PS5 exceeded 59 million units sold on March 31, 2024
After a long wait since their last event at the beginning of the year and after all kinds of rumors that have talked about both its content and the format it would take, it has finally been Sony event confirmed for the month of Maywhich will be a State of Play of which we already know the date, time and duration, among many other details that, in short, will bring us all kinds of news related to PS5.
However, long before this announcement, at the beginning of this month of May, various PS5 data was released in relation to the company financial reports and the updates on the company's new CEOs, although perhaps the data of greatest interest on an economic and commercial level was that PS5 had already sold more than 59 million copies, a figure that now becomes more important because it has been revealed that PS5 is being Sony's most profitable console.
PS5 has obtained almost the same benefits in four years as PS4 in seven
Under this premise, a recent presentation of the Playstation division's business model has revealed that PS5 is Sony's most profitable console compared to the previous ones of the brand, registering Sales worth $106 billion in its first four yearswhich basically equates to the $107 billion that PS4 earned over the entire generation (lasting 7 years).
In addition, profit per console has increasedsince it has been revealed that users spend a measure of 731 dollars in each PS5 between content, services and peripherals, which is also higher than the figure that PS4 obtained at the time, which was $580. In fact, they give specific data, since it would look like this:
- DLC and microtransactions: Increased profits by 176%
- Services: Increase by 57%.
- Peripherals: Increase by 34%
As opposed, the sale of complete games has fallen by 12%, which is reflected in video game companies like Square Enix that have already commented that releasing exclusive titles is not bringing them the expected benefits. We will have to see what the future holds for PS5, since, with these projections, it seems clear that will exceed 100 million units in sales unless it suffers an unprecedented commercial disaster.
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