Sony has released its financial results from the quarter ending 31st December, and it's showing some impressive numbers once again. PlayStation 4 hardware sales were actually down year-on-year, from 9.7 million to 9 million, but the total number of units is now at 76.5 million. The console enjoyed its best ever calendar year, moving over 20 million units worldwide.
Overall sales increased from ¥617 billion (~$5.6 billion) to ¥718 billion (~$6.5 billion), and profit amounted to ¥85 billion (~$773 million), with one of the main contributors being software.
The PS4 continues to be a monster, in other words. The PlayStation 3's lifetime sales equate to approximately 83 million, so its successor is now well on its way to eclipse that.
This news comes just as Sony announces a change in management, with current CEO Kaz Hirai stepping down at the beginning of the next financial year.
[source usgamer.net]
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More than anything i'm happy for Operation income from Sony group by 2.7$ billion for Q3...
and yes, i'm sad for Leaving Kaz Hirai...
This is why PS5 soon is a mistake, imo
@AFCC ps5 aint coming until 2021 playa.word up son
Whilst Q3 was down, the rest of the year was up, which lead to a record high of units sold.
I was expecting Sony to raise their March 31st 2018 estimates, as they're going to clear the predicted 79million units shipped pretty easily.
I guess it'll make them look better when they beat their targets.
@Sensechat it's sad that it bothers that much
Just having a look at the full financials and Sony is seriously healthy again. Kaz Hirai did a ridiculously good job.
@get2sammyb With luck and / or wisdom, his successor will continue his tactics and approach. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
PS4 has been, and still is, an amazing success story. Simple, powerful, (mostly) reliable, with great games and modernising social features which, importantly, aren't intrusive to those who don't want them. It's the perfect balance, and I'm not surprised that, as a result, it's sold like hot cakes.
I just wish I went straight for the Pro rather than the Slim when I bought one over Xmas to add to these numbers. I don't have a 4K TV, but more games seem to be going for a 60fps option on the Pro like SotC. I really struggle with 30fps on games with fast moving cameras. The backgrounds go into double vision/ghosting as the frame rate can't keep up. Seems to bother me more than it ever used to. I look forward to when 60fps is the standard, not the exception!
they have had a few thousands of me over the years but kept me going thought the dark times so money well spent thanks sony
PS4 is now officially the best selling game system of the generation. 2DS and 3DS are at 72 million currently, so PS4 will go far ahead of them too. It's almost like a repeat of the PS2 and GBA generation.
@dark_knightmare2 Funny thing is those gifs came from Playstation first then Nintendo Fans Copied it.
@Hapuc really can you provide a link or proof I looked around for a PS1 or PS2 gif can’t find it
@playstation1995 hope so! Word up
just a question but does anyone know what the current Switch and XBOX ONE sales are, it would be nice to know how they all stand in relation to each other right now
@Derpie1 Link for a Gif?
Dunno man I saw ton of those gifs for Psp hell while back I could See PS3 type of gifs and Ps4 before I Saw Anything relating to Nintendo.
@Hapuc hmm... I’m gonna guess from the hype of the fact it was Sony’s first & only portable family that actually.... did well
Cus Vita didn’t although it did outsell the Wii U if ya wanna say something there...
@Derpie1 Haahhaah my dude It's gifs it doesn't matter who did it first It's memes after all.
@FullbringIchigo switch is just shy of 15m up to Dec 31st, xbox haven't released figures for ages so estimates are all we have and those put it around 35m.
@Hapuc Umm, no it didn't. http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/it-prints-money?full=1
@EVIL-C Then It didn't keewl
@toffeecrit well let's round up those XB1 numbers to 40m for the sake of playing it safe that would mean that the numbers are
PS4:76.5 Million
XB1:40 Million (estimated)
Switch:15 Million
that's quite a big difference in numbers but they are all doing pretty well especially the Switch, 15m in a year isn't bad but if these numbers also include PS4 Pro and XB1X sales then i can't see MS catching Sony this gen, still 40m is a great number too
The Hardware drives the Software and the Software drives the Hardware! PS4 has had a magic combination of the two. Each PlayStation console had it's time in Sun and had shown very bright during that time.
Are people really that concerned about a gif?
"Consoles are dead"... hmmm... may want to rethink that.
@Sensechat it's funny how fanboys have nothing better to do on Nintendo sites so they bring toxicity to their competitor's sites. I guess there's nothing new to play in Jan 2018 in Switch? How about Feb or March ;D hey on PS4/Xbox we have huge games like Monster Hunter World, PUBG, fortnite, Dragon Ball Z, etc. Why not join us and just play the games? There's even a huge community of The Division, Fifa, COD, battlefront, destiny, world of tank which you can participate in. Mario and Zelda are good but Co op with the world is even better! Stay happy dude.
@bbq_boy but switch is switching with it switching switches.
amazing & well deserved for a great system!! I remember going back & forth with people on Eurogamer around 2012 trying to tell me Sony would go under in 3 to 4 years lol how stupid must they feel now. SONY is a giant not some fly by night place.
@Hapuc sigh...
@bbq_boy how bout Nintendo joins PlayStation & goes 3rd Party
@Derpie1 Vita is a great system. Im glad it only has an small following and a relatively small library. Thats not a failure from my point of view.
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@Derpie1 Dude lmao I don't know what you are trying to say put some effort to explain a little not just jump in a convo.
It's great it's doing well, it deserves to, but I can't see it going on to double (or thereabouts) those numbers to match the PS1 and PS2.
I feel slightly bad that I haven't contributed to that because both my original PS4 and my Pro were bought second hand with a hefty discount from trade-ins.
@hadlee73 Kaz hasn't been running the gaming side of things since about 2012, it's been Shuhei Yoshida since around that time. Kaz was the CEO of Sony in general, movies, TVs, music, etc.
@Quintumply
Yes.
PS4 is about 11-12 million units away from outselling the PS3. It should happen prior to the 2018 holiday quarter.
@Derpie1 I'm not sure tbh. Competition is good as it keeps everyone on their toes and creativity is unleashed!
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