PlayStation 5 sold 4.9 million units in the last quarter, reaches 46.6 million lifetime units sold, Spider-man 2 at 5 millions on October 30th

[Gods&Monsters]

Nice results for Q2! 4.9 millions is bigger than the PS4 did. Spider-man 2 is also beating Mario Wonder in less days. @sugarbetik is at Type 2 diabetes

PS5 shipments top 46.6 million

PlayStation 5 has shipped 46.6 million units worldwide, Sony announced in its financial results for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023.

www.gematsu.com

They changed how SIE reports their stuff:

This slide isn't SIE specific, it's for the whole Sony:

• There are 107 million monthly active users on PlayStation Network as of September 30, 2023, which is up five million from the 103 million active users during the same period the previous fiscal year.
• PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 software combined sold 67.6 million units during the three months ended September 30, 2023, which is up 5.1 million from the 62.5 million software sold during the same period the previous fiscal year. 4.7 million units were first-party titles, which is down 1.9 million from the 6.6 million units sold during the same period the previous fiscal year. 67 percent of software sales were full game software digital downloads, which is up four percent from the same period the previous fiscal year.
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has sold five million units as of October 30, 2023.

I feel bad copy/pasting this from ChaosSlayer at Era but this is too many numbers for me

FY2023 Q2 Results:
Game & Network Services (PlayStation) Revenue: ¥954,1B/6.607$B (+32.38% YoY ¥720.7B/$5.21B)
Game & Network Services (PlayStation) Operating Profit: ¥48.9B/0.339$B (+16.16 YoY ¥42.1B/$0.305B)

This is SIE's biggest Second Quarter BY FAR in Revenue, competing with Q3s, the most lucrative Quarter.
Hardware:

- Sony shipped 4.9m PS5s in Q2 FY23:

• Significant YoY growth: 48.48% YoY Vs 3.3m units in Q2 FY22.
• Significant QoQ growth: 48.48% QoQ Vs 3.3m units in Q1 FY23

https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/presen/er/pdf/23q2_supplement.pdf

https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/presen/er/pdf/23q2_sonypre.pdf

 

[Kokoloko]

So 5 million in 10 days for Spiderman 2. Pretty impressive

 

[Danja]

4.9 is pretty good. I was expecting a little over 5 million but good job Jimbo.

And as I expected about Spiderman 2 initially they definitely saw it wasn't gonna beat the Ragnarok record after the weekend and got out the day one sales.

Either way I hope it will have good legs like the first game.

 

[JAHGamer]

People swore it wouldn’t outsell Mario

I’m very surprised it couldn’t beat Ragnarok though, but I guess the slight bump from PS4 helped it a bit

God of War is the

 

[Gods&Monsters]

4.9 is pretty good. I was expecting a little over 5 million but good job Jimbo.

And as I expected about Spiderman 2 initially they definitely saw it wasn't gonna beat the Ragnarok record after the weekend and got out the day one sales.

Either way I hope it will have good legs like the first game.

The legs of Spider-Man 2 will be better than Ragnarok and with the slim bundle it will surpassed it by next year I'm sure.

Spider-man 2 came out in a very busy period. A few people that changed their mind about getting it day 1 made all the difference.

5.1 millions vs 5 millions is nothing really.

 

[Yobo]

Not sure why people are convinced Spiderman 2 will outsell God of War Ragnarok

Spiderman series is at 33 million. Last recorded individually was 13.3 million for Spiderman and 6.5 million for Miles Morales

At best Spiderman got to 26 million if Miles never sold another copy, but more likely closer to 23. God of War by itself sold 23 million

They are basically the same ballpark except Ragnarok released on PS4 too

 

[JAHGamer]

 

[sugarbetik]

Spiderman 2 - 5 million units in 11 days
GOW Ragnarok - 5.1 million units in 5 days
TLOU part 2 - 4 million units in 3 days

Fastest selling exclusive of all time
Zelda TOTK - 10 million units in 3 days
Pokémon Scarlet/Violet - 10 million units in 3 days
Animal Crossing NH - 11 million units in 11 days
Pokémon Legend Arceus - 6.5 million units in 3 days
Pokémon BDSP - 6 million units in 3 days
Pokémon Sword/Shield - 6 million units in 3 days
Smash Ultimate - 5 million units in 3 days

 

[JAHGamer]

Not sure why people are convinced Spiderman 2 will outsell God of War Ragnarok

Spiderman series is at 33 million. Last recorded individually was 13.3 million for Spiderman and 6.5 million for Miles Morales

At best Spiderman got to 26 million if Miles never sold another copy, but more likely closer to 23. God of War by itself sold 23 million

They are basically the same ballpark except Ragnarok released on PS4 too

I thought it would outsell Ragnarok only because Spider-Man has more global and casual appeal. Especially coming right after the spiderverse movie.

 

[Puff]

Super Mario Wonder - 4.3M | 2 Weeks
Spider-Man 2 - 5M | 11 Days

 

[nongkris]

Spiderman 2 - 5 million units in 11 days
GOW Ragnarok - 5.1 million units in 5 days
TLOU part 2 - 4 million units in 3 days

Just looking at these numbers I wish Uncharted had GOW's success. Such a fun franchise that I wish we saw more of. Also Sony forecasting a portion of first party titles being delayed just made me that much less excited about the barren 2024 outlook.

 

[Box]

Spiderman 2 - 5 million units in 11 days
GOW Ragnarok - 5.1 million units in 5 days
TLOU part 2 - 4 million units in 3 days

Fastest selling exclusive of all time
Zelda TOTK - 10 million units in 3 days
Pokémon Scarlet/Violet - 10 million units in 4 days
Animal Crossing NH - 11 million units in 11 days
Pokémon Legend Arceus - 6.5 million units in 3 days
Pokémon BDSP - 6 million units in 3 days
Pokémon Sword/Shield - 6 million units in 3 days
Smash Ultimate - 5 million units in 3 days

Crazy numbers for Zelda, before the Switch it was a pretty niche franchise and now look at it

 

[Remember_Spinal]

Spider-man 2 did well especially for being ps5 only

 

[Danja]

Not sure why people are convinced Spiderman 2 will outsell God of War Ragnarok

Spiderman series is at 33 million. Last recorded individually was 13.3 million for Spiderman and 6.5 million for Miles Morales

At best Spiderman got to 26 million if Miles never sold another copy, but more likely closer to 23. God of War by itself sold 23 million

They are basically the same ballpark except Ragnarok released on PS4 too

I'm sure Miles sold 13 million last update we got? And Spiderman was at 20 million.

I expect Spiderman 2018 will probably be close to 23 million by now and will eventually outsell GoW 2018.

I expect Spiderman 2 will become an evergreen too over time.

 

[Petekilla]

Crazy numbers for Zelda, before the Switch it was a pretty niche franchise and now look at it

Same thing with GOW. Before GOW 2018, it was a franchise that sold about 3-5M.

 

[anonpuffs]

eh, was expecting spiderman 2 to hit 6 mil, but 5 ain't bad. Let's see if Sony manages to hit the 25m sold this FY, holidays are going to be big.

 

[Danja]

Just looking at these numbers I wish Uncharted had GOW's success. Such a fun franchise that I wish we saw more of. Also Sony forecasting a portion of first party titles being delayed just made me that much less excited about the barren 2024 outlook.

Problem is they cut down Uncharted right at its peak... This would have never happened under Amy's watch but unfortunately Neil wanted to move on. Even The Lost Legacy sold over 9 million.

 

[Gods&Monsters]

Crazy numbers for Zelda, before the Switch it was a pretty niche franchise and now look at it

Sugarbetik/Nautilus is just coping with his irrelevant numbers. Zelda and Pokemon were on a 100+ millions install base compared with Spider-Man 2 on only 46 millions.

Even GOW had the the full 100+ millions on PS4 to help sale those extra copies. The difference is very small.

 

[Petekilla]

Takashi always spreading fake news about PS and Nintendo.

 

[JAHGamer]

Just looking at these numbers I wish Uncharted had GOW's success. Such a fun franchise that I wish we saw more of. Also Sony forecasting a portion of first party titles being delayed just made me that much less excited about the barren 2024 outlook.

Uncharted 4 sold over 15m…that’s no slouch.