Sony reported its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2024, which ended on September 30. Below are the figures for the company's gaming division.
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- The division's revenue reached 1.071 trillion yen (approximately $7.03 billion), marking a 12.3% increase from the previous year.
- Operating profit showed tremendous growth, increasing by 184% to 138.8 billion yen ($908 million).
Revenue, operating profit, and adjusted OIBDA of Sony's gaming division for Q2 in 2023 and 2024
- Games and gaming content generated 612.3 billion yen ($4.02 billion, up 27.7%), gaming services brought in 160.7 billion yen ($1.05 billion, up 20%), and consoles earned 218.2 billion yen ($1.43 billion, down 24%).
- Additionally, sales of additional content (DLC, in-game purchases) rose by 35%, now constituting 49% of total revenue.
- The decline in hardware sales was offset by factors such as increased sales of third-party games, currency exchange rate impact, and higher subscription revenues (primarily from PS Plus).
- This quarter, Sony sold 3.8 million PlayStation 5 consoles, 1.1 million fewer than a year ago (a 22% decrease). In total, 65.5 million PlayStation 5 consoles have been sold.
- Game sales totaled 77.7 million copies, a 14.6% increase over the previous year, with digital sales making up 70% of the total.
- Sony's internal studios sold 5.3 million copies of their games.
- As of September 30, 2024, the monthly active users (MAU) on PlayStation Network numbered 116 million, an increase of 9 million from the previous year's 107 million.
- Astro Bot sold 1.5 million copies worldwide in less than two months (as of November 3).
- Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut sold 13 million copies on consoles and PC since its release (as of November 8).