In the fourth fiscal quarter of 2021, Sony Corporation sold approximately 14.5 million first-party games for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, up from 11.3 million unit sales in the preceding period. The company's strong performance with full game software unit sales in 2021 is related to the PS5 console launch in November 2020 and the holiday quarter at the end of 2021. Some of the most popular PlayStation-exclusive titles include Ghost of Tsushima (released in July 2020), Marvel's Spider-Man, The Last of Us series, and God of War.
Unit sales of Sony PlayStation first party gaming software worldwide from fiscal 1st quarter 2019 to 4th quarter 2021
(in millions)
Sony FY ends March 31; PS4 and PS5 full game software
Supplementary notes
*Start of including PS5 software unit sales. Software unit sales include PS4™and PS5™ software, and have been re-classified from previously disclosed figures to include download-only titles, PS VR titles as well as software bundled with PS4™, PS5™ and PS VR (excluding certain regions).
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Sony. (May 10, 2022). Unit sales of Sony PlayStation first party gaming software worldwide from fiscal 1st quarter 2019 to 4th quarter 2021 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 05, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1202221/global-playstation-first-party-game-unit-sales-quarter/
Sony. "Unit sales of Sony PlayStation first party gaming software worldwide from fiscal 1st quarter 2019 to 4th quarter 2021 (in millions)." Chart. May 10, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 05, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1202221/global-playstation-first-party-game-unit-sales-quarter/
Sony. (2022). Unit sales of Sony PlayStation first party gaming software worldwide from fiscal 1st quarter 2019 to 4th quarter 2021 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 05, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1202221/global-playstation-first-party-game-unit-sales-quarter/
Sony. "Unit Sales of Sony Playstation First Party Gaming Software Worldwide from Fiscal 1st Quarter 2019 to 4th Quarter 2021 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1202221/global-playstation-first-party-game-unit-sales-quarter/
Sony, Unit sales of Sony PlayStation first party gaming software worldwide from fiscal 1st quarter 2019 to 4th quarter 2021 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1202221/global-playstation-first-party-game-unit-sales-quarter/ (last visited July 05, 2022)
