Sony reported on the second financial quarter of 2023 and shared some new figures.
Over 46.6 million PlayStation 5 units have been sold worldwide. 4.9 million of them were sold from July to September of this year.
The company predicts that the sales momentum will only accelerate with the release of the Slim version of the PS5 and PlayStation Portal. The maximum target is to sell 25 million PlayStation 5 units in this fiscal year. Currently, the PS5 is performing 25% better than the year when the PS4 sold 20 million consoles.
During the second financial quarter of 2023 (July-September), 67.6 million games for PS4 and PS5 were sold. This is 7.5% more than in the same period in 2022.
4.7 million copies sold were games from Sony's studios, which accounts for 7% of the total.
Sales of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 exceeded 5 million copies. The game achieved this milestone in just 11 days. Only God of War: Ragnarok reached this mark faster (5 days). God of War (2018) took 31 days to reach it, and Ghost of Tsushima took 118 days.
MAU on PlayStation platforms reached 107 million in September, which is 5 million more than in September of the previous year. On the other hand, this is 1 million MAU less than in the peak month of the first financial quarter of 2023. But such comparisons should consider seasonality.
Sony noted that it has halved its plan to release game services. By March 2026, there should be 6 of them, not 12 as previously planned. The company has decided to focus on quality rather than quantity.