Sony isn’t concerned about recent PS Plus subscriber dip and has ‘great expectations’ for its revamp
Sony has said it’s not concerned about a recent dip in PlayStation Plus subscribers, and claimed it has “great expectations” for its upcoming revamp planned for the summer.
In the company’s FY2021 financial results published on Tuesday, Sony reported total PS Plus subscribers of 47.4 million during March 2022, which is down 0.6m from the previous quarter (Dec 2021) and by 0.2m year-on year.
This appears to represent only the second time in eight years that PlayStation Plus subscriber numbers have dipped between quarters, with the first dip also having been recorded during the company’s 2021 FY, in Q1.
Sony also recorded a slight decline in monthly active users in March 2022 at 106m, which is down 5m from the previous quarter and 3m year-on-year.
Sony says its monthly active users are the estimated total number of unique accounts that played games or used services on the PlayStation Network during the last month of the quarter.
The figures led to the company being asked during a results call on Tuesday how it felt about the recent fluctuation in PS Plus subscriber numbers, and if it factored in the company’s plans for the upcoming revamp of the subscription service.
“Let me give you the overall trend,” replied CFO Hikori Totoki (transcribed by VGC). “The total gameplay time is so important. Year-on-year, there has been a decline, but the stay-at-home demand was not so strong between January to February in 2021 compared to [the previous year].
“That’s an decrease by 8 percent compared to January and February in 2022. Compared to the end of March in 2020, there’s an decrease of 5.9 million [users].”
Totoki argued that despite the decline in active users since the start of the pandemic, the overall trend was positive.
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