Sony Has Sold Over 25 Million PS5s, , but Lost Nearly 2 Million PlayStation Plus Subscribers.
Sony Has Sold Over 25 Million PS5s, , but Lost Nearly 2 Million PlayStation Plus Subscribers.
According to Sony's recent earnings report,
the company sold 3.3 million units this quarter.
That brings its total amount of consoles
sold to 25 million since launch.
That brings its total amount of consoles
sold to 25 million since launch.
But Sony's PS5 sales this quarter are significantly short of what's necessary to hit the company's
18 million target for the 2022 fiscal year.
A PS5 price increase helped bump
up revenue 12% over last year.
But profit was down 49% since
Sony recently acquired Bungie.
Meanwhile, IGN reports that PlayStation Plus subscribers have plunged by nearly two million
since the service was revamped in June.
Still, Sony says that the ratio of subscribers is substantially higher on PS5 than PS4.
Still, Sony says that the ratio of subscribers is substantially higher on PS5 than PS4.
Sony says it is "putting even more effort into accelerating the penetration of PS5 hardware to recover this user engagement going forward.".
IGN reports that PlayStation Network active users have also dropped by one million