2026-03-05
Sony makes the majority of its money from micro transactions and third party sales from people being on the PS platform. (COD, Fortnite, Minecraft, soon to be GTA6 etc.) The PC sales for Sony games have dropped off a lot lately and PC gaming is taking away more PS players than it
Bloomberg
Sources: Sony no longer plans to release its big single-player PlayStation 5 games on PC, a major strategy shift that sees it returning to console exclusivity
Sony no longer plans to release its big PS5 games on PC according to Bloomberg! - PlayStation is returning to console exclusivity - Single-player titles such as Ghost of Yotei and Saros will remain exclusive to PS5 - Online games such as Marathon and Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls [image]
Bloomberg
Sources: Sony no longer plans to release its big single-player PlayStation 5 games on PC, a major strategy shift that sees it returning to console exclusivity
2026-03-04
Sony makes the majority of its money from micro transactions and third party sales from people being on the PS platform. (COD, Fortnite, Minecraft, soon to be GTA6 etc.) The PC sales for Sony games have dropped off a lot lately and PC gaming is taking away more PS players than it
Bloomberg
Sources: Sony no longer plans to release its big single-player PlayStation 5 games on PC, a major strategy shift that sees it returning to console exclusivity
The video-game publisher no longer plans to put out PC ports of PlayStation games such as ‘Ghost of Yotei’
Sony no longer plans to release its big PS5 games on PC according to Bloomberg! - PlayStation is returning to console exclusivity - Single-player titles such as Ghost of Yotei and Saros will remain exclusive to PS5 - Online games such as Marathon and Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls [image]
Bloomberg
Sources: Sony no longer plans to release its big single-player PlayStation 5 games on PC, a major strategy shift that sees it returning to console exclusivity
The video-game publisher no longer plans to put out PC ports of PlayStation games such as ‘Ghost of Yotei’
2026-02-03
Metroid Prime 4 sales numbers were not mentioned in Nintendo's financial results. This means it failed to sell over 1 million units on either Switch or Switch 2 as Nintendo counts the software for each platform separately. Combined it could be over 1M but the sales numbers are [image]
CNBC
Nintendo reports Q3 revenue of ~$5.2B, below $5.45B est., a ~$1.03B net profit, vs. $950M est., and maintains its 19M Switch 2 sales forecast for fiscal 2026
Nintendo maintained its full-year Switch 2 sales forecast on Tuesday allaying some fears that the flagship console was losing momentum.
Metroid Prime 4 sales numbers were not mentioned in Nintendo's financial results. This means it failed to sell over 1 million units on either Switch or Switch 2 as Nintendo counts the software for each platform separately. Combined it could be over 1M but the sales numbers are [image]
The Verge
Nintendo says the Switch 1 sold 155.37M units from its March 2017 launch through December 2025, topping the DS' 154.02M units, becoming its best-selling console
Jess Weatherbed /The Verge:
Switch 2 has officially outsold the Wii U's total lifetime sales in only 7 months! • Wii U - 13.56M in 4 years • Switch 2 - 17.37M in 7 months [image]
The Verge
Nintendo says the Switch 1 sold 155.37M units from its March 2017 launch through December 2025, topping the DS' 154.02M units, becoming its best-selling console
Jess Weatherbed /The Verge:
Switch 2 has officially outsold the Wii U's total lifetime sales in only 7 months! • Wii U - 13.56M in 4 years • Switch 2 - 17.37M in 7 months [image]
CNBC
Nintendo reports Q3 revenue of ~$5.2B, below $5.45B est., a ~$1.03B net profit, vs. $950M est., and maintains its 19M Switch 2 sales forecast for fiscal 2026
Nintendo maintained its full-year Switch 2 sales forecast on Tuesday allaying some fears that the flagship console was losing momentum.
2025-11-12
Great to see PlayStation focusing on Japan with the State of Play Japan and the cheaper Japan Only PS5 Digital! Hideaki Nishino as PlayStation CEO was a good call. I see PlayStation making a handheld and trying to compete with Nintendo who are currently dominating Japan. [image]
Financial Times
Sony unveils a cheaper, Japan-only PlayStation 5 Digital Edition for ~$350, a ~25% discount, following Nintendo's similar move for the Switch 2's launch in June
Financial Times :
2025-11-11
Sony PlayStation FY2025 Q2 Financial Results! • PS5 units sold - 3.9M • Lifetime PS5 units - 84.2M • Full game software units - 80.3M • First party software units - 6.3M • Digital Download Ratio - 72% • Monthly Active Users - 119M [image]
Wall Street Journal
Sony reports Q2 revenue up 4.6% YoY to ~$20.3B, net profit up 6.7% YoY to ~$2.02B, 3.9M PS5s sold, and raises its FY operating profit forecast by 7.5% to ~$9.3B
Sony 6758 5.51%increase; green up pointing triangle Group raised its earnings forecasts after a stronger-than-expected second quarter …
2025-08-07
Sony PlayStation FY2025 Q1 Financial Results! • PS5 units sold - 2.5M • Lifetime PS5 units - 80.3M • Full game software units - 65.9M • First party software units - 6.9M • Digital Download Ratio - 83% • Monthly Active Users - 123M [image]
Wall Street Journal
Sony reports Q1 revenue up 2.2% YoY to ~$17.8B, net profit up 23% YoY to ~$1.8B, 2.5M PS5s sold, up from 2.4M in Q1 2024, and expects a lower FY tariff impact
The company expects uncertainty over the economy to increase due to U.S. tariffs — Sony Group reported higher quarterly net profit …
2025-05-14
Sony PlayStation FY2024 Q4 Financial Results! • PS5 units sold - 2.8M • FY2024 PS5 units - 18.5M • Lifetime PS5 units - 77.7M • Full game software units - 76.1M • First party software units - 5.9M • Digital Download Ratio - 80% • Monthly Active Users - 124M [image]
Bloomberg
Sony reports Q4 revenue down 24% YoY to ~$17.7B, PlayStation 5 units sold in FY 24 down 11% YoY to 18.5M, and expects a ~$700M impact from US tariffs in FY 25
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2025-04-07
Doug Bowser says Nintendo Switch 2 consoles have already landed in the US ready to go and they will have much less supply constraints compared to Switch 1! “We've have some time to build up inventories on a global basis so we really hope we can meet that demand” They've even [image]
Wired
Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser says the company is “actively assessing” the impact of US tariffs, which “weren't factored into” its Switch 2 pricing
Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser tells WIRED the company is still figuring out how to address tariffs …
2025-02-18
Shuhei Yoshida says Hironobu Sakaguchi and Square tried to convince Nintendo to use CDs for the N64! “Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of Final Fantasy, loved the potential of CDs. His dream was to create a movie-like Final Fantasy game. He was disappointed when he learned that [image]
VentureBeat
An interview with Shuhei Yoshida, who led PlayStation Studios from 2008-2019 and left Sony on January 15, on his 31 years at PlayStation, early days, and more
Shu Yoshida has graduated. He just completed 38 years at Sony, including 31 years at PlayStation, and he completed …
2024-12-20
Kadokawa and Sony Agree to Form Strategic Capital and Business Alliance! - Sony will increase its share in Kadokawa from 1.9% to about 10% and become Kadokawa's largest shareholder! - Sony will acquire 12,054,100 new Kadokawa shares for approximately 50 billion yen (about $318M [image]
Reuters
Sony buys ~$320M of shares in Japanese media powerhouse Kadokawa, which owns FromSoftware, taking its stake to ~10% and becoming Kadokawa's top shareholder
for now Sal Romano / Gematsu : Sony Group Corporation and Kadokawa Corporation to form strategic capital and business alliance Jordan Middler / Video Games Chronicle : Sony is now ...
The 2 companies will discuss how to collaborate more from now on. Sony will help turn Kadokawa IP into live action films and TV shows, co-produce and distribute anime and Sony will help to publish Kadokawa games worldwide! That could mean some FromSoft games published by Sony
Bloomberg
Sony's shares in Japan surged 50%+ from an August low to reach its new all-time high since 2000 last week, as investors are bullish on its gaming growth in 2025
- Next year ‘one of the greatest’ for video games: Smithers — M&A and good management boost stock's appeal: Janus Henderson
Kadokawa and Sony Agree to Form Strategic Capital and Business Alliance! - Sony will increase its share in Kadokawa from 1.9% to about 10% and become Kadokawa's largest shareholder! - Sony will acquire 12,054,100 new Kadokawa shares for approximately 50 billion yen (about $318M [image]
Bloomberg
Sony's shares in Japan surged 50%+ from an August low to reach its new all-time high since 2000 last week, as investors are bullish on its gaming growth in 2025
- Next year ‘one of the greatest’ for video games: Smithers — M&A and good management boost stock's appeal: Janus Henderson
The 2 companies will discuss how to collaborate more from now on. Sony will help turn Kadokawa IP into live action films and TV shows, co-produce and distribute anime and Sony will help to publish Kadokawa games worldwide! That could mean some FromSoft games published by Sony
Reuters
Sony buys ~$320M of shares in Japanese media powerhouse Kadokawa, which owns FromSoftware, taking its stake to ~10% and becoming Kadokawa's top shareholder
for now Sal Romano / Gematsu : Sony Group Corporation and Kadokawa Corporation to form strategic capital and business alliance Jordan Middler / Video Games Chronicle : Sony is now ...
2024-09-08
Black Myth Wukong has sold 18 million units worldwide in 2 weeks! - Game budget was $70M USD - 6 years of development - Expansion DLC is planned https://www.bloomberg.com/... [image]
Bloomberg
Hero Games' Daniel Wu reflects on his studio's 20% stake in Game Science, the creator of China's biggest PC game Black Myth: Wukong, which has sold 18M+ copies
one of the fastest starts the global gaming industry has seen. That record pace has in turn minted millions for its earliest and biggest investor. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Zhe...
2024-08-07
Sony PlayStation FY2024 Q1 Financial Results! • PS5 units sold - 2.4M • Lifetime PS5 units - 61.7M • Full game software units - 53.6M • First party software units - 6M • Digital Download Ratio - 80% • Monthly Active Users - 116M [image]
CNBC
Sony reports Q1 revenue up 2% YoY to ~$20.5B, vs. ~$19.31B est., operating profit up 10% YoY to ~$1.92B, vs. $1.89B est., and 2.4M PS5 units sold, down 27% YoY
Sony on Wednesday reported a 10% jump in operating profit in the fiscal first quarter, beating analyst expectations …