Sony’s PlayStation 5 has just enjoyed its most successful quarter to date, moving an impressive 9.5 million units between October and December 2024. This surge in sales pushes total PS5 sales to a substantial 75 million, boosting Sony’s gaming division by a remarkable 37% compared to the same period last year.
While Sony has combined PS5 Pro sales figures with the standard PS5, making it impossible to isolate the Pro’s performance, the company emphasized that overall PS5 sales are on track to meet their projected 18 million sales target by the end of March 2025. Interestingly, the PS5 is now only 1.5 million units behind its predecessor, the PS4, which had sold 76.5 million units at the same stage of its lifecycle.
Monthly active users on the PlayStation Network have also reached a new high of 129 million, a 5% increase year-over-year. Overall sales of games and consoles saw a 16% rise, with 42% of PS5 purchases made by new PlayStation Network users. Astro Bot, Sony’s key release for the quarter, sold a respectable 1.5 million copies.
Notably, Sony remained silent regarding last week’s extensive PlayStation Network outage, which left the service offline for nearly a full day. The company later compensated PlayStation Plus subscribers with five extra days of service.
