Ghost of Tsushima, the 2020 action-adventure game from Sucker Punch Productions that expanded its player base in May with a new critically acclaimed PC port by Nixxes Software that delivers numerous improvements over its PS4 and PS5 counterparts, including unlocked frame rates, ultrawide support, and various upscaling technologies (e.g., NVIDIA DLSS 3, AMD FSR 3.1), was the best-selling game for May 2024 in the U.S., according to new rankings shared by Mat Piscatella, Executive Director and Video Game Industry Advisor at Circana. The game, which originally launched for the PS4 in July 2020, was ranked 71 last month.
May 2024’s best-selling games in the U.S. include:
- Ghost of Tsushima
- Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023)
- Helldivers II
- MLB: The Show 24
- Sea of Thieves
- Minecraft
- Elden Ring
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Stellar Blade
The full list of games, per Piscatella, including year-to-date rankings:
Year-to-Date Ending May 2024 Top 20 Best-Selling Premium Games – U.S. (Dollar Sales, Physical and Digital from digital data sharing publishers, excludes add-on content) pic.twitter.com/Wnacwg4ixw
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) July 8, 2024
A look at the game with NVIDIA DLSS 3 enabled:
Game description:
In the late 13th century, the Mongol empire has laid waste to entire nations along their campaign to conquer the East. Tsushima Island is all that stands between mainland Japan and a massive Mongol invasion fleet led by the ruthless and cunning general, Khotun Khan.
As the island burns in the wake of the first wave of the Mongol assault, courageous samurai warrior Jin Sakai stands resolute. As one of the last surviving members of his clan, Jin is resolved to do whatever it takes, at any cost, to protect his people and reclaim his home. He must set aside the traditions that have shaped him as a warrior to forge a new path, the path of the Ghost, and wage an unconventional war for the freedom of Tsushima.
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Very good to see, and well deserved.
Yea great game.
Awesome game. I played it on a base PS4 and it was still a phenomenal thing to behold. On a high end PC with the settings cranked up I'm sure it will melt eyeballs.
"Burticus, post: 87127, member: 297" wrote:I played it on a base PS4 and it was still a phenomenal thing to behold.
Indeed. I played it on PS4 Pro (borrowed a friend's copy) and played the expansion on my friend's PS5 (60fps ftw). I don't own the game myself though, so I plan to get the PC version. I just really wish I could transfer my save file over from the console version, so that I could do a New Game+ run using the PC version.
Would like to see it available on GoG. Other Sony exclusives have made it there ... eventually. But having to have a PS Network account is a non-starter.
"Ditchinit, post: 87138, member: 4253" wrote:Would like to see it available on GoG. Other Sony exclusives have made it there ... eventually.
Yupz, exactly. I'm glad a few of their games made it on there, which is more than I can say for Microsoft.
"Ditchinit, post: 87138, member: 4253" wrote:But having to have a PS Network account is a non-starter.
On the other hand, at least Microsoft makes using a Microsoft/Xbox account for their PC games optional.
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Join Discussion →Very good to see, and well deserved.
Yea great game.
Awesome game. I played it on a base PS4 and it was still a phenomenal thing to behold. On a high end PC with the settings cranked up I'm sure it will melt eyeballs.
Indeed. I played it on PS4 Pro (borrowed a friend's copy) and played the expansion on my friend's PS5 (60fps ftw). I don't own the game myself though, so I plan to get the PC version. I just really wish I could transfer my save file over from the console version, so that I could do a New Game+ run using the PC version.
Would like to see it available on GoG. Other Sony exclusives have made it there ... eventually. But having to have a PS Network account is a non-starter.
Yupz, exactly. I'm glad a few of their games made it on there, which is more than I can say for Microsoft.
On the other hand, at least Microsoft makes using a Microsoft/Xbox account for their PC games optional.