The PlayStation 5 has been available since November 2020. It has since remained near entirely unavailable across the world. Thedemand for the PS5 is simply too high, with added factors like component shortages and logistics slowdowns preventing ramped-up supply. But that doesn’t mean Sony isn’t exploring ways to make sure the PS5 remains on video game players' minds. For example, a new leak hints that a PS5 bundle includingRatchet & Clank: Rift Apartcould be in the works.
The rumor stems from French retailer Boulanger. An employee or someone else with access to Boulanger’s product database discovered a listing for a bundle that includes astandard edition PS5and “Ratche,” the French translation ofRatchet. The product is listed at a price of 599€. No further information is provided about the product, nor is a release date listed for it. In other words, it’s clearly an unreliable leak without further verification.
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The only other evidence of a possible PS5 andRatchet & Clank: Rift Apartbundle that the source provides isn’t particularly reliable, but is interesting nonetheless. It notes that Sony has historically created bundles for its consoles withRatchet & Clankgames. Multiple PS3 bundles were released, including one with theRatchet & Clank Trilogyand another withRatchet & Clank All 4 One. Another bundle shown includes a PS Vita with theRatchet & Clank Trilogy. In other words, there’s precedence for such a bundle.
However, the leak doesn’t pass the smell test, otherwise. For one,Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apartis going to be a brand new full-price game release. Given the current popularity of the PS5 and its first-party games, Sony would have no reason to bundle the game with a console so soon. Second, these past bundles historically included aRatchet & Clankbundle-inat no extra cost. Yet the bundle shown on Boulanger’s website retails for a hefty 599€. That’s 100€ more than the PS5 alone, and even more than what the $70Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apartgame would cost separately.
There are two likely possibilities for this supposedly leaked Boulanger product listing, then. One is that it’s completely faked and the profile is either a mock-up or false information input by someone with access to Boulanger’s system. The second is that this is a custom retailer bundle, in which they put two separate products together, call it a bundle, and charge more than retail price. That’s not uncommon, given thescarcity of PS5s in the world.
Sony very likely will offer a bundle for the PS5 in the future. It could even come in 2021, perhaps with theMiles Morales Spider-MangameorDemon’s Souls. It’s much more likely to come at a later date when the PS5 isn’t selling out immediately, however. And is even less likely to include a brand new game released in the past six months.
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apartreleases June 11 on PS5.
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