Sony reveals most-downloaded PlayStation games in 2021
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As most people already know, 2020 and 2021 were not great years for traditional retail. With the pandemic closing stores and keeping people at home, mail-order and digital sales have increased greatly in the areas where they are applicable. Downloads and streaming kept the movie business going and was a giant boon to console gaming.
Letting us in on the business side of things, Sony has published it’s top selling games on its active platforms for 2021. Let’s take a look at the charts per console.
It almost seems like someone had a monkey’s paw and wished the PS5 would come out at the end of 2020, no matter what. Plagued by availability issues, the PS5 is one of the most sought-after pieces of electronics over a year after its launch. Couple that with the lack of retail reliability and you have an interesting challenge for Sony’s PlayStation Network. One that, since the launch of the PS5, they seem to have had no issue solving. As mentioned in the PlayStation blog post, Among Us did particularly well considering its December launch.
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One final thing to note before we get to the numbers — this list does not include PS4 to PS5 game upgrades. Here’s the top 20 downloaded games in North America:
The European Union chart and North American chart are filled with similar titles, often divided by national sports preferences, such as Madden and F1 2020. For comparison, here’s the EU chart:
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