Author: Japan Reacts Editorial

A post on 5ch’s hardware/industry board blew up after Wakkap, a major European game retailer, tweeted a comparison of daily pre-order numbers for GTA6 and the new Zelda title, claiming “Zelda’s pre-orders are 120 times GTA6’s.” On US Amazon, Zelda topped the games category and passed 100,000 units within days of pre-orders opening, while GTA6 reportedly failed to even crack the download-card rankings over the same period. Thread posters debated whether the comparison was fair, noting that GTA6’s console packaging is said to be a paper download-code voucher rather than a disc — making it harder for retailers to track real pre-order numbers — and that the PC version’s release date is still unannounced, meaning the tally only covers PS5 and Xbox. Opinions were split.

Anyone have data comparing daily pre-order numbers for GTA6 and Zelda? I’d like to see it.

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■Wakkap (major European game retailer)

Source: x.com / original post here

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry (Geha)) thread “Major overseas retailer: ‘Zelda’s pre-orders are 120 times GTA6’s’.”

Sony’s VR headset the “PlayStation VR2” is being sold at a ¥19,000 discount, and the news became a hot topic on 5ch’s Hardware/Industry (“Geha”) board. Even after the cut, it’s still a pricey ¥47,980, and the thread saw a string of complaints about issues beyond the price tag — the thin lineup of compatible games, experiences with first-gen PSVR units falling apart from hydrolysis, and frustration with the wired connection. Some replies did touch on leftover stock of the Horizon bundle, praise for VR as an arcade-style experience, and hopes for the next-gen headset, but overall the thread leaned more toward sober price-checking than genuine excitement.

2AnonymousSep 13, 2026 15:17

3AnonymousSep 13, 2026 15:18

I wouldn't want this thing even if you paid me.

4AnonymousSep 13, 2026 15:19

The Horizon bundle is still sitting on shelves… not even funny at this point.

8AnonymousSep 13, 2026 15:22

'Year One of VR' — please hurry up and get here already!! (a running joke phrase for VR's long-promised breakthrough year)

*This article was compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Hardware/Industry, “Geha”) board thread “[Good News] PSVR2 Gets a Massive ¥19,000 Fire-Sale Discount”.

PS5 will enter its sixth year since launch in 2026, but gaming media have pointed out that, unlike previous PlayStation hardware, there’s no new title that can be called “the game synonymous with this console” — and the topic blew up on 5ch’s console-war (geha) board. The original article cites titles like PS1’s Ape Escape and Crash Bandicoot, and PS4’s Horizon Zero Dawn, and notes that in the PS5 generation there’s even a case of a game that took 8 years to develop only to shut down its service two weeks after launch. In the thread, discussion centered on how Astro Bot, which won Game of the Year, is actually the third entry in its series rather than a new IP; how the disastrous flop of the big multiplayer title Concord kept getting joked about as “the face of PS5”; counterarguments that Nintendo similarly has few new IPs; and pointers that gacha games like Genshin Impact are effectively what’s propping up the PS5 install base.

2026 marks a full six years since the PS5 launched.

Every past PlayStation console had a new IP you could point to and say “this is the game that defines this hardware.”

For the PS1 it was Ape Escape and Crash Bandicoot; for the PS4 it was Horizon Zero Dawn.

Source: hashout.jp / Read the original article here

54AnonymousSep 13, 2026 14:10

Concord's already a hall-of-famer, and Tokon (Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls) looks like a pretty promising rookie too

60AnonymousSep 13, 2026 14:14

Re: #54
MARVEL: "I'll wreck you"

For what it's worth, here's the stream of the tournament final for an EVO France 2026 qualifying spot

57AnonymousSep 13, 2026 14:11

What are you talking about?
Sony has plenty of powerful IPs

78AnonymousSep 13, 2026 15:07

There's Genshin Impact, isn't there

91AnonymousSep 13, 2026 15:44

Re: #78
That's pathetically weak lol
Looks like something a PS2 could run lol

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry (Geha)) thread “[Sad News] Media: ‘No “This Is the IP for PS5!” Title in 6 Years — Even a Case Where a New IP Took 8 Years to Develop and Ended in Two Weeks’.”