PlayStation 4 Ships 63.3 Million Units by June 30th, 2022

Sony Corporation has announced the financial results for the first quarter of the current fiscal year, namely the period from April 1 to June 30, 2017. As you can see from the pictures you will find at the stop of the news, the visitor'due south revenue and profits are both firmly positive and show a substantial increase in the annual prospect.

The printing release, which accompanied the publication of this information, provided some very interesting details, coming in specifically with regard to the performance of the unabridged visitor during the beginning three months of the fiscal year. The company also wanted to update the information on PlayStation 4 shipments.

In that sense, the company says it has distributed three.3 million PlayStation 4 consoles in the last quarter, by June thirty, meaning that 63.three million units have been distributed around the world since the Nov 2013 launch. During the reported period, sales grew 5.4% to 348.1 billion yen, just growth was largely due to the success of the PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR and software sales for the 2 platforms.

The turn down in earnings happened due to the price cutting on hardware and the negative impact of the commutation rate between yen and dollar.

Sony also provided a detailed analysis of the results of the Game & Network Services segment, which includes PlayStation and the PlayStation Network. The gains in this industry are well-developed thanks to sales of PS4 software, including digital versions, and thanks to the support provided by the PlayStation VR, which has benefited from recent discounts on the panel cost. Equally for the revenue, they marked a abrupt drop due to the lack of the launch of important first political party titles during this period.

For the current financial twelvemonth, the company plans to distribute 18 1000000 units of PlayStation four and PlayStation 4 Pro, with the goal of reaching 78 one thousand thousand consoles distributed on March 31, 2018.