Sony PS5 global shipments reach 59.3 million units, expected to post annual decline for first time this fiscal year

According to news from this site on May 14, Sony today announced its fourth quarter financial report for fiscal year 2023. As of March 31, 2024, PS5 global shipments have reached 59.3 million units.

In the three months ended March 31, 2024, PS5 shipments were 4.5 million, a year-on-year decrease of 1.8 million. PS5 shipments for the full fiscal year reached 20.8 million, a year-on-year decrease of 1.8 million. An increase of 1.7 million. This site notes that Sony expects PS5 sales in this fiscal year (ending March 31, 2025) to be approximately 18 million units, marking the first annual decline.

As of March 31, 2024, the number of PSN monthly active users reached 118 million, an increase of 10 million from the 108 million active users in the same period of the previous fiscal year.

In the last fiscal quarter, the total sales of PS5 and PS4 game software were 72.6 million, an increase of 4.6 million from the 68 million software sales in the same period of the previous fiscal year. First-party game sales were 12.3 million, an increase of 2.8 million from 9.5 million in the same period last fiscal year, and 77% of software sales were from digital downloads, an increase of 7% from the same period last fiscal year.

Sony says Squadron 2 has now become the fastest-selling PlayStation game of all time, with sales "well exceeding expectations", with sales on PC within 12 weeks of launch and 12 million copies sold on PS5.

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