Sony has sold more than 19 million PS5s

According to Engadget, this number is down significantly from the same period last year when Sony sold 3.3 million PS5 units. Other way, Sony posted growth in game sales with 70.5 million PS4/PS5 titles sold compared with 61.4 million titles sold a year ago, including 14.5 million first-party titles.

Total PS5 sales are lower than PS4 in the same post-launch period reuters

Overall, Sony’s games and network services (GSN) division earned $5.1 billion last quarter, up slightly from last year. Meanwhile, sales for the whole year of 2021 were almost unchanged, increasing only 2% compared to 2020, and profit was also little changed.

What do those numbers mean? PS5 even further behind the PS4 in terms of sales, nearly 3.1 million units lower than the PS4 at the same time. Sony warns this is happening not because of demand from customers, but because it cannot produce enough quantities due to an ongoing chip shortage.

Even so, Sony expects things to improve quickly, forecasting next-quarter sales to grow 34% to $7.13 billion due to a better supply of components and sales of its games. third higher. The company will also roll out PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscription services on Xbox Game Pass in June. While PS Plus subscribers are flat, the new services could help attract subscribers in the coming quarter.