PS5 is Sony's most profitable console gen ever after just 3 years, beating PS4 by over $36 billion in sales
It's already generated over $10 billion in profit
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The PS5 isSony’s most profitable PlayStation console generation ever.
Sony just held itsBusiness Segment Meeting for 2024, in which the company presented the slide below (viaAutomaton Media). The slide reveals that between when the PS5 launched in late 2020 and now, it’s generated $106 billion in sales, and a total operating profit of $10 billion, making it the most successful PlayStation console ever.
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Nonetheless,the PS5 was still a faster-selling console than the PS4, even with the global pandemic raging in the background and scalpers increasing prices. Last we heard in April 2023, thePS5 had sold 38.5 million units around the world, which is still a far cry from Sony’s original goal of 100 million lifetime sales units for the console.
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