Sony released its financial results for the three months ended on September 30, 2024, revealing that PlayStation 5 sales have topped 65.6 million units. In addition, Astro Bot reached 1.5 million copies sold on PlayStation 5 as of November 3.
According to sales numbers from the financial results, 3.8 million PlayStation 5 units were shipped during the latest quarter. This is down 1.1 million unites from the same period during the previous fiscal year.
116 million active users were on PlayStation Network as of September 30, which is up nine million from the same period exactly one year ago. Combined PS4 and PS5 software sales reached 77.7 million units during the quarter, resulting in a 10.1 million increase year over year.
5.3 million of the software sales were first-party games, which is up 0.6 million from the same period last fiscal year. Moreover, 70% of the software sales were full game digital downloads, resulting in a 3% year-over-year increase.
Astro Bot sales will likely be updated in the next quarterly financial results release early next year. Additionally, sales numbers for the PS5 Pro were not disclosed, considering the console just released this week on November 7.
This past summer, Sony confirmed that the PlayStation 5 has passed 61.8 million units sold. The statistic was taken as of June 30, 2024, with a total of 2.4 million PlayStation 5 units were shipped during the period of March to June. This is down 0.9 million from the same period during the last fiscal year.
