Consoles

Luigi’s Mansion 3 sold 7.83m copies sold globally at last count

PlayStation appears to be taking a harder stance on refunds

The size of the re-selling issue is unknown, and its duration likely to be short-lived, but the industry still needs to take action itself

Send out the Trauma Team now! Sony and Microsoft must stand with CDPR for this mess, as they both passed the game through their TRCs

Platform holders can do more and be more transparent, although it must also be remembered that online discourse will always be tricky to police – just ask Facebook or Twitter

With support across all the new consoles, Unity’s ‘creators first’ philosophy has been building up to the next generation launch for many years. Unity CPO Brett Bibby tells Seth Barton about that journey

With physical queues not an option, retailer sites struggled under demand

“We need the Activisions, the Ubisofts, the EAs, the Take-Twos, the Epics, all the way down to indie creators to be successful on the platform."

"Play should always be fun, so we're amping up the information and tools to help you play on your terms"

Total consumer spending hit $11.2bn (£8.52bn) between July and September