Sony publishes its latest financial report, corresponding to the last quarter of 2020. PS Plus reaches 47.4 million members, the best all-time record.
Sony Corporation has released to its investors the financial report for the last quarter of 2020 (Q3 / FY2020). The Japanese company confirms that it has already shipped more than 4.5 million units of PS5 until December 31, 2020, the first official sales data of the new generation since its premiere last December. They expect to distribute another 3 million more before March 31, 2021. PS4 distributed that same amount in its first quarter, back in late 2013.
PlayStation Network reaches 114 million players
For its part, PS4 reaches 115.1 million units sold worldwide and is established as the second best-selling platform in Sony’s history, only behind the 155 million machines distributed by PS2; according to data from the company itself.
In total, Sony shipped 5.9 million consoles last quarter (October 1 to December 31). The number of active users on PlayStation Network stands at 114 million players.
Regarding software, Sony has sold a total of 18.4 million first party videogames in that period; adding both the physical and digital copies of the PS4 and the PlayStation 5 (103.7 million games in total). The percentage of titles sold in digital format amounts to 53%, compared to 50% in the last previous report (63% in digital in the calculation of 2020). All in all, this is great news for Sony in its Game & Network Services department, which is experiencing a 40% growth in turnover. We are talking about more than $ 8.43 billion this quarter. Operating profit is $ 767 million; a 50% improvement over 2019.
PS Plus reaches 47.4 million subscribers; 1.5M more during the last quarter
Sony’s flagship subscription service PS Plus is having a sweet time, standing at 47.4 million members; a growth of 1.5 million compared to the last known figure, 45.9 million members, who reported last November 2020. The launch of PS5 has served to promote this loyalty plan, which now has PS5 games on a regular basis and not just from PS4, as in the past.
PS Plus in February 2021.
Sony’s launch plan for exclusive games includes games like Returnal this April, Deathloop in May and others like Gran Turismo 7, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Horizon Forbidden West and God of War Ragnarok (tentative name) sometime in 2021.
PS5, sold out worldwide; stock problems until the second half of 2021
PS5 and PS5 Digital Edition are already available worldwide, but their stock is very limited. Component maker AMD, which participates in Sony’s console, estimates that there will be supply problems until the second half of 2021, which will hinder the distribution of the console at the desired rate: there is more demand than supply.
From FreeGameTips we have prepared this article where we update the status of PS5 reservations in the main chain stores in Spain. Also, in this other article we explain how to reserve the console through different tools and channels in charge of monitoring when there is stock.
Source | Sony Corporation (2)
