12th November just gone marks two years since PlayStation 5’s release. Sony’s ninth generation console is arguably at its highpoint, with the just-released, generation-defining God of War Ragnarök receiving rapturous acclaim as a technical showpiece, the title now expected to spearhead a slew of high profile first-party exclusives coming in 2023. With the PlayStation 5 finally starting to fulfil its promise, the future looks bright following the system’s chequered launch.
Yes, Sony is looking to make PS5’s uneven launch a thing of the distant past, and sure, it hasn’t been plain sailing to get to this point; PS5’s supposed triumphant release was instead marred by unavailability, with scammers and scalpers swooping in to gobble up every morsel of the hard-to-come-by console before regurgitating back to honest consumers for exorbitant prices.