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Sony Group Corporation has released its financial results for the third quarter of the 2022 financial year, this is for the three-month period ending on the 31st of December 2022. Below you can find a breakdown of both Sony’s overall performance and Sony Interactive Entertainment’s performance.

Highlights:

• 7.1 million PlayStation 5 consoles were shipped over the three-month period, total PS5 shipments have now surpassed 32.1 million. The PS5 is tracking behind the PS4 due to stock shortages, the PS4 had shipped 37.7 million units in the same timeframe.
• 86.5 million games were sold across the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, 20.8 million of which were published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.
• The digital ratio for the three-month period was 62%.
• PlayStation Plus subscriptions are over 46.4 million, this is a 2.2% increase from the previous quarter.
• Monthly active users on PS4 and PS5 are over 112 million, this is up 10 million from the previous quarter.
• Revenue for the quarter was ¥1246.5 Billion / $8.797 Billion, this is a record high for PlayStation and is by far the highest any platform holder has ever recorded in a single quarter.
• Sony have increased their expectations for the PlayStation 5, it is now expected to ship 19 million this fiscal year.

Sony Financial Performance:

• Revenue: ¥3,412.9.9 B / $126.5 B (up 13% year-over-year)
• Operating Profit: ¥428.7 B / $3.33 B (down 8% year-over-year)
• Net Profit: ¥326.8 B / $2.54 B (down 6% year-over-year)

PlayStation Financial Performance:

• Revenue: ¥1.246 B / $8.797 B (up 53.3% year-over-year)
• Operating Profit: ¥116.2 B / $0.820 B (up 25.4% year-over-year)
• PlayStation 5 Consoles Shipped: 7.1 million
• PlayStation 5 Life To Date: 32.1 million
• Software Sold: 86.5 million
• Digital Ratio: 62%
• PlayStation Plus Subscribers: 46.4 million
• Monthly Active Users: 112 million