It shouldn’t come as a surprise or anything, people spent a lot of money n video games dring the past few months of COVID-19 pandemic. In its latest financial earnings, Sony reported that 91 million PS4 games were sold during the three-month period leading up to June 30th. That is about an 83% increase in 49.8 million sales it reported for the same quarter last year
First-party exclusives sold exclusively well ( about 18.5 million copies) to be precise. This is a huge increase in the 11.7 million first-party titles sold during the same quarter last year. Many PS4 owners were stuck at home because of the pandemic, so it’s not a surprise to hear that 74% of games were bought digitally last quarter.
In addition, PS Plus, a subscription service that is required to paly PS4 games online now stands at 44.9 million members up from 41.5 million at the end of last quarter. While the software is thriving, hardware continues to decrease. The company sold 1.9 million PS4 consoles during the pandemic period which has increased from the previous quarter of 1.4 million.
“Although factors such as constraints due to employees working from home and restrictions on international travel remain, necessary measures are being taken and preparations are underway with the launch of the console scheduled for the 2020 holiday season,” Sony said to its investors in its earnings report today. Yet, gaming was a bright spot for Sony this quarter.
The decision grazes in sales of 606 billion yen ($5.7 billion) during the quarter, up from 457 billion ($4.3 billion) during the same time the previous year. Almost every other part of Sony’s business, from TVs, cameras, smartphones, and movies saw a year-over-year turndown.
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