All good for the PS5

PlayStation 5. © iStock.

The shortage of PlayStation5 game consoles seems a thing of the past. Sony's latest earnings release reveals that the console just had its best-ever quarter, with 7.1 million units shipped in the last three months of 2022. This is almost double the 3.9 million PS5 units sold in the same quarter of the previous year. Sony has now shipped a total of 32.1 million consoles since its launch in November 2020. Given the shortages in supply chains, this is an impressive achievement, but it could have been even better under other circumstances. Sony managed to ship just under 38 million PS4s over the same period. Isabelle Tomatis, VP of Brand, Hardware and Peripherals at Sony Interactive Entertainment, confirms that the shortage is easing: “If you’re looking to purchase a PS5 console, you should now have a much easier time finding one at retailers globally.” Sony also mentioned a recovery in the number of users of the PlayStation Plus service in Q4. Customer levels had dropped following some confusion caused by a change in the price structure and features of the service in June 2022.

⇨ The Verge, Jon Porter, “Sony’s PS5 just had its biggest quarter of sales since release.”