PS5 sales slow as production drops

The Sony Announced that it sold 2.4 million PlayStation 5 During the second quarter of 2022. The result achieved puts the company away from the target of selling 18 million units in the current fiscal year, which ends in March 2023.

Overall, Sony needs to sell 15.7 million consoles over the next three quarters to meet the sales target set for investors in the financial report. To achieve the difficult goal of exceeding results obtained in any other quarter thus far, the manufacturer has announced to investors that it will ramp up production of the consoles, aiming for the holiday season.

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During the three months ending June 30, Sony sold 2.4 million consoles, up slightly from the 2.3 million it sold during the same period last year. Contrary to the target of 18 million, the Japanese sold 11.5 million units in 2021. The PS5’s total sales now total 21.7 million units worldwide.

The number of sales is also related to the PlayStation 5 production pace, which is influenced by The global semiconductor crisis. The console is in demand, but supplies are still limited.

Sony did not review the goals

The owner of the PlayStation brand admits she wants to sell more video games, though she says she hopes to put fewer first party games in people’s homes. During the last quarter, Sony marketed with the launch of Forbidden horizon west And the Gran Turismo 7and 47.1 million games for PS5 and PS4. The result is well below the 63.6 million reached in the same period last year, during the last period of isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

There may be an opportunity to change direction with versions The Last of Us Part 1 And the God of War Ragnarokscheduled to arrive in September and November, respectively.

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PS Plus subscribers drop

PlayStation Plus now has 47.3 million subscribers, which is 1 million more than last year. However, the number of subscribers decreased by 100,000 compared to the last quarter, a period that marked the arrival of the service’s rework.

source: Eurogamer

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