PS5 surpasses 25 million in sales, but games sell for less

The PS5 is getting higher, higher… but not as much as Sony expected. After more than 20 million sales last June, Sony’s console has now reached a new symbolic milestone: 25 million units sold. The latter was surpassed in the Japanese firm’s second fiscal quarter, when it shipped a total of 3.3 million PS5s.

Therefore, if we are far from being a disaster for Sony, we cannot say that the meters have also exploded. Indeed, the manufacturer’s slightly more copies than last quarter, later saw 2.4 million consoles sold. But above all, the shoe appears to be squeezing in on other aspects of its business, particularly game sales and PlayStation Plus subscriptions.

PS5 games are not popular, an increase is expected by the end of the year

Indeed, Sony’s total 62.5 million games sold for its console. Of these, 6.7 million were first-party games, and 63% were purchased in the deregistered version. This is less than in the previous year in the same period. In addition, the same observation on the part of PlayStation Plus subscribers, 45.4 million this quarter. Frankly, the new formula didn’t convince the masses as much as Sony hoped.

Finally, we also see a decrease in the number of active users currently counted. 102 million. As such, it’s another disappointing quarter for the Japanese manufacturer, which is certainly not worried about similar results on Xbox, but still below its targets. Still, the end of the year should be an opportunity. increase these numbers a littleWith versions of God of War: Ragnarök and Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, which are supposed to save crates by Christmas.