I second this, I got into the beta on Friday and have been having a blast. It’s remarkably polished for a beta and everyone who gets in can invite as many people as they want and those people can also invite as many people as they want and so on and so on. So it’s spreading like wild fire, should be pretty easy to get into.
I don’t have an answer to your question, I just wanna say, that while Hi-Fi Rush was a surprise hit, calling it one of the most popular games of the last 5 years is fucking wild. Baldur’s Gate 3, Elden Ring, GoW Ragnarok, Doom Eternal, Last of Us Part II, etc etc. The list of higher profile, more successful games goes on man.