Whereas PS5 shipments missed Sony’s forecasted 21 million for fiscal yr 2024, Sony had some constructive information in its financials concerning PSN customers and software program gross sales. It revealed that the PlayStation Community reached 118 million month-to-month lively customers as of March thirty first, 2024, up a whopping 10 million from the identical interval of final fiscal yr.
The success was attributed to the “rising penetration of the PS5,” alongside the success of Helldivers 2 (which bought 12 million items as of Might fifth) and third-party free-to-play titles. Whole software program gross sales for the PS4 and PS5 mixed reached 72.6 million for the fiscal quarter – a rise of 4.6 million from final yr’s 68 million.
Of that whole, 12.3 million gross sales had been from first-party titles (with a rise of two.8 million yr over yr). Full recreation software program digital downloads accounted for 77 % of all gross sales, a rise of seven % from the earlier fiscal yr’s quarter. How it will shake out within the present fiscal yr, particularly with Sony not releasing any “main franchise titles” till April 1st, 2025 stays to be seen. Keep tuned for updates.
