PS5 shipped 4.5 million units in 2020, which is in line with the launch of PS4

Sony announced that the PlayStation 5 shipped 4.5 million units in 2020, which is in line with the launch of the PlayStation 4 in 2013. Unveiled during Sony’s Q3 FY2020 results, Sony’s gaming and network services segment saw an increase of 40% seen on an annual basis. part due to the launch of the PS5 on November 12, 2020.

Sony also confirmed that there was ‘a loss due to strategic price points for PS5 hardware lower than the manufacturing cost.’ It also noted that it is still on track to reach its target of 7.6 million PS5 sales by the end of March 2021.

The PS4, which shipped 1.4 million units in the same time frame, saw ‘higher profit margins’ in hardware costs. In the same quarter last year, PS4 shipped 6.0 million units.

Sales of PS5 and PS4 games reached 103.7 million, compared to 83.3 million in the same quarter in 2019. First-party titles accounted for 18.4 million of total game sales. On an annual basis, total game sales and first party game sales increased by 83.3 million and 16.3 million, respectively.

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While digital game sales declined from 59% to 53% of total game sales, they were higher than the 50% in the same quarter in 2019.

It was also announced that Mavel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales had sold approximately 4.1 million units by the end of December 2020.

According to PlayStation Plus, the number of subscribers reached 47.4 million, and there were 114 million monthly active users on the PlayStation Network during the quarter. Furthermore, 87% of PS5 users are subscribers to PlayStation Plus.

For more information on PlayStation, check out your PlayStation Wrap Up to see your 2020 game stats, PlayStation Studios standings, and best PS5 games.

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