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The new trailer opens with Jason doing odd jobs before driving around Vice City - the Miami-inspired location from the 2002 PlayStation 2 game.

Video game trailers are sometimes created using powerful PCs but a note at the end of the trailer said the scenes in it were taken from a PlayStation 5 console.

The industry was banking on the game - which will initially be available only on Xbox and PlayStation 5 - to boost console sales and break software sales records.

Herron describes herself as “a massive fan” of “The Last of Us” games, which she played back-to-back after buying a PlayStation console during the COVID-19 lockdowns.

Rival Sony has already announced its own price rises, with the disc drive-free digital edition digital edition of the PlayStation 5 increasing by £40 in the UK.