PS5 Sales Reach 7.1 Million Units Sold in Last 3 Months; Software Sales Total 86.5 Million Copies

PS5 Update 23.01-07.01

Sony’s recent financial report, which covers Q3 of the company’s 2022 fiscal year, revealed some interesting numbers regarding the PlayStation 5 as well as its games and services.

The total number of PS5 sales throughout Q3, which covers October to December of last year, came in at 7.1 million units sold. This is higher than the console’s total sales during Q1 and Q2 of the same year, which only reported 2.4 and 3.3 million units sold, respectively. 

There are also some interesting statistics for the PS Plus subscription and the platform’s software downloads. PS Plus users totaled 46.4 million, which is higher than last quarter by a full million users, and “full game software” sales reached 86.5 million, 20.8 of which were first-party titles. The digital download ratio of games was also the lowest it’s ever been at 62%, meaning that more people decided to purchase physical copies of games during Q3.

One other interesting statistic from the financial report was the total number of active users of the PlayStation Network. This refers to the “estimated total number of unique accounts that played games or used services on the PlayStation Network during the past month of the quarter and is based on company research.” The total amount adds up to a whopping 112 million users, the highest it’s ever been for a quarter since the PS5’s release. For reference, the second-highest count since Fiscal Year 2021 was recorded during Q3 of that year at 111 million monthly active users.

For those interested in checking out the full financial report, you can find it here.

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