Recently, Sony released its second quarter financial report for 2022. The financial report shows that as of this quarter, Sony Play Station 5's global sales exceeded 25 million units. From July to September this year, shipments were 3.3 million units, and the total sales in 2022 are expected to be 18 million units, and its sales volume is 56% higher than 11.5 million units in 2021.
However, in terms of membership services, PlayStation PLUS users decreased by 1.9 million year-on-year, and the total revenue of the network service department was 117 billion yen, an increase of 17 billion yen from last year's 100 billion yen. The total revenue of
Play Station 5 reached 727 billion yen, which was due to the increase in the price in August 2022, but the year-on-year profit of fell by 49%, because Sony spent $3.6 billion to acquire Bungie Game Studios, and the cost of game development increased, resulting in a decline in profits.
According to reports, in the second quarter of fiscal year 2022, Sony Group recorded a total of 2.751.9 billion yen in sales revenue, a 16% increase from the same period last year; operating profit was 344 billion yen and net profit was 264 billion yen. Excluding one-time factors such as equity transactions and asset write-down expenditures (this fiscal year and the previous fiscal year), operating profit increased by 21% year-on-year, and net profit increased by 16%.
Sony's sales in the second quarter were 2.75 trillion yen, a year-on-year increase of 16%; operating profit was 344 billion yen, a year-on-year increase of 8%. Sales of entertainment, technology and service businesses, including consumer electronics products such as TVs, digital cameras and smartphones, were 677 billion yen.
