Sony PlayStation quarterly game unit sales digital share 2022

In the third fiscal quarter of 2023, approximately 62 percent of Sony Corporation's PlayStation gaming sales were generated via digital downloads. Digital downloads of full PlayStation games spiked in early 2020 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, which led to users spending more time at home and foregoing traditional retail channels while also playing more games in order to stay entertained.

Digital download ratio of Sony PlayStation gaming software unit sales worldwide from fiscal 1st quarter 2019 to 3rd quarter 2022

Characteristic	Share of digital downloads
FY22 Q3	62%
FY22 Q2	63%
FY22 Q1	79%
FY21 Q4	71%
FY21 Q3	62%
FY21 Q2	62%
FY21 Q1	71%
FY20 Q4	79%
FY20 Q3*	53%
FY20 Q2	59%
FY20 Q1	74%
FY19 Q4	68%
FY19 Q3	50%
FY19 Q2	45%
FY19 Q1	60%

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Release date

February 2023

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

Q1 FY19 to Q3 FY22

Special properties

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). Full game software digital download ratio is calculated by dividing PS4™and PS5™ full game software units sold via digital transactions by total full game software units.

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