Drive China May 10, 2022 news
According to Sony's fiscal year 2021-2022 financial report, total sales were 9,921.5 billion yen, up 10% year-on-year. Operating profit increased by 26% year-on-year to JPY 1,202.3 billion. In the gaming business, sales for the fiscal year reached 2,739.8 billion yen and operating profit reached 346.1 billion yen, a slight increase from the previous fiscal year.
Sony said that in addition to the financial business, the five major businesses of electronics, film and television, music, games and semiconductors have achieved double growth in sales and profits.
According to the data, as of March 31, 2022, PS5 global shipments reached 19.3 million units, and PS4 shipments reached 117.2 million units. In the fourth quarter, PS5 shipments reached 2 million units and PS4 shipments reached 100,000 units. PS+ has 47.4 million subscriptions and 106 million monthly active users.
Meanwhile, in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021, PS5 and PS4 software sold a combined 70.5 million copies, up 9.1 million copies from 61.4 million software sales in the same period of the previous fiscal year. First-party games sold 14.5 million copies, up 6.6 million copies from 7.9 million copies in the same period last fiscal year. Among them, the digital version of the game accounts for 71% of the total software sales.
It is worth mentioning that the Sony Bank of China PS5 has been officially on sale since May 15, 2021 at 3099 yuan. As of today, it has been on sale for nearly a year, but if you want to buy a Bank of China PS5 at the original price, you still have to rely on grabbing.