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PS5 Sales Reach 80 Million Worldwide In Latest Milestone
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Business is once again booming for Sony, as the company announced that lifetime sales of the PS5 console have reached 80.3 million units shipped as of June 30, 2025. This new figure comes from Sony's quarterly results for its current financial year, with the company adding that 2.5 million consoles were shipped during that three-month period, an increase of 100,000 when compared to the same period during the previous financial year.
The PlayStation Network has also grown, with Sony reporting that the subscriber number has increased to 123 million users. Compared to last year's numbers during the same quarter, this number has grown by 7 million subscribers. In the games department, PS5 and PS4 software reached a combined total of 65.9 million copies sold, an increase of 12,3 million units year-on-year.
First-party games counted for 6.9 million, a rise of 900,000 compared to last year. The future of game sales is also looking increasingly digital, as Sony says that 83% of software sales were digital downloads.
While this does pale in comparison to Sony's best-ever sales quarter, things are looking good for Sony lately. The company announced last month that it intends to invest approximately $463 million in Bandai Namco as part of a strategic partnership, giving it a 2.5% ownership stake in the massive games publisher. Meanwhile, Nintendo's new console generation is off to a flying start with 6 million Switch 2 consoles being sold globally in the seven weeks since it launched, while Microsoft remains as cagey as ever with the numbers related to its Xbox business.
In a few months, the PS5 will celebrate its fifth-anniversary, and while Sony hasn't spoken about a hardware successor yet, a few recent developments have given us a few clues on what we can expect from a potential PlayStation 6 console.
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Business is once again booming for Sony, as the company announced that lifetime sales of the PS5 console have reached 80.3 million units shipped as of June 30, 2025. This new figure comes from Sony's quarterly results for its current financial year, with the company adding that 2.5 million consoles were shipped during that three-month period, an increase of 100,000 when compared to the same period during the previous financial year.
The PlayStation Network has also grown, with Sony reporting that the subscriber number has increased to 123 million users. Compared to last year's numbers during the same quarter, this number has grown by 7 million subscribers. In the games department, PS5 and PS4 software reached a combined total of 65.9 million copies sold, an increase of 12,3 million units year-on-year.
First-party games counted for 6.9 million, a rise of 900,000 compared to last year. The future of game sales is also looking increasingly digital, as Sony says that 83% of software sales were digital downloads.
While this does pale in comparison to Sony's best-ever sales quarter, things are looking good for Sony lately. The company announced last month that it intends to invest approximately $463 million in Bandai Namco as part of a strategic partnership, giving it a 2.5% ownership stake in the massive games publisher. Meanwhile, Nintendo's new console generation is off to a flying start with 6 million Switch 2 consoles being sold globally in the seven weeks since it launched, while Microsoft remains as cagey as ever with the numbers related to its Xbox business.
In a few months, the PS5 will celebrate its fifth-anniversary, and while Sony hasn't spoken about a hardware successor yet, a few recent developments have given us a few clues on what we can expect from a potential PlayStation 6 console.
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Business is once again booming for Sony, as the company announced that lifetime sales of the PS5 console have reached 80.3 million units shipped as of June 30, 2025. This new figure comes from Sony's quarterly results for its current financial year, with the company adding that 2.5 million consoles were shipped during that three-month period, an increase of 100,000 when compared to the same period during the previous financial year.The PlayStation Network has also grown, with Sony reporting that the subscriber number has increased to 123 million users. Compared to last year's numbers during the same quarter, this number has grown by 7 million subscribers. In the games department, PS5 and PS4 software reached a combined total of 65.9 million copies sold, an increase of 12,3 million units year-on-year.First-party games counted for 6.9 million, a rise of 900,000 compared to last year. The future of game sales is also looking increasingly digital, as Sony says that 83% of software sales were digital downloads.While this does pale in comparison to Sony's best-ever sales quarter, things are looking good for Sony lately. The company announced last month that it intends to invest approximately $463 million in Bandai Namco as part of a strategic partnership, giving it a 2.5% ownership stake in the massive games publisher. Meanwhile, Nintendo's new console generation is off to a flying start with 6 million Switch 2 consoles being sold globally in the seven weeks since it launched, while Microsoft remains as cagey as ever with the numbers related to its Xbox business.In a few months, the PS5 will celebrate its fifth-anniversary, and while Sony hasn't spoken about a hardware successor yet, a few recent developments have given us a few clues on what we can expect from a potential PlayStation 6 console.
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Business is once again booming for Sony, as the company announced that lifetime sales of the PS5 console have reached 80.3 million units shipped as of June 30, 2025. This new figure comes from Sony's quarterly results for its current financial year, with the company adding that 2.5 million consoles were shipped during that three-month period, an increase of 100,000 when compared to the same period during the previous financial year.
The PlayStation Network has also grown, with Sony reporting that the subscriber number has increased to 123 million users. Compared to last year's numbers during the same quarter, this number has grown by 7 million subscribers. In the games department, PS5 and PS4 software reached a combined total of 65.9 million copies sold, an increase of 12,3 million units year-on-year.
First-party games counted for 6.9 million, a rise of 900,000 compared to last year. The future of game sales is also looking increasingly digital, as Sony says that 83% of software sales were digital downloads.
While this does pale in comparison to Sony's best-ever sales quarter, things are looking good for Sony lately. The company announced last month that it intends to invest approximately $463 million in Bandai Namco as part of a strategic partnership, giving it a 2.5% ownership stake in the massive games publisher. Meanwhile, Nintendo's new console generation is off to a flying start with 6 million Switch 2 consoles being sold globally in the seven weeks since it launched, while Microsoft remains as cagey as ever with the numbers related to its Xbox business.
In a few months, the PS5 will celebrate its fifth-anniversary, and while Sony hasn't spoken about a hardware successor yet, a few recent developments have given us a few clues on what we can expect from a potential PlayStation 6 console.
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Business is once again booming for Sony, as the company announced that lifetime sales of the PS5 console have reached 80.3 million units shipped as of June 30, 2025. This new figure comes from Sony's quarterly results for its current financial year, with the company adding that 2.5 million consoles were shipped during that three-month period, an increase of 100,000 when compared to the same period during the previous financial year.
The PlayStation Network has also grown, with Sony reporting that the subscriber number has increased to 123 million users. Compared to last year's numbers during the same quarter, this number has grown by 7 million subscribers. In the games department, PS5 and PS4 software reached a combined total of 65.9 million copies sold, an increase of 12,3 million units year-on-year.
First-party games counted for 6.9 million, a rise of 900,000 compared to last year. The future of game sales is also looking increasingly digital, as Sony says that 83% of software sales were digital downloads.
While this does pale in comparison to Sony's best-ever sales quarter, things are looking good for Sony lately. The company announced last month that it intends to invest approximately $463 million in Bandai Namco as part of a strategic partnership, giving it a 2.5% ownership stake in the massive games publisher. Meanwhile, Nintendo's new console generation is off to a flying start with 6 million Switch 2 consoles being sold globally in the seven weeks since it launched, while Microsoft remains as cagey as ever with the numbers related to its Xbox business.
In a few months, the PS5 will celebrate its fifth-anniversary, and while Sony hasn't spoken about a hardware successor yet, a few recent developments have given us a few clues on what we can expect from a potential PlayStation 6 console.
content_text: Business is once again booming for Sony, as the company announced that lifetime sales of the PS5 console have reached 80.3 million units shipped as of June 30, 2025. This new figure comes from Sony's quarterly results for its current financial year, with the company adding that 2.5 million consoles were shipped during that three-month period, an increase of 100,000 when compared to the same period during the previous financial year.The PlayStation Network has also grown, with Sony reporting that the subscriber number has increased to 123 million users. Compared to last year's numbers during the same quarter, this number has grown by 7 million subscribers. In the games department, PS5 and PS4 software reached a combined total of 65.9 million copies sold, an increase of 12,3 million units year-on-year.First-party games counted for 6.9 million, a rise of 900,000 compared to last year. The future of game sales is also looking increasingly digital, as Sony says that 83% of software sales were digital downloads.While this does pale in comparison to Sony's best-ever sales quarter, things are looking good for Sony lately. The company announced last month that it intends to invest approximately $463 million in Bandai Namco as part of a strategic partnership, giving it a 2.5% ownership stake in the massive games publisher. Meanwhile, Nintendo's new console generation is off to a flying start with 6 million Switch 2 consoles being sold globally in the seven weeks since it launched, while Microsoft remains as cagey as ever with the numbers related to its Xbox business.In a few months, the PS5 will celebrate its fifth-anniversary, and while Sony hasn't spoken about a hardware successor yet, a few recent developments have given us a few clues on what we can expect from a potential PlayStation 6 console.
pub_date: 7 August 2025, 1:27 pm
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