Sony million worldwide in 2020. information Millions of PlayStation units relocated, as revealed by information published with the company’s latest earnings report. This number highlights Sony’s current ability to mass-produce consoles, which are extremely difficult to buy after launching in November.
Demand for the PlayStation 4 has dropped dramatically year-on-year, with 1.4 million units shipped in the October-December quarter – down 77 percent from a year earlier. Sony actually managed to sell fewer PS4s in the holiday quarter than in July-September.
Sony’s gaming business performed better overall than a year ago with analyst Daniel Ahmed Noticed It really was the best quarter in PlayStation history. Revenue rose 40 percent to 883.2 billion yen (4 8.4 billion), driven in part by sales of PS5. Ope operating profit rose 50 percent to 80.2 billion yen (63,763.3 million) due to higher game sales, better PlayStation Plus subscriptions and better margins on the PS4 hardware.
Sony notes, however, that the costs associated with the PS5 launch offset some of its lucrative gains, and also confirms that the PS5 hardware itself is being sold at a lower cost. “The loss was due to strategic pricing issues for the PS5 hardware, which was determined to be less than the production cost,” the company said.
There’s not much to read in the PS5’s sales numbers unless people who want to buy one are really able to do so. But in a very short time, the launch of the console seems broadly comparable in size to the PS4; The PS4 also shipped 4.5 million units in its launch quarter.
Microsoft did not release specific sales figures for the Xbox Series X or Series S, with its earnings report last week, but the company said revenue for Xbox hardware grew 86 percent year-over-year.
