PlayStation announces a new number of PS5s sold and confirms a drop in revenue

Financial results for the quarter are lower than those achieved in the same period last year.

We are in the days of financial reporting. After learning the latest data from Xbox, which has seen a decrease in revenue, it seems that sony game station Something similar happened with the figures corresponding to the results of the fiscal period from April to June 31.

21.7 million PS5s have already been soldBut first we go with the positive. First of all, a new PS5 sales: 21.7 million shipped so far. PlayStation’s latest official data was presented in June, and it’s not too far away since it was released to celebrate reaching their 20 million goal.

However, this assumes it is placed 2.4 million more PlayStation 5s over three months Figures that translate into the fact that Sony shipped 100,000 more units of its next-gen console compared to data for the same quarter of 2021.

Where there is less positive news is in revenue: 2% decreased (operating income 37%). Hardware and network services have increased, while software has fallen sharply and development costs have increased. Software sales fell compared to the same period last year and were particularly sold 47.1 million PS4 and PS5 games per quarterthat is, 16.5 less than the figures for the same fiscal quarter 2021.

Fewer games sold than 2021in total 6.4 million of these games are first-party games, the term they refer to projects produced by PlayStation itself. This data is also lower than those recorded in the same period last year, when 10.5 million own games were sold (4.1 million more).

PS Plus is getting a little bigger

Another intriguing fact is that 79% of game sales are made up of digital downloads, an increase compared to 2021 when 71% were registered. They also confirmed that it exists. 47.3 million PS Plus subscribers As of 31 June 2022.

This represents a slight increase compared to the number (46.3 million) achieved in the same quarter of 2021, but we will have to wait for the financial results for the next quarter to see if the new PS Plus model really has a big impact. They premiered at the end of June. Additionally, in Sony’s total 102 million active users every month.

We’ll have to keep watching how hardware sales improve so much. stock issues of both versions Like the September remake of The Last of Us or the highly anticipated God of War: Ragnarok, software sales that will be boosted by their own releases in the coming months for the PlayStation 5 (reader and digital) in November.