While State of Play stole much of the spotlight last week, even with some big announcements at Tokyo Game Show, Sony Interactive Entertainment’s keynote for the latter revealed interesting new details. For instance, CEO Hideaki Nishino revealed that the PS5 had been the “most successful generation to date” for the company, generating $136 billion for the Game and Network Services division.
By comparison, the PS4 generation, which lasted for a longer period (2013-2019), achieved $107 billion. Of course, it’s worth noting that these account for each era’s respective USD-to-yen exchange rate and encompass sales for all consoles. The latter is especially important considering the PS4 continued to receive new titles, including many cross-gen first-party titles, even after the PS5’s release.
Nevertheless, the graph indicates positive net growth for the division, and the console continues to hit impressive shipment milestones (80.5 million as of June 30th). However, there have been price hikes due to tariffs, with the base PS5 and PS5 Pro costing $50 more. The PS5 Slim has also allegedly seen some downgrades with new models sporting 825 GB SSDs, down from 1 TB, to avoid further hikes.
