Sony PS5 Sales Surpass 19 Million, 2 Million Units Sold in Q4 2021

Sony has sold a total of over 19 million PlayStation 5 units since launch, the company’s latest earnings report has revealed. The Japanese company revealed it sold 2 million PlayStation 5 units in the quarter that ended March 31, up from 3.3 million in the fourth quarter of last year. Additionally, Sony sold 70.5 million PS4/PS5 titles, including 14.5 million first-party games, compared to 61.4 million a year ago, in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021. The number of titles sold during this quarter, however, is much lower than the previous quarter.

According to Sony’s earnings report, the company has sold 19.3 million PS5 consoles since launch. The company sold 2 million units in Q4 2021, compared to 3.9 million in Q3 2021 and 3.3 million units in Q4 2020. The total number of PS5 consoles sold in fiscal 2020 was 7.8 million, and those sold in fiscal year 2021 are 11.5 million. . Sony sold around one lakh PS4 consoles in the fourth quarter of 2021.

Similarly, Sony sold 70.5 million PS4/PS5 titles in the fourth quarter of 2021, which is far less than the 92.7 million titles sold in the third quarter of 2021, but more than the 61.4 million sold in the fourth. quarter of 2020. The total number of PS4/PS5 titles sold in fiscal year 2020 was 338.4 million compared to 303.2 million in fiscal year 2021.

According to a Reuters report, Sony plans to sell 18 million PlayStation 5 consoles this year (fiscal 2022). “What I can say now is that we can source enough components for 18 million units,” said Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki. However, the company said it may be forced to revise that production target if there are new lockdowns in China to control the spread of COVID-19. He blames the pandemic for his fight against supply chain disruptions for his performance in fiscal 2021.

Additionally, the number of PlayStation Plus subscribers and monthly active users on PlayStation Network remained similar in Q4 2021 and Q4 2020. The number of PlayStation Plus subscribers in Q4 2021 was 47.4 million , compared to 47.6 million a year ago. Monthly active users grew from 109 million in Q4 2020 to 106 million in Q4 2021.