Author: Sam Byford
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge
Sony shipped 4.5 million PlayStation 5 units worldwide in 2020, as revealed by information published alongside the company’s latest earnings report. The number highlights Sony’s current ability to mass-produce the console, which has been extremely difficult to buy since its launch in November.
Demand for the PlayStation 4 dropped dramatically year-on-year, with 1.4 million units shipped in the October-December quarter — a 77 percent decrease from the previous year. Sony actually managed to sell fewer PS4s in the holiday quarter than it did from July to September.
PS5 is being sold at a loss
Sony’s gaming business overall performed much better than a year ago, with 40 percent higher revenue partly driven by PS5 sales. Operating profit was...
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Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge
Sony shipped 4.5 million PlayStation 5 units worldwide in 2020, as revealed by information published alongside the company’s latest earnings report. The number highlights Sony’s current ability to mass-produce the console, which has been extremely difficult to buy since its launch in November.
Demand for the PlayStation 4 dropped dramatically year-on-year, with 1.4 million units shipped in the October-December quarter — a 77 percent decrease from the previous year. Sony actually managed to sell fewer PS4s in the holiday quarter than it did from July to September.
PS5 is being sold at a loss
Sony’s gaming business overall performed much better than a year ago, with 40 percent higher revenue partly driven by PS5 sales. Operating profit was...
Continue reading…
Continue reading...