Sony’s quarterly earnings report for the second quarter of 2021 has been made public, revealing that the PS5 has been sold and other information 13.4 million units Since its release in November last year. In the second quarter alone, the PS5 sold 3.3 million units, surpassing the previous quarter and the same as the sales volume in the last quarter of 2020.
Since its release on November 20 last year, the PS5 has proven to be a very popular product. The report also showed that the number of PlayStation Plus subscribers reached 47.2 million in the second quarter, only 400,000 lower than the peak since the fall of 2020. In addition, it is estimated that 104 million people are active users of PlayStation consoles or game consoles. PlayStation network.
When it comes to sales, financial reports show that hardware sales this quarter were 160.635 billion yen (approximately US$1.4 billion), and software sales were 343.03 billion yen (approximately US$3.02 billion). Of these software sales, only 28.145 billion yen came from physical games, which may be due to the impact of the COVID pandemic on physical retailers. Of the remaining sales, 126.691 billion yen came from digital game sales, and 188.167 billion yen came from “additional content” or DLC.
In terms of game sales, 76.4 million video games were purchased for PS4 and PS5 in the second quarter of 2021. Of these, only 7.6 million were from Sony’s first-party games, and the remaining 68.8 million were from third-party publishing. Of these sales, 62% of game purchases were digital downloads, the lowest percentage since the third quarter of 2020.
With all this newly released information, it seems that the performance of PS5 will continue until 2021. PS5 has been a very popular product since its launch. It’s no secret that some people still can’t buy the latest Sony console due to a combination of scalping issues and inventory shortages.
