Sony says PS5 generated $106B in revenue in less than four years vs. PS4's $107B over seven years, PS5 in-game purchases spending up 176% over PS4, and more
Sony has published its annual business briefing. Here are the key takeaways about the performance of the PlayStation business and updates to the company's gaming strategy.
Sony reports Q4 gaming revenue rose 4.9% YoY to ~$5.1B; PS5 sales were 2M, reaching 19.3M in total, around 3.1M behind the PS4 at the same point in time
Sony announced that it sold just 2 million PlayStation 5 units last quarter (Q4), bringing its overall total to 19.3 million.
Sony reports Q3 gaming revenue fell 8% YoY to ~$7.09B, operating profit rose 12.1% YoY to ~$810M; Sony shipped 3.9M PS5 consoles, bringing the total to 17.3M
The PS4 had sold more at this point — Sony shipped just 3.9 million PlayStation 5 consoles in its all-important holiday quarter …
Sony says it shipped 4.5M PlayStation 5 units worldwide in 2020, and reports revenue of $8.4B in Q3, up 40% YoY, operating profit of $763.3M, up 50%
A similar figure to the PS4 launch — Sony shipped 4.5 million PlayStation 5 units worldwide in 2020, as revealed by information published alongside …
Sony beats estimates with quarterly profit of $2.15B and says its PlayStation Plus subscription service added 3.4M users, for a total of 44.9M
- Company had delayed issuing firm full-year forecast on virus — The Last of Us 2 was a record-breaking PS4 exclusive debut
Sony reports Q1 revenue of $17.9B with ~$1.8B in profit and 3.2M PS4 sales but lost ~$97M from its smartphone division and predicts those sales will worsen
Sony's new CEO Kenichiro Yoshida has been at the company's helm for just a few short months now, but fortunately …
Sony posts strong FY2017 results of ~$78.1B revenue and ~$6.7B profit on robust PS4 sales of 19M units; mobile revenue down to ~$6.6B from ~$6.9B in FY2016
Sony's latest earnings reveal a simple truth: former CEO Kaz Hirai left the company in a relatively good position.
Sony says PS4 sales reached 70M units and PlayStation VR sold 2M units worldwide; PS4 now on track to surpass its predecessor which sold 80M+ over its lifespan
Sony announced today that the PlayStation 4 has hit a major new milestone, surpassing 70 million units sold worldwide.
Sony reports FY15 revenue down 1.3% to $71.1B due to declining smartphone sales; net profit up 666.7% to $2.7B thanks to stellar PS4 sales
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