PS5 reaches 21.7 million units sold, but software sales fall and income suffers

sony has release that during the first quarter of the new fiscal year that ended on June 31, it sold 2.4 million PlayStation 5, 100,000 units more than during the same period of the previous year. In total, PS5 has managed to ship 21.7 million consoles since its launch. Hardware sales are flat and supply-constrained, while software is down sharply, impacting revenue for Game & Network Services, the PlayStation division.

During the first quarter between PS4 and PS5, 47.1 million games were shipped, 6.4 million of which were first-party. These figures compare with those of the same period of the previous year, when both consoles managed to place 63.6 million games, including the 10.5 million first-party. We’re talking about a 25.5% year-over-year decline in software sales, with both PlayStation Studios games and third-party games to blame. third party. For its part, the digital sales ratio went from 71% to 79%

As for PlayStation Plus, the subscription service rose to 47.3 million customers, one million more than a year ago but 100,000 fewer than last quarter. Regarding PlayStation Network, it registered 102 million active monthly users, the lowest figure in the last two years.

These numbers have consequences for the Game & Network Services division, which reported sales worth 604,100 million yen (4,451 million euros), 11.7% less than the previous year. Sony not only attributes this drop to the drop in its own and third-party software, but also talks about a decrease in the sale of DLC for games third party. In addition, the company does not expect this to be timely and has already revised its forecasts to indicate that it anticipates a decline in annual profit of 16% for PlayStation. Here also influence the 3,600 million that will be paid by Bungie.

What has not changed are Sony’s forecasts regarding PS5 sales. The company maintains that it will close the fiscal year, which runs from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023, shipping 18 million new generation consoles, 56% more than in the previous year. Even so, the demand is not expected to be covered.