PS5 shipments surpass 10.1 million, while PS4 shipments surpass 116.4 million.

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 08/05/2021 09:12 AM | source: | 11 comment(s)

Sony announced in its financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2021 that the PlayStation 5 had shipped 10.1 million units worldwide and the PlayStation 4 had shipped 116.4 million.

Shipped during the three-month period ending June 30, 2021 were a total of 2.3 million PlayStation 5 units and 500,000 PlayStation 4 units. Shipping of PlayStation 4 consoles decreased by 1.4 million units from the previous fiscal year's total of 1.9 million units shipped. Here are a couple of additional facts and figures to think about. As of June 30, 2021, there are 46.3 million PlayStation Plus subscribers, an increase of 1.3 million from the previous fiscal year's figure of 45 million subscribers during the same period.

It was announced today that the combined software sales of PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 were 63.6 million units in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020, which is a decrease of 27.8 million from the previous fiscal year's total of 91.4 million units. In total, 10.5 million units were sold by first-party titles, which represents a decrease of 8.2 million units from the previous fiscal year's 18.7 million units sold in the same period. Full game software digital downloads accounted for 71 percent of software sales, down from 74 percent the year before.

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tunejunky
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#5935418 Posted on: 08/05/2021 07:35 PM

i know quite a few folks with PS5's bought at msrp.
but then i'm in silicon valley.

this is very gratifying for Sony and yet illustrates a potential problem/opportunity with less than 10% of new sales going to PS5
on the one hand that is incredible for a specific consumer electronics item with sales matching the early days of DVD players, but those were split between many brands to reach that volume in year 1.

on the other hand it shows the PS4 as a perfectly viable, indeed increasingly profitable model. given that PS4 and PS5 are sold at a loss at release, this is pure gold with the manufacturers cost (PS4) now below $100.
every other consumer electronics company wishes it had the foresight of Sony.

but consoles are for the most part like razors, it's the razor blades that make the money.

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#5936208 Posted on: 08/09/2021 09:51 AM

The huge problem of those scalpers are that likely half of the PS5's sold are not even in charge by actual consumers, thus PS5 games as well as PSN services on the PS5 platform are suffering from bad sales.

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#5936209 Posted on: 08/09/2021 09:57 AM

Where are them PS5?
All Game stores here in Spain are out if stock and reservation only, but without a date. Just a waiting list with no time frame. Other etailers are in the same boat.

TalentX
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#5936212 Posted on: 08/09/2021 10:07 AM

Where are them PS5?
All Game stores here in Spain are out if stock and reservation only, but without a date. Just a waiting list with no time frame. Other etailers are in the same boat.
I can't say for sure but shipping retail games are also impacted by the lockdown many countries engaged. Even gaming consoles these days encourage consumers to use the digital stores instead of buying retail games. That's probably why it's out of stock, because they ship only a very little amount of retail games due to various reasons.

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#5936216 Posted on: 08/09/2021 10:35 AM

now do same for xbox and im getting one

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