The year 2023 has definitely started with a bang for Sony and its video game division. With the competition posting worrying numbers for this first quarter of 2023, PlayStation couldn’t have done better for its fair share. Indeed, the Japanese manufacturer has announced that it has shipped at least 6.3 million PS5s during this time. The best-selling console in history in the first quarter.
For comparison, the PS4’s best score over the same period is “only”. 3 million shipments, shortly after its launch, half of what its younger sister managed to achieve. Still, the PS4 remains ahead in terms of total sales for the same period, with 40 million deliveries. For its part, the PS5 has sold total 38.3 million units since it was published.
PS5 sales skyrocket, 2023 looks great for Sony
Another good news for Sony is that the manufacturer has reached its overall sales target for fiscal 2022. 19.1 million consoles sold, for an initial estimate of 18 million. It should be emphasized that it is still impossible to predict the start of sales at this point for a few more months. As a matter of fact, in 2021, the PS5 only recorded 11.5 million sales in the same period.
The software part, on the other hand, is much less flashy. Sony can still boast a small increase in revenue from its games, which stood at 68 million euros last year. 70.5 million euros this year. Meanwhile, the number of PlayStation Plus subscribers has not changed. Overall, with a total revenue of 8.1 billion euros for fiscal year 2022, Sony plans to sell 25 million PS5s in the next fiscal year.
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