It’s been just over a year since Sony released the updated PS5 Slim and PS5 Pro consoles. Given Sony’s pessimistic outlook, how will it fare in May? Pretty good if you look at the company’s latest information. Sony sold more PlayStation 5s last quarter than a year ago (3.9 million vs. 3.8 million), bringing total PS5 sales since launch to 84.2 million. Sony also expects better-than-expected sales from its gaming division (G&NS).
Last May, Sony predicted a 100 billion yen ($700 million) drop in revenue in fiscal 2025 due to tariffs, with sales to the United States the biggest. Another blow was Rockstar’s postponement Grand Theft Auto VI The launch was initially pushed back to May 2026 and was recently pushed back again to November 19, 2026.
However, Sony now expects to sell more hardware than expected and generate 4.47 trillion yen ($29 billion) in gaming revenue for the full year ending March 31, 2026, up 150 billion yen ($973 million) from its previous forecast. This number would be slightly less than the total sales of ¥4.67 trillion ($30.3 billion) in 2024, but would still be impressive for a nearly five-year-old console that has seen numerous price increases. .
In terms of game sales, it was great Spirit of Yoteiwhich sold 3.3 million copies as of November 2, 2025, just one month after its release. The company has sold 6.3 million first-party games on PS5 and PS4 (one million more than last year) and a total of 80.3 million games.
As for PlayStation Network, monthly active users reached 119 million, an increase of 3 million compared to the same period last year. Sony doesn’t advertise to PS Plus Premium subscribers, but that service just introduced a new feature that lets you stream games you own to PlayStation Portal via the cloud.