PlayStation 5 was released about 11 months ago to be presented to users. Although nearly a year has passed since its introduction, it is still in limited numbers.
The sales figures for Playstation 5, which is indispensable for game consoles, have been announced. Sony, which has been on the rise compared to the same period of last year, also recorded an increase in PS Plus subscribers.
PlayStation 5 is also on the rise in the third quarter
Sony sold 3.3 million PlayStation 5 consoles in the third quarter of 2021. Thus, 21.2 million PS5 units have been sold since the first day it was introduced.
PlayStation 4 game console, which is among the previous generation; We see that it decreased in this quarter with 200 thousand sales compared to 1.5 million in the same quarter of the previous year.
Sony, in its earnings report, sold 81.8 million units in the third quarter a year ago; It also stated that it sold 76.4 million units of PS5 and PS4 games in the same quarter of this year. Hardware sales in the quarter increased to $1.41 billion compared to $365 million a year ago. Gaming software sales, on the other hand, reached $3.02 billion compared to $2.91 billion a year ago.
Sony, 45.9 million PlayStation Plus subscribers a year ago; announced that it has now reached 47.2 million PlayStation Plus subscribers. PlayStation Network, on the other hand, dropped 4 million from 108 million monthly active users a year ago to 104 million monthly active users.
As for the highest game sales for PS4 and PS5, God of War was the best seller of the last generation with 19.5 million units sold. Additionally, Horizon: Zero Dawn sold 10 million, while Marvel’s Spider-Man sold 13.2 million. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales has reached 6.5 million sales.
Overall, Sony’s sales of games and network services are up 27 percent from a year ago. Operating income fell, in part because PS5 prices were lower than consoles’ production costs.
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