PlayStation 4 shipments now tally over 67 million

[Shawn Knight]

Sony on Tuesday reported favorable fiscal second quarter earnings, due in part to solid sales of its PlayStation 4 console.

Sony said sales in its Game and Network Services division increased 35.4 percent year-over-year to 433.2 billion yen, or around $3.8 billion. As for the PS4 specifically, the company reportedly shipped 4.2 million consoles to retailers during the three-month period ending September 30. That’s up from 3.3 million units in the previous quarter and brings the PS4’s lifetime shipment total up to 67.5 million.

An increase in PS4 software sales and the impact of foreign exchange rates additionally contributed to the division’s performance.

Sony also increased its estimated fiscal year PS4 shipments from 18 million to 19 million units and increased its dividend from 10 yen to 12.50 yen. Clearly, the company is expecting decent sales this holiday season.

Overall sales for Sony checked in at 2.06 trillion yen, or $18.2 billion, versus the 1.86 trillion yen that analysts were expecting. Operating profit, meanwhile, was 204 billion yen.

Share value in Sony is up nearly 12.5 percent as of writing.

Operating income for the year ending March 31 is now expected to be 630 billion yen. If that comes to fruition, I’d be the highest profit for the company since 1998 (the glory days of the original PlayStation) when it brought in 526 billion yen.

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[Skidmarksdeluxe]

Reporting shipments is one thing, those numbers can easily be falsified or exaggerated. How many physical units are actually in the hands of consumers is of far greater importance, and interest.

 

[Puiu]

Reporting shipments is one thing, those numbers can easily be falsified or exaggerated. How many physical units are actually in the hands of consumers is of far greater importance, and interest.

It's not like millions of these things just sit around in stores and nobody is buying them. And you can't "easily" falsify such things.

 

[Skidmarksdeluxe]

It's not like millions of these things just sit around in stores and nobody is buying them. And you can't "easily" falsify such things.

Alright. You keep convincing yourself of that if it makes you feel better.

 

[Puiu]

Alright. You keep convincing yourself of that if it makes you feel better.

It does make me feel better and it's clearly affecting you a lot since you seem to dislike Sony for some reason.

 

[Skidmarksdeluxe]

It does make me feel better and it's clearly affecting you a lot since you seem to dislike Sony for some reason.

You're just confused. I don't dislike Sony any less than any other tech company in existence. In fact I own a few of it's products and am not unhappy with any of them. Apple is the tech company that I can't tolerate at any cost.

 

[Puiu]

You're just confused. I don't dislike Sony any less than any other tech company in existence. In fact I own a few of it's products and am not unhappy with any of them. Apple is the tech company that I can't tolerate at any cost.

Then I'm even more confused than you think with your comments on this topic. (PS; I also dislike apple because of their business practises )

 

[Skidmarksdeluxe]

Then I'm even more confused than you think with your comments on this topic. (PS; I also dislike apple because of their business practises )

I'd like to know how many units have been sold, not shipped. There's a yawning chasm between the two. Granted, they've sold millions but shipping figures include stock still lying in warehouses, returned and replaced units as well. Naturally that inflates figure by a fair margin.

 

[Puiu]

I'd like to know how many units have been sold, not shipped. There's a yawning chasm between the two. Granted, they've sold millions but shipping figures include stock still lying in warehouses, returned and replaced units as well. Naturally that inflates figure by a fair margin.

We already know for sure that they sold (not shipped) the vast majority of that number. At most we are talking about a diff of a few mill.