Sony’s latest financial gave us some juicy details regarding the sales trajectory of the PS5 as it takes another toward the 100m milestone.
According to Sony, the PS5 has now sold 18.5 million units this fiscal year. 2.8m of these were from the last financial quarter. That brings the total units sold to 77.7m units worldwide.
Compared to the last generation machine, that’s 1.4 million units less than the PS4 sold in the same timeframe, so in other words, the sales trajectory is pretty close.
It’s worth remembering that the PS5 is also a more expensive console than the PS4 overall, meaning that the overall dollar amount of sales for the PS5 is higher.
Whether or not the PS5 can equal or beat the PS4s total sales is the big question. Sony’s last-gen machine is the 5th best-selling console of all time at 117m units overall. The PS5 is sitting in the 12th spot and needs to sell another 10m to overtake the PS3 which is the 8th best-selling machine. Given its current pace, the PS5 should have accomplished this by three-quarters of the way through the next financial year.
However, there is a big roadblock that can affect sales. Just last month, Sony increased the MSRP of the PS5 in the UK, Australia, NZ and Europe. The new data provided in today’s financial call won’t really reflect that just yet.
And on top of that, Sony also admitted in this financial call that it is considering raising prices again to combat a predicted $680m hit due to tarriffs imposed by the US.