The PlayStation 5 has no good financial year. (Image source: Sony)
The financial year 2024/25 is over. This also has the sales reports for companies, so Sony is no exception. In addition to a Insight into the sales figures of PlayStation 5 and PS5 Pro In view of the (from the perspective of Sony) there is negative trends that are hardly likely to please those interested.
The Sony business report at an overview
So far, Sony has sold a total of 77.8 million Playstation 5 consoles since the console came onto the market at the end of 2020; This number can be seen including the Pro version.
- In the past financial year 2024/2025, which ended at Sony on March 31, 2025, 18.5 million copies were discontinued. In the previous year comparison, this value was still 20.8 million PS5 consoles.
- The decline can also be observed quarterly. In the first quarter of 2024, Sony was able to see 4.5 million units hiking over the counter, in the first three months of 2025 there were only 2.8 million PS5 consoles.
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Puneral duties as the reason for poor forecast
Following such a annual report, Sony also follows a conversation with the investors who are brought up to date. CEO Hiroki Tokito explained here that the US criminal tariffs can have a negative impact of around 100 billion yen (around 610 million dollars) in the current financial year 2025/26.
According to Tokito, one of the possible solutions is simply to move the production to the USA in order to avoid the corresponding customs fees.
In this context, CFO Lin Tao also mentions another option: the cushioning of the 100 billion yen mentioned by collecting this loss by customers.
We want to achieve this by building strategic inventory in the United States, adapting the allocation of product deliveries worldwide, increasing prices for certain products taking into account market development and taking further measures.
The affected divisions include “I & SS” (Imaging and Sensing Solutions), “Et & S” (Entertainment, Technology and Services) and “G&NS” (Game & Network Services) – also the PlayStation consoles. Unfortunately, the process of the price increase for the PS5 would not be completely new, because Sony has already added twice here:
However, the reasons for the decline in Playstation 5 sales can only be speculated. Is the demand boom finally saturated as a result of corona apandemia and the associated supply chain problems? Or does the PlayStation 5 still don't have enough arguments on the part of the games to convince you of the purchase? Let us know in the comments!
