PS5 enjoyed its best sales quarter yet, reaching 32 million shipped
PlayStation 5 has enjoyed its best sales quarter yet, selling 7.1 million units in the three months ended December 31, 2022 to reach 32 million consoles shipped.
That figure, boosted by the broad availability of PS5 consoles in stores for the first time, represents an 83% increase on the same three-month period last year.
It means PS5 console sales have now reached 12.8 million for the first three quarters of Sony’s FY2022, which is the best the console has managed in a fiscal year so far.
The company will need to ship another 5.2 million consoles by the end of March to reach its annual target of 18 million.
PlayStation 4 had shipped just under 38 million consoles during the same period of its lifecycle, so PS5 is tracking behind its predecessor (though with significant supply issues due to the pandemic).
On Thursday, Sony’s Game & Network Services division reported Q2 revenues of ¥1246.5 billion ($8.79 billion), up 53% year-over-year and its best quarter ever in terms of Japanese yen figures.
Following two consecutive quarters of decline, the number of PlayStation Plus subscribers and PlayStation Network monthly active users (MAUs) increased during the three months up to January.
The total number of PlayStation Plus users stood at 46.4 million for Q3, down from 48 million a year earlier, but up from 45.5 million in the previous quarter ended on September 30, 2022.
That means PlayStation Plus subscribers are still down by nearly 1 million users since the revamped service launched in June.
However, despite the decline in subscribers, Sony’s Network services revenue – which encompasses PS Plus and advertising revenue – increased for a second consecutive quarter to ¥122 billion (up from ¥117 billion and ¥106 billion), likely
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