The PlayStation 5 sold 2.5 million units during the first quarter of the current fiscal year to eclipse 80 million lifetime sales. The console has now sold precisely 80.3 million units since launching in November 2020.
As noted in Sony’s fiscal report for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, PlayStation 5 hardware sales totaled 2.5 million units during Q1—a slight increase on the 2.4 million sales posted this time last year.
It means the console could soon overtake the PlayStation 3, which had amassed 87.4 million lifetime sales as of March 31, 2017.
The current-generation console, however, remains some way behind its direct predecessor—the PlayStation 4 sold over 117 million units worldwide as of June 30, 2022.
The PlayStation 2 remains Sony’s best-selling console ever with more than 160 million lifetime sales.
Sony says “strong engagement trends” are driving its video game business
Digging into the performance of Sony’s Game & Network Services (G&NS) segment, which houses its video game operations, sales increased by 8 percent year-over-year during Q1 to 936.5 billion yen ($6.3 billion).
That upswing was attributed to an increase in sales from network services and rising sales of third-party software, including DLC and expansions.
Operating income rose by 127 percent year-on-year to 148 billion yen ($1 billion). Once again, Sony said rising network service and third-party game sales were responsible for that increase.
“User engagement continued its strong momentum, with Monthly Active Users in June and total gameplay hours across PlayStation during Q1 FY25 both increasing 6 percent year-on-year,” wrote the company.
The PlayStation Network boasted 123 million monthly active users in Q1—a notable increase on the 116 million monthly active users posted this time last year.
Full game software sales totaled 65.9 million units during the quarter, which included 6.9 million sales of first-party titles. That’s an upswing on the 53.6 million software sales delivered in the first quarter of the previous fiscal year.
Sony has upwardly revised its G&NS operating income forecast by 4 percent based on “strong engagement trends.” It now expects operating income to total 500 billion yen ($3.4 billion) by the end of the fiscal year in March 2026.
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