In its recent fiscal quarter, Sony sold 2.8 million consoles. According to the firm, PlayStation 5 was the best-selling during the previous quarter, ending December 31, 2024. PS5 lifetime sales have matched PS4, which sold over 79.1 million consoles in the equivalent time after launch.
The PlayStation maker sold over 2.8 million PS5 consoles in its recent fiscal quarter. The firm said last quarter’s PS5 sales brought the total lifetime sales to roughly 77.8 million PS5 consoles. The tech firm also revealed PS5 was the top-selling product in the quarter, which ended on December 31, 2024.
Sony reveals its expectations for the next financial year
PlayStation Q4 fiscal results:
🔵 PS5 consoles sold – 2.8M
🔵 full game software sold – 76.1M
🔵 first-party software sold – 5.9M
🔵 digital download ratio – 80%
🔵 monthly active users – 124MFY2024 total results:
🔵 PS5 consoles sold – 18.5M
🔵 full game software sold -… pic.twitter.com/nTSDC9KfD7— Hunter 🎮 (@NextGenPlayer) May 14, 2025
Sony revealed the number of PS5 monthly active users remained high at 124 million users, which is down from the previous 129 million active users in the last quarter. The firm forecasted profits from the games business to skyrocket by about 16% in 2025 due to higher sales of its first-party titles.
The tech firm also forecasted a drop in sales and profits in the next fiscal year due to an anticipated decrease in hardware sales.
The firm forecasted a strong financial year ahead with the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, expected in June. The firm announced Ghost of Yotei will launch in October, building on the success of Ghost of Tsushima, which sold over 13 million copies across both PC and PlayStation.
Sony says PlayStation 5 topped sales
In its financial report, Sony Interactive Entertainment confirmed it shipped 75 million PS5 consoles as of December 2024. The tech company sold 9.5 million PlayStation consoles from October to December. Sony noted that console sales increased by 1.3 million units from the equivalent quarter in the previous year, when it sold 8.2 million consoles.
The firm announced there were over 11.6 million first-party titles for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. The Japanese tech firm reiterated that its first-party games sales were down 0.7 million from 12.3 million in the previous year. In the last fiscal quarter, Sony relied on third-party games, with only two exclusives: the Horizon Zero Dawn remaster and the Until Dawn remake, which was also released on PC.
The report also showed Sony relied on third-party games, with only two exclusives. Sony also said there were 129 million active users every month on the PlayStation Network, an increase of 6 million from 132 million in the previous year.
At the same time, Sony said that 42% of PS5 buyers in the previous quarter had recently joined the PlayStation Network. The firm revealed that the total sales for its games and consoles skyrocketed by 16% compared to the equivalent quarter in the previous year. Sony also noted that its revenue for the games and consoles category increased by 37%.
The firm attributed these improvements to the increase in the number of available units. The tech company added that these increases were prompted by a boost in non-first-party titles and DLC. The firm also said that its improved sales from network offerings also contributed to the increase in its total sales and profits for games and consoles.
Sony noted that titles like Helldivers 2 and Astro Bot helped it expand its offerings into family and live-service gaming markets.
The tech company added that its PS Plus revenue increased by 20%. The firm noted that the 20% growth was achieved as a result of many users choosing more expensive subscription options.
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