithic black slab emblazoned with a twist of striking blue P-S-2 lettering. It looked sleek. It looked powerful. In a Kubrickian way, it whispered, "I am a mysterious and untouchable creation that will change the world". In a very real sense, it did.
The PlayStation 2 Arrives
With launch games like Ridge Racer V and Tekken Tag Tournament, it brought the PlayStation brand out of infancy and into the big leagues. Sony's much-vaunted "Emotion Engine" promised state-of-the-art graphical fidelity, showcased in real-time tech demos that exceeded prerendered cutscenes on the PS1.
It was a breakthrough. Everyone wanted it – a DVD player! A gaming console! In one! And at the time, it was shockingly affordable for a device that could offer both. It propelled DVD sales, gave additional breathing room for developers moving towards larger games (and files). The controller even had analogue face buttons! Can you dig it, baby? The Japanese launch was an overwhelming success, propelling international hype for the PS2 into the stratosphere.
IGN AU started up in 2006 – exactly 10 years after the debut of the PS1 (or PSX as everyone had taken to calling it). In those days, the PS3 had only just debuted in Japan to rapturouos response, thanks to the disruptive adoption of Blu-ray players (going head-to-head against HD DVD, then cutting off HD DVD's head to become the dominant format of the 2010s) and increasing uptake of 1080p displays. People wanted content to showcase their cool tech. Sony delivered the PS3: an all-in-one Blu-ray player, harddrive-equipped media device and, at the time, beastly gaming device.
PS3: Running Up That Hill
Sony, it must be said, made it a bit hard for itself around this time. The birth of the meme-era took on the PS3 press reveal, turning "Riiiiiiiidge Racer!", "Giant enemy crab" and "George Foreman grill" into internet phenomenons. That seemed to start a period of iffy consumer sentiment, in part aimed at the USD$499 and USD$599 launch pricing. The Australian launch was still off in the distance, over the horizon, but gamers were braced for a sting in the wallet.
After a few years, and a few price cuts and redesigns, the PS3 finally found momentum and delivered on its ambitions. We have the PS3 to thank for Naughty Dog's Uncharted series – a game that, for many, came out of the mists and made the console a must-buy. By Uncharted 2, it was clear that Nathan Drake was a star for the ages, and Naughty Dog was just getting started.
Without doubt, the system's pinnacle achievement was The Last of Us. It was a technical showcase for the ageing hardware and a cinematic and gameplay line in the sand for developers. At risk of turning this into a love letter to Naughty Dog, Sony truly understood that this studio propelled its hardware forward – and gamers responded to it.
Around this time, Sony also went on a Wii-inspired foray into motion-based gaming with the PlayStation Move controller and camera. It was successful enough to spawn a whole series of Move-enabled titles.
PlayStation Phwoar!
A whopping 12 whole years ago, the PlayStation 4 was revealed in fine fashion. Cam and Luke waxed lyrical about it in the video above. It seemed then, as it does now, a return to form for Sony's PlayStation brand. It came out of the gates strong and player focussed. The "For the Players" campaign underscored a renewed focus on the core player experience. Wisely so, particularly with Nintendo's Switch just around the corner and an industry that was never bigger and more flush with great games and hardware.
Still, there were new experiences to be had – and a new controller design (the first major rethink of the iconic PlayStation controller in the system's history) was coming. Naughty Dog released another breakthrough title, The Last of Us 2. The power of the PS4 also enabled Sony to experiment with another emerging field: VR.
Oh, the PSVR headset. For the time and not unsubstantial money, PSVR offered impressive VR fidelity combined with great games and IPs that other competing hardware could only look on enviously. When juiced up with the PS4 Pro (a new mid-generation hardware refresh), it improved performance even further.
While VR may have had its moment in the sun, and it now feels like the technology is mostly hibernating until the next big thing comes along, it pointed towards more TV-free gaming experiences that have become more and more normalised.
PS5 and Beyond
Enter: The PS5. PlayStation 5 – the current generation of Sony consoles, in standard and Pro models. By 2020, digital marketplaces were standard and the TV screen was just one way of interacting with your PlayStation. The PS5 ushered in PSVR 2, a souped up version of the PSVR we know and love. Plus, it brought to the table a Switch-like (but not quite) handheld solution: The PlayStation Portal.
If you've noticed, we haven't discussed Sony's PSP (in gloriously piano black, a luxurious widescreen handheld in 2004) or the PS Vita – pseudo PS3 in your pocket. But all of those handheld experiences seem to have been teasing where Sony (and Nintendo, for that matter) are heading. Already rumours are swirling about the PlayStation 6 and oh boy do I feel old now.
So here's to you, Sony PlayStation. You are 30 years young in Australia.
It's a very different world and games industry today than the one that I and many others remember from the turn of the millenium. However, the PlayStation has been an island of stability, joy, and adventure throughout.
Will we all be playing our PS10s in 2055? Jacked straight into our neural cortex like a back alley goon from Neuromancer? Will TVs still exist? What about game stores? One thing is true: PlayStation fans will always adore this brand – so in a sense, the future is up to you.
Modder ‘Jhrino’ has released an amazing mod for Yakuza 0 that lets you play the entire game with a friend via local co-op. This is one of the best ways to replay one of the best Yakuza games on PC. So, don’t sleep on it. What’s cool here is that this mod adds Kiryu and … Continue reading Yakuza 0 Just Got An Amazing Local Co-op Mod→
Woot (which is owned by Amazon) just dropped some great OLED TV deals ahead of Black Friday. You can pick up a 65" Samsung S90D 4K OLED Smart TV for just $1,079.99. An even better deal is the 77" model for $1,497.99. Both TVs cost only $5 to ship, although Amazon Prime members can get free delivery. These are brand new TVs presumably in retail packaging with a 1 year Samsung warranty. The S90D is one of Samsung's more premium OLED TVs featuring a quantum dot OLED panel for brighter, richer colors. It's comparable to LG's C-series OLED TVs.
Samsung S90D 4K OLED TV Sale
The Samsung S90D is the prior generation 2024 model. A new "S90F" model has been released for 2025, but it costs more than double the price. The S90D is equipped with Samsung's higher end quantum dot OLED panel. Quantum dot (or QD) OLED panels are brighter and have a wider color gamut than traditional W-OLED panels. Compared to a traditional LED LCD TV, an OLED TV offers superior image quality, near-infinite blacks, near-infinite contrast ratio, and near-instantaneous response times. For most use cases, there really isn't anything better as long as you're willing to pay for the technology.
OLED qualities aside, the Samsung S90D also has all the features you'd want in a gaming TV. It has a native 120Hz panel that can be pushed to as high as 144Hz as well as four total HDMI 2.1 ports for running 4K at 120Hz on a PS5 or Xbox Series X gaming console. The S90D also supports variable refresh rate and auto low latency mode
Is this a good TV for the Nintendo Switch 2?
Despite being a current generation console, the Nintendo Switch 2 has lax TV requirements compared to the PS5 or Xbox Series X. When the Switch is connected to its dock and a television, it is only capable of outputting a 4K resolution signal at up to 60 frames per second. It can go up to 120fps if the resolution drops to 1080p, but the data rate required for both these options is pretty much the same. Oddly, it doesn’t even get VRR when docked – that’s reserved for handheld mode only. The Switch 2 console, however, will still benefit greatly from the Samsung's gorgeous OLED panel.
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