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Forums - Sales Discussion - PS4 Shipments Reach 63.3 Million, 3.3 million units between April 1 and June 30

Sony has now shipped 63.3 million PlayStation 4 systems worldwide, the company announced today as part of its latest earnings report for its fiscal first quarter. This is up from 60 million for the period ended March 31. Sony shipped 3.3 million units between April 1 and June 30.

The new figure, 63.3 million, represents units sold to retailers, but not necessarily sales to consumers. The latest actual sales number that Sony provided was 60.4 million, a figure the company disclosed during E3, good through June 11.

PS4 shipments dropped year-over-year, as Sony shipped 3.5 million PS4 consoles during its first fiscal quarter last year. As announced previously, Sony expects to ship 18 million PS4 consoles overall this fiscal year, down from 20 million the year prior.

Sony's Game & Network Services division, which covers the PlayStation business, saw its revenue jump 5.4 percent year-over-year to ¥348.1 billion. Sony said the uptick in sales was "primarily" attributed to better PS4 game sales, including digital, along with "the contribution of PlayStation VR." However, the PS4 price drop had a negative impact on the Games & Network Services division's bottom line, Sony said. Regarding PlayStation VR, Sony did not give out a new sales number. In February, Sony announced that sales of the VR headset had hit 915,000 units.

Operating income, meanwhile, for the division came in at ¥17.7 billion, down significantly from the ¥26.3 billion that the unit brought in during the same period last year. Sony said the big drop off was mostly due to a tough comparison to last year, when the company had a "highly profitable first-party title," which is likely a reference to Uncharted 4. The PS4 price drop also had a negative impact on the unit's operating income.

Sony is a massive company with numerous divisions, including those for film, TV, smartphones, and more. Overall, Sony's revenue jumped 15.2 percent for the period, to ¥1.8 trillion. Operating income rose to ¥157.6 billion.

 

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps4-shipments-reach-633-million-but-fall-in-latest/1100-6452164/

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6.2 million from Jan 1st to June 30th.



I don't know how these stack up to your average 3 month statistic, but congrats.



About a million a month, that ain't too shabby.



Wait till PS4 Pro price drop in November, to counter the Xbox One X release. Then you'll see PS4 sales hit 3:1 next year!!



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Does anyone still expect it to surpass the Wii in sales?



Sales prediction, PS4: 122 Million, Xbox one: 50 million, Switch: 105 million. 

So, 63.3 million shipped on June 30th along with 60.4 sold on June 11th. A gap of 2.9 million in 19 days. Hypothetically, let's say it sold 350k in two weeks, plus 300k in 5 days worth of sales, that would be 1.05 million sold, bringing it to 61.45 million, still 1.85 million on the shelf.
Not saying this is the case of course, but I think that the system has got just the right amount of supply at the moment.



Lenny93 said:
Does anyone still expect it to surpass the Wii in sales?

Don't most people expect that? I mean, it's looking pretty likely at this point.



Up YoY in sales, but down YoY in shipments. Crash might change that next quarter since it shipped on the last day of this quarter.



Lenny93 said:
Does anyone still expect it to surpass the Wii in sales?

yes, I certainly do

17m FY2018 (that is the current one), 14m FY2019, 10m FY2020 with easily 5m until shipments stop already puts the PS4 at 106m total (above Wii) and these are pretty conservative numbers