Sony recently published its earnings report for the previous quarter, revealing that it sold more PS5s than it did all of last year and that the system has passed 84.2 million lifetime sales.
To add some context, Sony revealed in May that it expected to take a ¥100 billion (or C$900 billion) hit to its revenue in 2025 due to tariffs imposed by the United States. Another major hit was the subsequent delay of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto VI, which was pushed back to May 2026 and was just recently bumped to November of that year.
Now, Sony expects to sell more than its projection for this year, and make roughly ¥4.47 trillion (roughly C$40.67 billion) in revenue from Gaming in its full year ending on March 31, 2026. This figure would be up ¥150 billion (C$1.7 billion) from its last forecast.
Interestingly, we covered the console’s 80 millionth sale back in August, and we mentioned that the PS4 had reached 86.1 million by the time it hit the five-year mark. While it looks like it will miss the mark by roughly 2 million, it’s still impressive that Sony has back-to-back consoles that have sold nearly 86 million units by the time the systems turn five.
In terms of software, one of the bright spots was the highly anticipated Ghost of Yōtei, which sold 3.3 million units as of November 2. It was also revealed that Sony has sold 6.3 million first-party games across both the PS5 and PS4, and a total of 80.3 million.
Another small note: Sony’s PlayStation Network hit 119 million monthly active users, up 3 million from last year.
