The South African gaming industry was recently estimated at R7 billion<\/a>, and South Africa remains the continent’s most mature market for gamers, platforms,<\/a> and developers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cape Town hosts half of South Africa’s active game development studios, with independent developers like Brotherhood Games producing successful, globally acclaimed titles such as Stasis: Bone Totem<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another success story is studio Free Lives, whose debut game, Broforce<\/em>, was a massive hit in 2014. Free Lives has been consistently releasing games since then, including Stick it to the Stickman<\/em> in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Dos Santos, South African gamers responded strongly to the slate of single-player experiences in the first four months of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This included Pearl Abyss’s surprise hit Crimson Desert,<\/em> which recently surpassed 5 million copies sold worldwide. Capcom’s Resident Evil Requiem<\/em> and Pragmata<\/em> also excited the local market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dos Santos said that single-player games would continue to drive South African gaming into a banner year, one of the biggest in some time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “These, along with tentpole titles to come such as Saros<\/em>, 007 First Light<\/em>, Wolverine<\/em> and then the colossus, being GTA VI<\/em> in November, we should see the biggest year in games in the last decade.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said that Gamefinity saw an increase in demand for the PS5 Pro, the most expensive console in PlayStation’s current lineup, following the rollout of PSSR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sony officially rolled out PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) in an update to its Pro consoles on 16 March 2026. This launch marked the transition to the 2.0 version of the technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n PSSR is Sony’s brand of software-driven AI upscaling technology<\/a>, developed with AMD through the Project Amethyst partnership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Through AMD’s FSR 4 upscaling technology, PC gamers have already seen the benefits of our collaboration,” said Mark Cerny, PS5 and PS5 Pro lead architect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “With the updated PSSR, we’re delivering the very latest of this co-developed technology with a further six months of refinement for PS5 Pro players.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sony soon expanded the titles that support the technology, which now includes Final Fantasy VII Rebirth<\/em>, Monster Hunter Wilds<\/em>, Crimson Desert<\/em>, Silent Hill f<\/em> and Resident Evil Requiem<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Dos Santos, PlayStation remained the dominant console brand in South Africa for the first four months of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Retailer reports and feedback consistently suggest that PlayStation is the leading gaming brand. This is also supported by the sales format mix on multi-platform games,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDominance of PlayStation in South Africa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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