32 million consoles sold worldwide, record increase in the third quarter – Multiplayer.it

Sony released its financial results covering the end of its fiscal third quarter, indicating a strong increase in its sales PS5 Also thanks to the greater availability of consoles on the market, bringing sales From PS5 to 32.1 million In the world.

As for the single quarter, PS5 sales were 7.1 million, with significant growth compared to 3.9 million in the same quarter of the previous fiscal year. PS5 Q3 record a record increasewhich led to a downturn in the economy of the entire Sony Group, which overall saw a 13% increase in turnover compared to the third quarter of the previous year, an 8% decrease in operating income and -6% in net income.

Meanwhile, the PlayStation division showed a very positive trend with a turnover of +53.3% compared to the same period in the previous year, which was $8.7 billion, with operating profit at $0.8 billion, up 24%.

Perhaps the biggest driving factor isincrease productionwhich made the PS5 available in stores and therefore already purchasable, in addition to the negative volatility of the yen which made the numbers go up even more.

In terms of hardware, the third quarter saw sales increase by 82% with 7.1 million PS5s sold compared to 3.9 million units in the third quarter of 2021 (fiscal year), bringing total sales for the new fiscal year to 12.8 million PS5s, leaving the sales target for the fiscal year unchanged at 18 million units (through the fourth quarter ending March 2022). ).

Total sales are now 32.1 million PS5s worldwide, which is comparable to the 37.7 million PS4s sold in the same period but is in a more positive position in terms of production and sales, all in an era. Putting a large number of consoles on the market now also accompanies the relaunch of Sony’s marketing campaign.