Sony has just presented its financial data for the last quarter of the year , and that means that we already know the figures harvested by its consoles and services, which is always interesting to see how this is going, which for some is a “war” between the different companies . Beyond any fuel in the fire, we are going to update the sales figures for PS5 and PS4 , which are not doing badly for the PlayStation family.
They are not entirely happy at Sony with PS5 , not because of the pace of sales, which is not all bad. In total, with the new report, the new generation console reaches 19.3 million consoles sold , adding a total of 2 million in the last three months. A figure that is not negligible but that, with a total balance, is far from what the Japanese firm had planned for its fiscal year. In this period they have sold 11.5 million, while they anticipated 14.8.
Probably, this is reflected due to the production problems that are being experienced due to the world situation and the scarcity of the famous semiconductors . There are waiting lists to get PS5 in almost any establishment, so when everything normalizes, it seems that it will grow considerably. Sony’s intentions are to produce more hardware than has been done in recent months in the new fiscal year.
As for PS4 , the Sony console continues its path to be at the top of the best-selling in history, although its rhythm is obviously different from that of previous years. In any case, they have cultivated the spectacular figure of 117.2 million consoles sold. A very high park of consoles that somehow justifies the intergenerational projects that are still present in the firm.
In total, fiscal sales for PlayStation have grown by 3% compared to the previous year. Somehow, the better numbers garnered by hardware in recent months, despite production problems, have alleviated the decline in software sales, which has mainly affected the sale of third-party games , with titles such as COD Vanguard , that have not been at the level expected by many.
PlayStation plans for this new fiscal year is that sales increase considerably. They estimate the figure to be 34% higher. In this they take into account both the greater production of PS5, the apparent arrival of some important exclusive games such as God of War Ragnarok or a higher performance of its third-party games. Also keep in mind that recent acquisitions, such as Bungie, will also try to push data.
Between both consoles, 70.5 million games have been sold in the last quarter, more than 9 million compared to last year. Of these, a total of 14.5 million belong to games produced by PlayStation itself, 6.6 million more than last year. As additional data and that you can take as you wish, 71% of sales have been made in digital format.
Worst data on PS Plus
The released data also details the status of PS Plus subscriptions , which are down slightly from previous data. As of March 31, there are 47.4 million registered users, compared to 47.6 in the same period in 2021.
It will be interesting to see how the PS Plus service evolves this year, as we remind you that a new version will go live in June , with different types of membership and more options for players. We will see if the base is maintained or grows exponentially and how it is distributed among each of the different subscriptions within the program.