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  • Into the Jedi Lands: ‘THE MANDALORIAN’ Finally Embraces its Samurai Roots

    Into the Jedi Lands: ‘THE MANDALORIAN’ Finally Embraces its Samurai Roots

    The latest episode of The Mandalorian introduced its first Jedi character. Fans of The Clone Wars and Rebels were excited when Ahsoka Tano got teased for the season. It was a long wait, but finally, in this seasons’ fifth episode, she made her live-action debut. Her introduction strongly moved the recent episode’s structure closer to one of the two main inspirations behind the franchise. Star Wars’ is a love letter to classic Western and Japanese Samurai films. Up until this point, the latter was more subtle in its inspiration, but Chapter 13 has switched that up. Ahsoka’s debut pushed the series towards it closer to its samurai inspirations.

     

    There will be minor spoilers for the episode, so only continue at your own risk if you have yet to watch it.

     

    The series’ biggest Japanese inspirations were in the core concept. The journey of Din and the Child, who now has a name, echoes the story of Lone Wolf and Cub. Yet, the samurai aspect was never at the forefront, as it focused more on Mando’s skills with the blaster. This episode introduced a character that changed that. His search for a Jedi has come to an end. After meeting Ahsoka, he asks her to look after the foundling and teach him to control his abilities. Yet, she refuses his inquiry. Mando is forced to make another deal, so he could change her mind. So, together they faced Diana Lee Inosanto‘s Magistrate and Michael Biehn‘s Lang.

     

     

    The episode ends with two showdowns. Once again, Mando faces Lang in a blaster showdown. Ahsoka was in a fight against the Magistrate, who was elegantly wielding a Beskar steel staff. Their showdown took place on a single path surrounded by a beautiful Koi pond. It wasn’t about who can attack first but a ballad between two skilled warriors. Visually, it was a beautifully done fight. Earlier in the episode, we got the reveal that Beskar armor can withstand lightsabers, so it set the stage for a fair fight. It felt like the perfect balance between the Prequel’s elegant coordination and the Original trilogy’s methodical approach. As the article’s title implies, it felt like an episode of Into the Badlands had mixed with Star Wars and Akira Kurosawa‘s work.

    There were some gorgeous shots in this episode, and going by the artwork you can see above, I am glad they decided to go with the exterior outside of the home. The Koi pond was just a great touch to offer a unique visual strongly tied to its inspiration. It also helped to restrict it in a way that they could make every step have weight. They didn’t have an entire room to jump around. All they had was a single path surrounded by water. Yet, they still stayed true to the Western by having these two distinctive fights with different stakes. Switching between them just added more tension and weight to every swing of the saber. The outcome of that fight would echo for those waiting outside. Hopefully, we will see more lightsaber action in future episodes. It would be a waste to introduce Ahsoka and not have her return, especially if someone is out there wielding the Darksaber.

  • ‘HAWKEYE’ Production Headed to the Big Apple

    ‘HAWKEYE’ Production Headed to the Big Apple

    We’ve seen plenty of bread crumbs but now we have our first outright evidence that principal photography on the Marvel Studios Disney Plus streaming series, Hawkeye, is FINALLY about to get underway. While the production will be using Tyler Perry Studios in Georgia for most of its work, cast and crew will be headed to New York City next week to film on location!

    https://twitter.com/chriswelch/status/1332100795366596612?s=09

    According to the public notice in the Tweet above, the series under the working title Anchor Point, will be filming in Brooklyn beginning next week. Fans of the Matt Fraction Hawkeye run on which the Disney Plus series will largely be based will remember that the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn was home to the small apartment building that served as the setting for much of the series.

    A quick check of the area shows any number of buildings that could easily stand in as Clint’s apartment in the series, including one that’s been undergoing some recent renovations (not that construction work in NYC is uncommon, it’s just curious that it happens to be taking place on the same block where Hawkeye will be filming).

    Filming in New York City is guaranteed to attract a crowd, so we could expect to see some set photos make their way online next week, giving us our first look at the much anticipated Marvel Studios project. Could we finally get confirmation of Hailee Steinfeld joining the MCU as Kate Bishop? We’ll keep an eye on things for you as the develop!

  • ‘THE MANDALORIAN’ Chapter 13 Primer

    ‘THE MANDALORIAN’ Chapter 13 Primer

    In The Mandalorian Chapter 12, “The Siege”, Mando arrived on Nevarro where he met back up with Cara Dune and Greef. Because Din Djarin rid the land of Gideon’s Imperial remnant at the end of last season, it has become a safe haven for bounty hunters to come to again. Greef told Mando that he needed help with a mission, but the place they are going is not any place for a child, so they drop The Child off at a school. Here the ever-hungry child gets his first look at space macarons in what was my favorite part of the episode. Mando, Greef, Cara and the Mythrol had to fight off a bunch of stormtroopers at an old Imperial base. When they got inside, they found a hologram of Doctor Pershing talking about The Child’s blood and why they want it. He is working with Gideon to create clones that essentially can use the Force; this is why they need The Child’s blood, which is high in midi-chlorians, to make Force-Sensitive clones. Finally, we heard at the end of the episode, Moff Gideon has a tracker on the Razor Crest as Mando heads to Corvus to find Ahsoka.

    Din Djarin meeting Ahsoka will kick-start the second half of the season. Every scene from the trailer has been in the first 4 episodes, so that means we never saw anything from the second half of the season. While we are so excited to finally see Ahsoka, she may not be alone on Corvus, as you can read here in Joao’s article. Since Gideon is tracking Mando’s ship, we can assume that the Moff is not far behind him. That means that Ashoka will end up in Gideon’s crosshairs soon. Also, Bo-Katan is chasing Gideon, right? It seems like all of these characters are meant to collide with each other in the second half of the season.

    Arlyn’s Assumptions

    When Mando meets Ahsoka, she will be stubborn just like Luke stubbornly refused to help Rey in The Last Jedi. Once Ahsoka realizes that Din has The Child, sees what species it is and what it is capable of, she will be curious enough to give him a chance to talk with her. Seeing that she is a former Jedi she might end up training The Child one day in the future.

    Chapter 13 of The Mandalorian streams tomorrow!

  • ‘THE MANDALORIAN’ Chapter 13 Could Introduce a Surprise Character Alongside Ahsoka

    ‘THE MANDALORIAN’ Chapter 13 Could Introduce a Surprise Character Alongside Ahsoka

    In less than a day Chapter 13 of The Mandalorian will become available, and we will finally get our first look at Ahsoka Tano‘s live-action introduction to the Star Wars universe. Her appearance is welcomed by fans not only because many fell in love with the character through her The Clone Wars years, but also due to her connections to several other characters that also haven’t yet debuted in a live-action Star Wars project. This could then mean that there could be more than one character being introduced on tomorrow’s episode or that there could be at least some type of reference to some familiar name, just as Bo-Katan referenced Ahsoka herself in Chapter 11.

    The latter is probably the more likely since we’ve come to notice that even though we’ve been introduced to a number of new characters this season, each had it’s own episode to itself, not allowing for any sort of overshadowing to occur.

    So being, here is a list of characters that might get referenced in Chapter 13 “The Jedi.”

    Rex

    Captain Rex and Ahsoka first met when Anakin Skywalker was both Rex’s General and the then young Togruta’s Jedi Master during The Clone Wars. Throughout the conflict, Ahsoka and Rex grew closer, developing a friendship based on the respect shared between the two. When Emperor Palpatine issued Order 66, killing most of the Jedi, it was Rex that helped Ahsoka escape when her troops turned on her. A few years later they would meet again, before the events of A New Hope, as they both fought beside the Spectres in Star Wars Rebels in the events leading to the Battle of Yavin where the first Death Star was destroyed. Rex would then continue to fight with the Rebel Alliance up until the climactic Battle of Endor, which saw the (first) death of Emperor Palpatine. We know that sometime after the Empire was defeated, Ahsoka went looking for her friend, Ezra Bridger, that had disappeared while fighting Grand Admiral Thrawn a few years earlier. It isn’t clear if this was before or after the events of The Mandalorian (something Chapter 13 could shed a little light on), but either way, it would be fair to think that Rex could still be in contact with the former Jedi.

    Sabine Wren

    From the events at the end of Star Wars Rebels we know that both Sabine and Ahsoka remained in touch with each other after their adventures throughout the series. We also know for sure that Sabine joined Ahsoka on her search for Ezra. If The Mandalorian is indeed set after the beginning of their journey, and if Ezra is still missing, it would make sense that Sabine would still be with Ahsoka as both kept looking for clues as to where to find their missing friend. The other possibility is that Ahsoka has yet to reach out to Sabine, and the female Mandalorian is not with her but given Din Djarin’s armor Ahsoka could direct him to her, as she is both a Mandalorian and has her own connections to the Jedi. And the Darksaber for that matter.

    Thrawn

    When Ahsoka left to find Ezra, one of the paths to finding her friend would be to look for the other person that disappeared alongside him. Grand Admiral Thrawn. As we’ve seen in past episodes of The Mandalorian, the Empire is still not vanquished, and there might still be a number of officers left alive that might have played a part in trying to retrieve the missing Grand Admiral, at the request of the Emperor. If they managed to succeed, looking for Thrawn could bring Ahsoka one step closer to find Ezra. If Thrawn was still missing, all the clues gathered by the Empire could prove invaluable in reaching the missing Jedi.

    Ezra Bridger

    I sincerely doubt we’d find Ezra standing beside Ahsoka in this or any other The Mandalorian episode. Her journey to find her missing friend deserves it’s own series, be it an animated or live-action one. But there is no reason for Ahsoka not to mention the Jedi, as her life would have been somewhat dedicated to finding him after the promise she made. Although, if the events of The Mandalorian are set, not only after Ahsoka and Sabine left to retrieve their friend, but also after they find him, we shouldn’t expect any reference at all since that would be spoiling what is sure to be a great series, when Lucasfilm finally decides to tell the story of The Search for Ezra Bridger.

    Luke Skywalker

    The Mandalorian is set 9 years after the Battle of Yavin (ABY). We know that Luke’s Jedi academy (the one we saw burning in The Last Jedi) was already open in 15 ABY (when Ben Solo started his training), although it’s not clear when it started operating. But given that five years had passed since the Empire was defeated in the Battle of Endor, it would be fair to think that Luke was already at least welcoming the idea of opening a school to continue the Jedi legacy. Ahsoka is sure to know of the existence of Luke, her former Master’s son, and by being focused on the search for Ezra might ask Din Djarin to deliver The Child to him, so his training could continue/begin.

    Cal Kestis

    This one is a bit of a stretch. But The Mandalorian has, so far, already introduced a number of characters to the live-action Star Wars universe. We’ve got Cobb Vanth (a character from a novel), Bo-Katan and Ahsoka (from the cartoons), Boba Fett (from the Original Trilogy) as well as Snoke (Sequel Trilogy) and midi-chlorian references (Prequel Trilogy). One thing that could be in the cards is a reference to Cal Kestis, a character introduced in the 2019 videogame Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. There we followed Cal as he fought the forces of the Empire a mere five years after the events of Revenge of the Sith. By the time of the events of The Mandalorian Cal would still be in his forties, making him a valuable ally in whatever journey a fellow Jedi (or former Jedi) would find herself in.

  • Netflix and HBO Max in a Bidding War for ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’

    Netflix and HBO Max in a Bidding War for ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’

    It looks like the next entry in the Monsterverse saga will have a new home. According to Hollywood Reporter, Netflix made an offer for over $200 million to get their hands on Warner Bros. Godzilla vs. Kong. Surprisingly, they declined the offer and are hoping for a bid by HBO Max to keep it in their own house. It is a curious move as Netflix would’ve covered 75% of the budget. Legendary still has plans to release the film in theaters, especially in international markets. A third of its Box Office was in China alone, which doesn’t have any Netflix presence. So, they might be hoping to still bank on that market potential outside of the US. Plus, this film combines two franchises in a massive crossover, which would surely draw attention to theaters.

    The film is still slated for a May release next year. It is uncertain if theaters will open by then, so it is a risk to wait it out and not take the digital route. Godzilla vs. Kong‘s future is in Legendary’s hands, who decide its release even if they only have a 25% stake in the film. There is a good chance they’ll wait out the success of Wonder Woman 1984, which will have a theatrical and digital release simultaneously in December. They might be nervous about giving Netflix the release, as it could restrict their attempt at a theatrical release. Plus, their main goal is to grow the internal streaming service, so it would be a waste not to use such a tentpole franchise to draw in new subscribers. Godzilla: King of Monsters sadly underperformed, so there was hope that this crossover could bring more attention to the franchise. Yet, this decision could make it difficult to determine if the Monsterverse will continue beyond this entry.

    Source: The Hollywood Reporter, Digital Spy

  • CCXP Worlds Revealed Alongside Virtual Line-Up

    CCXP Worlds Revealed Alongside Virtual Line-Up

    A virtual online event for fans all over the globe.

    The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed our lives in these past few months. Our day-to-day routine has changed dramatically with global lockdowns, event cancellations, movie delays, and so much more. One of the biggest challenges companies have had to face during this pandemic is the cancellation of conventions worldwide. Companies would use events like San Diego Comic-Con to host panels and make announcements about their upcoming releases. They would reveal their products to hundreds of thousands of fans who are attending. But with the COVID-19 pandemic, these sorts of announcements have been very limited to virtual events like SDCC@Home and DC Fandome. Now, there’s a new event on the horizon that’s going to get the attention of fans worldwide.

     

     

    Comic-Con Experience (or CCXP for short) is one of the biggest comic conventions and the largest pop culture festival in the world. Its rise in popularity started six years ago when the event first started. Just last year, its attendance rate was around 280,000. CCXP is known for bringing big studios and franchises to talk about their upcoming projects firsthand. The list includes Disney, Warner Bros., Netflix, Amazon, and many more. The event has now moved to a completely virtual format, allowing fans from all over the world to attend. Earlier today, during a Facebook live, CCXP unveiled their plans for CCXP Worlds, displaying a rather familiar format to DC Fandome, with virtual panels and announcements for some of the studios that will be attending. Among those studios were the following:

     

    We can expect many more announcements to arrive in the following days. With so many panels and studios stopping by, we can expect a lot of news and announcements being made at CCXP Worlds. So it’s a good thing that the multiverse is ready to cover what all these worlds announce next week. CCXP will be held from December 4th until the 6th.

     

  • Taking a Closer Look at the ‘Marvel’s Avengers’ Sales and Loss

    Taking a Closer Look at the ‘Marvel’s Avengers’ Sales and Loss

    There have been many discussions surrounding the sales numbers of Marvel’s Avengers. Just recently, we got the report that the game had only managed 60% of its predicted sales with an operating loss of 7 billion yen (which is around $67 million) during that financial quarter for Square-Enix. Now, we do know that this entire quarter was massively hit by the ongoing pandemic, so costs in many ways have probably seen an overall increase. Crystal Dynamics, who are the developers behind Avengers, reported issues massive issues due to home office and relocations due to the wildfires in California.

    Now, in a report by IGN, Square-Enix president Yosuke Matsuda clarified a few aspects of what most likely bloated the development costs of that quarter:

    In addition to the amortization of that game’s development costs, another significant factor associated with the title was the fact that we undertook a substantial advertising campaign at the time of its launch to make up for delays in our marketing efforts resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a certain amount of development costs still to be amortized in 3Q, but we want to recoup it by growing our sales going forward.

    The game undersold, which is very interesting if you consider that the game supposedly is the second best-selling superhero game currently. Hell, it is, as of October, the seventh best-selling game of the year if you exclude the digital sales by Nintendo. It is placed firmly right behind Square-Enix’s other major release, Final Fantasy VII: Remake. That means that the game technically sold well during its launch. Yes, it isn’t anywhere near Insomniac’s Spider-Man, but that game proved the strength of PlayStation exclusives. In October, three games that got an exclusive release on that console are in the top ten of best-selling games of 2020. Still, it is disappointing that a game with Marvel attached to it undersold. But, it also proves that the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe does not directly translate to another market.

     

     

    One thing I think we also need to keep in mind is Square-Enix’s strange history with terrible predictions. Even in 2006, the same year highly successful games Kingdom Hearts II and Final Fantasy XII released, they slashed their income figures from 17.5 billion to 10 billion yen. They had the same issue in 2012, where the underperformance of Sleeping Dogs led to sales and profit expectation cuts. Just in 2013 alone, Tomb Raider, Hitman Absolution, and Sleeping Dogs continued to underperform. In total, they sold 8.75M which was a far cry from their expected 14.9M. Tomb Raider especially, another entry by Crystal Dynamics, had a reported production budget of 100M, so it also had to reach at least five to ten million units sold, which it certainly wasn’t able to do at the time.

    So, what we are seeing with Avengers is history repeating itself, only this time with an IP that many assume will make money due to its film counterpart. Just to give a comparison, let us look at another recent release on a console surrounding the brand. The Switch’s exclusive Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 was considered a success with surpassing one million sales by early 2020. Yet, many are claiming that the success of the MCU would technically have to catapult game adaptation sales like with Marvel’s Avengers. The IP is at the peak of its success, so it just makes sense on a surface level. Yet, MUA3 sold less than the brand new IP Astral Chain. Both games still enjoy a successful release, but it highlights that it is difficult to translate the success between markets. Games are more expensive investments, and the different gaming genres have unique audiences. This fact especially is very evident with the release of the Avengers. The Switch has sold more than 40 million units, so there is a large market here. We have no idea about the production budget that is a comparison point for the Crystal Dynamics game, which could also determine its success. 

     

     

    The year has seen an overall increase in the market, but it certainly hasn’t been a cakewalk either. Square-Enix’s financial results showcase that the higher production costs and diminished demand due to a global economic slump are still affecting companies heavily in an industry that, on-paper, is booming. There are a lot of factors at play here. The pandemic did boost digital sales, which would mean they have much higher margins in profit, something that was hinted at by EA five years ago. Avengers is their second best-selling digital release, which also is an interesting factor to consider.

    For now, the game has yet to make up its production costs. HD section of Square-Enix only seems to cover the actual sales of the game, which means that it also depends on MTX to cover some of the losses with current Black Friday sales-boosting those numbers. We also still have the holidays coming that could play an integral role. As Matsuda points out, upcoming character additions also can strengthen sales, especially fan-favorite characters like Black Panther and Spider-Man, who are going to join the game in 2021. Also, we have to keep in mind this is a Games-as-a-Service model. It is a long-term investment early on with future content covered by microtransactions. So, these numbers right now don’t say anything about its actual success, only where it is starting. Unlike Tomb Raider, they can cover the loss throughout the next quarter through microtransactions. Plus, Black Friday and holiday sales are great boosters. If they are smart, Crystal Dynamics and Square-Enix will reveal future character additions before the holidays to get more attention to the game. 

     

     

    Ben Kuchera from Polygon probably made the best assessment when he discussed Destiny‘s extravagant $500 million budget. GaaS are long-term investments with massive marketing and pre-production costs for an entire year of content. These costs cover a large quantity of post-launch content. These numbers only confirm that they invested a lot of money early on that couldn’t be covered directly by costs in that quarter. In a best-case scenario, the game would have covered its production costs, but it would not have turned much of an actual profit in its release. Also, Square-Enix’s quarter ends in September, so it makes sense that a lot of the game’s performance is also indicative of the third quarter and not just one of its release. Square-Enix most likely will not drop this game anytime soon. As long as they can make money off of the microtransactions and cover future additions, we’ll see this game grow.

    Plus, they made a multi-game deal with Marvel that adds more pressure to keep the first game running. There are a lot of factors influencing this, may it be the additional costs due to the pandemic and the overall reception of a faulty release. It is too early to call it a failure, but it most likely is a disappointment from Square-Enix’s point of view for now. If their long-term investment turns a profit, all this that we are discussing, at the end of the day, will be meaningless. The biggest concern will most likely be the continued negative press coverage that affects its word-of-mouth. Sandra Saad did win a Golden Joystick Award for her performance as Kamala Khan, which could help WOM for now. Time will tell if Avengers manages to regain players, be forced to do a soft launch, or even take the 2.0 route. For now, we can only see how Square-Enix and Crystal Dynamics handle the situation and turn the game into what it can be.

    Source: IGN, Square-Enix Report, IGN (Launch), Games Industry (2006), PlayStationLifestyle, Game Informer, Games Industry (Tomb Raider), EuroGamer, EpicStream, NintendoLife, NPD, Business Insider, Marvel, Golden Joystick

  • CONFIRMED: ‘Fantastic Beasts 3’ Eyeing Mads Mikkelsen to Replace Johnny Depp

    CONFIRMED: ‘Fantastic Beasts 3’ Eyeing Mads Mikkelsen to Replace Johnny Depp

    UPDATE: It looks like it is official. Entertainment Weekly has broken the news that Mads Mikkelsen will indeed take over the role of Grindelwald. It is currently uncertain how exactly they’ll introduce the new character and if he will continue the same design.

     

    Source: EW

     

    The Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts has just ramped up its production for the third installment. Shortly after, Warner Bros. asked Johnny Depp to step down from the role of Grindelwald due to the controversies surrounding his divorce. Now, it looks like director David Yates has already set his eyes on Depp‘s replacement. According to Andy Signore, they are currently in talks with Hannibal‘s Mads Mikkelsen to take over the iconic role. They are still aiming for the summer 2022 release date, as Eddie Redmayne and Jude Law are already filming. The Danish actor is currently working on Doug Liman‘s Chaos Walking, so it is unsure if there will be some scheduling conflicts.


    Of course, there is still the question of how or if they will explain the change in the actor. Luckily, the first film in the franchise introduced the character of Percival Graves. He was played by Colin Farrel before he turned into Johnny Depp‘s Grindelwald. We might see him use the same spell to stay undercover throughout the story, or he reveals that he was again hiding his identity.
    Mikkelsen is a fantastic actor, who was a stand-out in Hannibal, The Hunt, and Polar. His casting would be a great addition to the cast, and he is no stranger to the role of a villain. He could bring something unique to Grindelwald to make the role his own. The Danish actor has been appearing in various pop culture franchises, such as MCU’s Doctor Strange and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. So, he is no stranger to franchises, as Fantastic Beasts is going to have multiple entries past the upcoming third one. Here’s hoping they can avoid any scheduling conflicts so he can join the project.

    Source: Variety, Deadline, Digital Spy

  • Alfred Molina Rumored to Reprise Role as Doc Ock in Spider-Man 3

    Alfred Molina Rumored to Reprise Role as Doc Ock in Spider-Man 3

    It looks like Tom Hollands’ third Spider-Man film will pay tribute to what came before. We just recently covered a few hints that could be a sign that John Bubniak, who was the face-model for Peter Parker in Insomniac’s Spider-Man game, could show up in Doctor Strange Into the Multiverse of Madness. There are also rumors that we could potentially see other familiar actors like Toby Maguire or Andrew Garfield have an appearance in Spidey’s next live-action outing. It became even more possible after it was announced that Jamie Foxx will reprise his role as Electro from The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Now, it looks like one more classic villain might join the fray as Geeks World Wide have heard that Alfred Molina might reprise his role as Doctor Otto Octavius in the upcoming film.

    It seems that he has only arrived on set a little while ago and has already started filming some scenes. Their sources say that he will be featured in his full Doc Ock costume, but no confirmation if this is just the MCU’s version of the original. He last played the iconic role in 2004’s Spider-Man 2, where he gave a standout and dramatic performance of the character. You see a lot of his performance carried over in other adaptations, especially Otto’s role in the 2018 game. Molina was open about returning in an interview back in 2014 with Collider. Alongside the recent report on Foxx, it is cementing the idea of this being a Spider-Verse storyline building on concepts introduced in WandaVision and the Doctor Strange sequel. Still, there is no official word so take it with a grain of salt for now.

    Source: GWW, Collider

  • PlayStation 5 is Now Sony’s Biggest Console Launch Ever

    PlayStation 5 is Now Sony’s Biggest Console Launch Ever

    We have finally entered the next-generation of gaming. The Xbox Series X, Series S, and PlayStation 5 have just launched worldwide. Of course, it hasn’t been easy for people to get their hands on the latest consoles. Many people preordered them as fast as they could before the console got sold out anywhere you looked. Now that Black Friday is around the corner, it is going to be an even bigger fight to get one’s hands on the latest generation of consoles before the year ends. Well, it looks like for Sony, this was quite a success. The company took to Twitter to thank everyone for what is now their biggest console launch ever.

    It is crazy that even with the current situation, it didn’t stop people from wanting to experience what the future has to hold. We still don’t know how well Xbox is doing, but this is still no small feat by the company. In Japan, the console has been outselling Microsoft’s big player by over 5 to 1, so the PS5 is seeing tremendous numbers worldwide. It is also good that they are confirming that they are trying to make up for the inventory issue. So, whoever ordered their PS5 and is still waiting, you’ll potentially get it by the end of the year. It’ll be interesting to see if the console gets another boost over the holiday season, especially now after the Black Friday sale. It’s a big year for gaming, and this is just the icing on the cake. It’ll be interesting to see how and if 2021 can top what this year managed to do in unprecedented conditions.

    Source: Twitter, Famitsu