Worldwide total shipments for PlayStation 4 have reached 67.5 million, Sony announced its financial results for second quarter ended September 30, 2017. A total of 4.2 million PlayStation 4s were shipped during the second quarter, which is up 0.3 million from the same period last year. 

Sony also increased its forecast from 18 million to 19 million units shipped in the fiscal year 2017, which began on April 1 and ends on March 31, 2018. This would see a total of 79 million PlayStation 4s shipped by March 2018.

Sales increased 35.4% year-on-year (a 25% increase on a constant currency basis) to 433.2 billion yen. This significant increase was primarily due to an increase in PlayStation®4 (“PS4”) software sales including sales through the network, the impact of foreign exchange rates, as well as an increase in PS4 hardware sales. 

Operating income increased 35.8 billion yen year-on-year to 54.8 billion yen. This significant increase was primarily due to the above-mentioned increase in sales, partially offset by an increase in selling, general and administrative expenses. During the current quarter, there was a 3.1 billion yen positive impact from foreign exchange rate fluctuations. 

Operating income includes a favorable adjustment of 5.1 billion yen that resulted from the recognition of internal royalties in the current quarter, rather than in the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018. This adjustment resulted from a discrepancy in the timing of when internal royalties were recognized at the relevant subsidiaries within the segment.

67.5 Million PS4 Shipped by September 30th