Sony is offering new PS5 owners a free first-party game in the US

Sony is offering some new PlayStation 5 owners a free first-party game.

The offer is “valid only in the U.S. for eligible PSN account holders who are at least 18 years of age and purchase and activate a new PS5 console by October 20, 2023 @ 23:59pm (PDT)”.

To redeem the offer, new owners must activate their PS5 and head to the PlayStation Store on the console, where they “may see a banner with this offer”.

Players can choose to claim one of the following 12 games, which must be redeemed by the same date and time listed above.

• Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
• Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remastered
• God of War Ragnarök
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Demon’s Souls
• The Last of Us Part I
• Sackboy: A Big Adventure
• Returnal
• Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection
• Death Stranding: Director’s Cut

European PS5 console sales were up almost 200% year-on-year in August, thanks in part to increased availability and recent price promotions which have helped fuel speculation that Sony is attempting to clear stock ahead of plans to launch a new model with a detachable disc drive.

The company said in July that PS5 sales had topped 40 million worldwide. PS4 remains its fastest-selling console to reach the milestone, having hit 40 million sales two months sooner, but it didn’t face the same Covid-related supply issues that checked PS5’s momentum.

Sony is aiming to ship 25 million PS5 consoles during its current fiscal year ending in March 2024. If achieved, it would beat a 25-year-old console sales record set when the original PlayStation shipped 22.6 million units over a 12-month period.