Lately Sony has printed a report for the primary quarter of the present fiscal 12 months. In it, it famous a number of vital indicators: the gross sales of the PS5 exceeded 10 million items, and the model of the console with an optical drive is not offered at a loss. The Japanese firm additionally stated it has secured sufficient semiconductor chips; to realize the specified gross sales outcomes for the PlayStation 5 within the present fiscal 12 months. It would finish in March 2022.

Sony has stocked sufficient chips for PS5 regardless of their shortage

Sony’s CFO Hiroki Totoki commented on this. In accordance with Twinfinite, the pinnacle confirmed that the corporate plans to promote 14.Eight million items for the present fiscal 12 months. Within the first quarter, it managed to promote 2.three million items of PlayStation 5; and reached a complete gross sales of 10.1 million PS5. If the corporate has offered a ample variety of chips and is ready to fulfill its objective; then in March 2022 the full variety of offered consoles will attain 22.6 million.

Let’s remind: the demand for the PlayStation 5 continues to be at a excessive degree. That is as soon as once more confirmed by the sale of the final batch of consoles within the DNS. All consoles have been offered in 20 minutes. This offers an thought of how the demand for the brand new consoles is.

Sony has offered over 10 million PlayStation 5 consoles

In the course of the occasion to mark Sony’s earnings report for the quarter ending June 30; it was introduced that the full variety of PlayStation 5 console shipments reached 10.1 million items. As well as, 116.Four million PlayStation Four consoles have been reported to have been shipped.

Within the final quarter alone, the Japanese producer shipped 2.three million newest technology recreation consoles. The fourth-generation PlayStation shipped 500,000 items, down 1.Four million from the identical interval final 12 months, when 1.9 million items have been shipped.

The Japanese producer additionally shared different statistics. As of June 30, 2021, the PlayStation Plus service reached 46.three million subscribers, following the outcomes of the identical interval final 12 months, this quantity was 45 million, which supplies a rise of 1.three million subscriptions for the 12 months.

Within the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020, 63.6 million items of video games have been offered for the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, down 27.Eight million from 91.Four million in the identical interval within the earlier fiscal 12 months. 5 million items belong to personal editions, which is 8.2 million items lower than in the identical interval final 12 months, when this quantity reached 18.7 million. On the similar time, 71% of recreation gross sales have been realized by downloads of digital copies, which, once more, is lower than the 74% that was final 12 months.