Sony has sold 77.8 million PS5s to date, but expects a downturn due to tariffs

Sony has sold 77.8 cardinal PlayStation 5s since the console archetypal went connected merchantability successful 2020 aft shipping 2.8 cardinal units successful its latest quarter, the institution announced. That fig lines up remarkably good with PlayStation 4 income which deed 79.1 cardinal units successful astir the aforesaid magnitude of time. However, Sony's afloat twelvemonth fiscal 2024 PS5 income of 18.5 cardinal were down compared to the 20.8 cardinal it sold successful 2023.

Game income much than made up for that though, rising 9 percent and helping propulsion the division's operating income up 43 percent twelvemonth implicit year. That was mostly owed to third-party sales, arsenic first-party income really fell a bit. Sony has lone released 1 first-party crippled truthful acold this twelvemonth with cardinal titles similar Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and Ghost of Yōtei inactive to come.

Sony doesn't expect this maturation to continue, though. The institution is predicting a ¥100 cardinal ($700 million) deed to income adjacent twelvemonth owed to tariffs, fixed that astir of its income hap successful the US — and the institution had already forecast level gross for 2025. Another cardinal stroke was the hold of Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto VI motorboat that was conscionable pushed backmost to May 2026.

During its net call, Sony said that it was considering "passing on" tariff hikes to consumers, though it didn't notation the PS5 oregon US specifically. The institution has already raised the price of the console successful different territories including Europe, but US increases are highly rare. Sony CEO HIroki Totoki besides brought up the anticipation of gathering the PlayStation 5 successful the US, saying it's thing that "has to beryllium considered going forward."

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