After Nintendoit is in particular Sony who has just presented its quarterly financial resultsgiving us, as always, the opportunity to take stock of the industry PlayStation, which is no longer led by Jim Ryan, who resigned and retired. And so as not to change, these are the further information shared that interest us most in all of this. So, the PlayStation 5 sold 4.9 million units over the period from July 1 to September 30, 2023. The progression compared to last year is significant with an increase of 1.6 million. In total, these are now 46.6 million PS5s have been sold worldwide.
Regarding gamesstill no distinction between those of the PS4 and the PS5, with in all 67.6 million copies sold during the quarter, an increase of 5.1 million compared to this period last year. On the other hand, only 4.7 million titles first party (the productions of PlayStation Studios) were sold, i.e. 1.9 million less than last year. This in itself is logical since they do not rush to the gate unlike games from third-party publishers, exclusive or not. The percentage of digital sales remains quite significant since it is 67%.
As to PlayStation Network, its number of users is maintained compared to the previous quarter with 107 million who were active over this period. And like this summer, we don’t have no indication about the number of subscribers to the PlayStation Pluswhile they were given before…
The video games segment of Sony achieved 233.4 billion yen (approximately 1.44 billion euros) in terms of turnoveran increase of 32% compared to last year, thanks to sales of hardware (mainly PS5), more sales of games not first party And DLCas well as favorable exchange rates. Operating results, or profits if you prefer, are therefore up by 6.7 billion yen (around 41.4 million euros), with again an increase for the same period amounting to 16%. The same reasons are mentioned, although this time the sale of hardware causes losses. As a result, sales forecasts were revised upwards by 5%, but without revaluation of profits. In question, the impact of changing the release dates of some of the games first party in development. Certainly, the extension The Final Form of Destiny 2 (Bungie) is included in the lot…
Finally, following its record launch with 2.5 million copies sold in 24 hours, the Marvel’s Spider-Man 2Insomniac Games reached more than 5 million units having found buyers as of October 30, 2023, i.e. in 11 days. This is still less than the 5.1 million for God of War Ragnarok in just a week, but no one is going to complain about that.
If you want to get a PS5, it is available on Amazon from €540.00. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is sold for €69.99, still on Amazon.
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