Today, Sony announced its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2022, which covers the period from October 1 to December 31, 2022, providing an update on PS5 shipments.
company clearly It shipped a whopping 7.1 million PS5 units during the quarter, bringing the total to 32.1 million units.
In case you’re wondering, PS4 shipments haven’t been updated in a while, and the old console is frozen at 117 million units as of May 2022.
Below is a presentation slide that provides a bird’s-eye view of the performance of the Game & Network Services segment of Sony’s business, which includes PlayStation and PlayStation Network.
As you can see, sales increased significantly year-over-year (a whopping 53% increase) due to improved hardware sales as the PS5 unit offering finally started to match demand. On top of that, first-party software sales also increased.
Operating profit increased 25% year-over-year due to higher first-party game sales, partially offset by higher costs, including acquisitions.
The full-year outlook for sales remains unchanged, and operating income is revised upward by 7% due to the impact of exchange rates.
We also have documents revealing that PlayStation Plus had 46.4 million subscribers as of December 31, while PlayStation Network had 112 million monthly active users. .
Finally, let’s look at Sony’s overall performance. Sales increased by 13% for him over the same period last year, but operating profit for him decreased by 8%.
Speaking of sales, just last night we learned thatt God of War Ragnarok sold 11 million units to customers.
