Revenue over $8 billion and 4.5 million PS5S sold — the main thing from Sony's quarterly report

Sony has shared the results of the third fiscal quarter (ended December 31). During the reporting period, the revenue of the company’s gaming division exceeded $8 billion, and PlayStation 5 sales amounted to 4.5 million copies.Key data

The revenue of Sony’s gaming division amounted to $8.4 billion (an increase of 40% year-on-year).

• A significant part of the revenue came from games — $4.6 billion.
• The company earned $2.4 billion on the sale of additional content alone.Operating profit amounted to $760 million (an increase of 50% in annual terms).
• PlayStation 5, which was released in November, sold 4.5 million copies by the end of the year.
• Despite the fact that in the third quarter, demand for PS4 fell by 77% year-on-year, the company managed to sell 1.4 million consoles.
• The total number of copies of games sold for PS4 and PS5 for the third quarter amounted to 103.7 million, of which 18.4 million came from projects of internal studios.
• The number of subscribers of the PS Plus service has increased to 47.4 million, and the number of active PSN users has increased to 114 million.
• Sony also clarified that it sells the PlayStation 5 at a loss.

Its retail price is less than the cost of its production. By March 2021, the company hopes to sell 7.6 million new-generation consoles.

According to Sony’s adjusted forecast, the revenue of the gaming division for the entire fiscal year should be about $ 25 billion, and operating profit — $ 3.2 billion.