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PS5 Ships 25 Million Units as of September 2022
Sony Interactive Entertainment in its financial results announced it has shipped 25.0 million PlayStation 5 consoles as of September 30, 2022.
With 25.0 million PlayStation 5 consoles shipped through the end of June 2022 that means 3.3 million units were shipped from July to September. This is the same figure as one year ago.
For reference, the PlayStation 4 had shipped 4.0 million units in the same quarter for a lifetime total of 29.3 million units shipped as of September 30, 2015. This puts the PS5 behind shipped PS4 units by 4.3 million units.
There were a total of 62.5 million games sold on the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 for the quarter. This is down 13.9 million from 76.4 million during the same period a year earlier. Digital sales accounted for 63 percent of software sales.
There were 6.7 million first-party games sold across the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. This is down 0.9 million from 7.6 million first-party games sold a year ago.
The number of PlayStation Plus subscribers is at 45.4 million, which is down 1.8 million from 47.2 million from the same quarter a year ago. There were 102 million monthly active users, a drop from 104 million a year ago.
Sony's forecast for the full fiscal year ending March 31, 2022 is expecting revenue to be higher due to the changing exchange rates and increase in PS5 hardware revenue due to the price increase, which will partially be offset by lower third-party game sales.
"Sales are expected to be higher than the July forecast due to the impact of foreign exchange rates as well as an expected increase in hardware sales due to price revisions for PlayStation 5 hardware, partially offset by an expected decrease in sales of non-first-party titles including add-on content," reads the report from Sony.
"Operating income is expected to be lower than the July forecast due to the impact of the above-mentioned expected decrease in sales of non-first-party titles and the negative impact of foreign exchange rates reflecting the high ratio of U.S. dollar-denominated costs, partially offset by an expected decrease in losses from hardware.
"In the November forecast, Sony has incorporated approximately 61 billion yen in expenses associated with acquisitions completed within the current fiscal year, including Bungie, Inc. The actual amount of expenses is subject to change depending on factors such as completion timing and the accounting treatment to be finalized after the closing dates."
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