Sony has announced the updated data. sales from PS5reaching quota 19.3 million The number of consoles distributed worldwide is certainly a positive figure, but still below the estimates established by the company.
For fiscal year 2021, Sony has therefore sold 11.5 million PS5s, with a target of 14.8 million units. so miss the target Over 3 million units. On the other hand, considering the ongoing crisis in semiconductors and the impossibility of maintaining adequate production speed, he had warned investors about the difficulty of reaching the target even at the end of 2021.
Therefore the problem is always the same: scarcity of units produced and its market supply is limiting the number of PS5s considering demand is still extremely high.
Meanwhile, PS4 It continues to sell, albeit obviously at a much slower pace than before: With 100,000 more consoles sold in the quarter ending March 31, 2022, the total PS4 sold worldwide now stands at 117 million units.
The quantity of PS4 is still impressive, but it’s clear that the PS5 is now in business, with its full potential in the market to be reached once there’s enough console supply for sale. The latest official data provided by Sony concerned 10.1 million units sold for the PS5, stretching back to last summer and the end of the quarter in June 2021. Because of this, there was a drop in sales speed of the PS5 from about 10 million. Sold in the first 7 months. Unfortunately, according to some, the problem of semiconductor scarcity is expected to persist until 2024.
In any case, Sony plans to sell for the next fiscal year (ends in March 2023). 18 million PS5, which means a significant acceleration on the hardware production front. However, this is another drop in estimates given that 22.6 million units are expected to be sold initially in fiscal 2023.
Source: Multiplayer
