Sony results: 7.8 million PS5s worldwide, ahead of PS4

Over 58 million sales this year for PlayStation Studios exclusives

Combined with sales of PS5 and PS4 games, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021, 338.9 million games (including 58.4 million PlayStation Studios games) were sold from 276.1 million. Year in previous games (including 49.2 million PlayStation Studios games). PlayStation Studios has a significant rate of games, such as a series of hits Our last part II, Sushima’s ghost And Spider-Man: Miles Morals. In addition, the health crisis helped bring digital consumption to an unprecedented level: 63% of PlayStation game sales were downloaded in fiscal year, up from 53% a year earlier. Under these conditions, PlayStation Network-related revenue broke another record with revenue of .3 14.3 billion, well ahead of 10. 10.6 billion in fiscal 2018.

In the new fiscal year (April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022), Sony Interactive Entertainment expects higher revenue (22 22 billion) and lower operating profit (2. 2.4 billion). Among the positive factors, the manufacturer expects acceleration in PS5 sales and improved engine profitability (its production costs will naturally decrease). Another interesting thing is that Sony Interactive Entertainment predicts that PlayStation Studios will increase sales of games. Will return And Ratchet & Clang: Except for the split Who will start this new training.

Among the rare negative factors, Sony Interactive Entertainment predicts a drop in revenue associated with games from third-party publishers (many delays caused by the health crisis will undoubtedly lead to something) and an increase in its own investment in games (which is negative from a player’s point of view).

The PS4 reduces the PS2 in the number of games sold

On the other hand, pensions are very close to the PS4, which sold only 1 million machines in the first quarter, up from 5.7 million in the previous fiscal year to 5.7 million against 13.5 million in the previous fiscal year. So now there are 115.9 million PS4s in the world, a number to keep in mind, as it is not certain that the manufacturer will be sure to contact the following modules for its console at the end of its life. However, the PS4 ends its journey with a very special achievement: the highest number of games sold in the history of consoles. By adding PSVR titles, the console actually surpasses the record held by PS2 (1.53 billion games sold).

In conclusion, the Sony Group achieved its new core year overall with revenue of 98.4 billion and net profit of 9 8.9 billion, which is higher than previous records. (2018) It was close to 7 billion euros.