The newest member of the PlayStation family of consoles earns another achievement, as PS5 sales reach over 13 million units worldwide according to the Sony Q2 FY21 report!

According to the report and as of September 30, 2021, the PS5 has sold 13.4 million units in total across the globe. That means the company has earned $5.68B in revenue as well as $0.751B in profit between the months of July and September this year in part thanks to PS5 sales.

The increase in number of PS5 sales reflects PlayStation’s strongest Q2 earnings. Sony has recorded 3.3 million PS5 unit sales, which is an increase of about 1 million from the Q1 figures.

Once again, a recap of highlights from ResetEra “PlayStatistician” ArmGunar:

Highlights :

• Q2 FY21: Over $5.86B Revenue and $0.751B Profit between July-Sept 2021

  • Biggest Q2 Revenue ever for PlayStation (and for any platform holder)
    • Top 3 biggest Q2 Revenue ever:
      1. Sony Q2 FY21
      2. Sony Q2 FY18
      3. Sony Q2 FY20
  • 2nd biggest Revenue ever for PlayStation (and for any platform holder) during a non-Holiday quarter (non-Q3)
    • Top 6 biggest non-Q3 Revenue ever:
      1. Sony Q4 FY20 (Jan-Mar 2021)
      2. Sony Q2 FY21 (July-Sept 2021)
      3. Sony Q1 FY21 (April-June 2021)
      4. Sony Q1 FY20 (April-June 2020 – FF7R/TLOU Part II)
      5. Sony Q2 FY18 (July-Sept 2018 – Spider-Man)
      6. Sony Q2 FY20 (July-Sept 2020 – Ghost of Tsushima)
  • 6th biggest Revenue ever for any platform holder during any quarter
    • Top 7 biggest Quarterly Revenue ever :
      1. Sony Q3 FY20 (Oct-Dec 2020)
      2. Sony Q3 FY18 (Oct-Dec 2018)
      3. Sony Q3 FY17 (Oct-Dec 2017)
      4. Nintendo Q3 FY08 (Oct-Dec 2008)
      5. Sony Q4 FY20 (Jan-Mar 2021)
      6. Sony Q2 FY21 (July-Sept 2021)
      7. Sony Q1 FY21 (April-June 2021)
  • 3rd best Operating Profit ever for PlayStation during Q2
  • 7th best Operating Profit ever for PlayStation during any quarter

• Hardware:

  • PS5 : 3.3m units / LTD: 13.4m
  • PS4 : 0.2m units / LTD: 116.6m

• Software:

  • PS4/PS5 : 76.4m games sold
    • including 7.6m Sony-published games (vs 12.8m – Q2 FY20)
      • accounting for 9.9% of total games sold this Q2 FY21 (vs 15.6% – Q2 FY20)
  • Software digital ratio : 62%

• PlayStation Store had its biggest Q2 Revenue ever with more than $2.86B (+6.0% YoY)

  • including Digital Software & Add-on content

• PlayStation Software & Services saw their biggest Q2 Revenue ever with more than $4.03B (+3.8% YoY)

  • including Physical / Digital Software & Add-on content / Services

• 104m MAU (monthly active users)

  • 104m active users each spent about $36.27 on average on PSN during Q2 FY21 (+5.9% YoY)
    • It includes Digital Software, Add-on and Services revenues

• Updated FY2021 Forecast:

  • No change : $27.10B Revenue & $3.04B Profit… it would be:

    • Biggest Revenue for PlayStation (and for any platform holder) in video game history

    • 2nd best Operating Profit ever for PlayStation

       

What do you think? Are the PS5 sales figures going to continue their upward trend in the future? Let us know in the comments below!