Sony Reveals New PS5 Sales Figures, Says A Mix Of Single-Player And Live-Service Games Are Coming

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Sony Reveals New PS5 Sales Figures, Says A Mix Of Single-Player And Live-Service Games Are Coming

Sony just revealed new sales numbers for PS5, and set expectations on what kinds of games will be coming in the future for the console.

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, the company said it shipped 3.8 million PS5 consoles during the second quarter of the fiscal year from July 2024 to September 2024. That was 29% drop from the same time ******* last year. The new lifetime total units shipped is now 65.5 million, making the amount just shy of the 67.5 million PS4 units shipped when it was in the same ******* of its lifespan.

On the bright side, Game & Network Services division brought in about $7 billion, a 12% year-over-year increase. Sony attributed this to third-party games on the PS5 platform, including “an action RPG title from China,” which is most likely referring to ****** Myth: Wukong. The game sold 18 million copies within the first two weeks of release.

Sony’s Network services revenue increased 18% year-over-year during the same time ******* last year. According to Sony, this was a result of subscribers joining higher tiers of PlayStation Plus and increased subscription prices.

Sony also commented on its upcoming portfolio of releases, saying that it will continue to have a mix of both single-player and multiplayer games. It acknowledged that while Helldivers 2 was a huge success, the cancellation of The Last of Us multiplayer game and removal of Concord provided lessons on how to move forward with its live-service plans.

Sony previously stated that it would not have any more major first-party releases until April 2025. However, the single-player follow-up to Ghost of Tsushima, Ghost of Yotei, is slated for next year, and Haven Studio’s live-service game, Fairgames, is still in development.

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