Sony sold 4.5 million PS5 consoles, only 1 million phones during the holiday season
Sony has published its financial results for the October-December 2020 period, which is Q3 in the Japanese company s fiscal year. The holiday period saw the launch of the new console Playstation 5, which saw 4.5 million sales despite severe stock shortages. Meanwhile, Sony has sold only 1 million smartphones - a 23% decrease yearly.
Fiscal Q3 2019
Fiscal Q3 2020
Change
206%
The Mobile Communications division reported a slight decrease in total sales, just over 2% in the red, while the Game & Network Services saw a 40% increase in sales and overall better performance in all sub-divisions.
Technically, Sony sold fewer PlayStation consoles in its Q3 than last year - 1.4 million PS4 consoles on top of the 4.5 million new ones. However, with prices starting from $399/€399 for the Digital Edition and $100/€100 more to have a physical disk slot, it is no wonder the Digital Software, and Hardware t
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Sony has shared its Q3 2020 fiscal year financial results.
Sony confirms that 4.5 million PS5 consoles have been sold so far and the company is working to meet demand.
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Sony shared its Q3 2020 fiscal year financial results, with a massive quarter for the PlayStation brand in its Game & Network Services segment. We ve known for a while that the PS5 was selling well, with Sony previously confirming that the PS5 launch was Sony s biggest console launch ever. Now, Sony has confirmed that 4.5 million PS5 consoles were sold through December 31, 2020.
Overall sales during the quarter increased 40% year-over-year to 883.2 billion yen, or about $8.4 billion. With the challenges of meeting consumer demand, Sony noted that We continue to do everything in our power to ship as many units as possible to customers who are waiting for a PS5. Restocks of the PS5 at various retailers remain sporadic for now.