Although Sony is ready to move on to a digital-only gaming future, fan demand for physical copies for upcoming Soulslike Mortal Shell 2 has led to a physical edition completely selling out. Anticipation for Mortal Shell 2 is clearly high, but the demand for a particular physical edition has even taken the publisher by surprise.
While the original Mortal Shell performed fairly well, selling over a million copies, the sequel doesn't require playing it beforehand, as it's a standalone game. That may help the game to succeed, as even Soulslike fans who didn't check out the original game that came out six years prior will be able to simply jump in. That may have been one contributing factor in this new development.
A brand-new study reveals a significant price difference between PS5 discs sold by retailers and their digital counterparts on the PS Store.
Mortal Shell 2 publisher Playstack has revealed that the game's PS5-exclusive Revered Edition, which includes a physical copy of the game, has largely sold out. Playstack says that the demand exceeded its expectations, and that "supply across a number of retailers" has already been reserved. At the time of publication, Target, Best Buy,...
