In the fiscal year of 2023, Sony Corporation sold approximately 39.7 million PlayStation-exclusive first party games for the PS4 and PS5, accounting for a significant amount of the overall 286.4 million full game software unit sales. About 70 percent of PlayStation game unit sales were via digital channels.
Full game and first party gaming software unit sales for Sony PlayStation worldwide from fiscal year 2018 to 2023
(in millions)
Software unit sales include PlayStation®4and PlayStation®5 software, and have been re-classified from previously disclosed figures at Q1 FY20 earnings announcement to include download-only titles, PlayStation®VR titles as well as software bundled with PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®VR (excluding certain regions). The figures have been re-classified from previously disclosed figures at Q4 FY20 earnings announcement to include software bundled with PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®VR in all regions.
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Sony. (May 14, 2024). Full game and first party gaming software unit sales for Sony PlayStation worldwide from fiscal year 2018 to 2023 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1202227/global-playstation-game-unit-sales-annual/
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Sony. (2024). Full game and first party gaming software unit sales for Sony PlayStation worldwide from fiscal year 2018 to 2023 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1202227/global-playstation-game-unit-sales-annual/
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Full game and first party gaming software unit sales for Sony PlayStation worldwide from fiscal year 2018 to 2023 (in millions) [Graph], Sony, May 14, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1202227/global-playstation-game-unit-sales-annual/
