Sony sells 38.4 mn PlayStation5 to date, posts $22.5 bn record sales in Q1

Sony has bought 38.4 million PlayStations 5 gaming consoles to date, transport 6.3 million PS5 in the March quarter alone, the Japanese big mentioned on Friday.

According to the corporate’s newest quarterly earnings, the corporate shipped 19.1 million PS5 in the fiscal 2022, beating its earlier forecast of 18 million.

The month-to-month energetic customers of PlayStation Network went up from 106 million to 108 million. However, the variety of PS Plus subscribers was flat at 47.4 million.

The firm posted record annual working income, helped by its chip division and sales of its PS5 gaming console. Sony reported 3.06 trillion Japanese yen ($22.5 billion) in income (up 35 per cent YoY) and 1.21 trillion yen in working revenue, a record for the corporate.

According to CNBC, the Japanese big’s gaming division was certainly one of its largest revenue drivers for the 12 months, bringing in working revenue of 250 billion yen, though that was down 27 per cent year-on-year.

For the fiscal 12 months, Sony’s gaming division introduced in income of three.64 trillion yen, up 33 per cent year-on-year.

Sonymentioned that it goals to promote 25 million PS5 models in the present monetary 12 months. The firm is competing with Nintendo’s Switch console and Microsoft’s Xbox.

Sony is reportedly set to launch its PlayStation 5 Pro (PS5 Pro) gaming console late subsequent 12 months. The new console would be the upgraded model of the present PlayStation 5 (PS5).

The tech big can be anticipated to launch a PS5 with a removable disc drive later this 12 months as a result of the corporate is planning to scale back the price of the current-generation gaming console.

In January this 12 months, the Japanese firm had unveiled a customisable accessibility controller equipment for PS5 on the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023.

(With inputs from IANS)