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08/04/2021 9:32 am
Although a couple of days ago Jim Ryan, CEO of SIE, shared a series of favorable data on the sales of software and hardware related to the PS5, more information was recently released in this regard, this thanks to Sony’s quarterly report. Here it is mentioned that game sales like Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Y MLB The 21 they exceeded the company’s expectations.
Among the data indicated, there is talk about a decrease in sales compared to what was seen in the same quarter of 2020. A year ago the launch of The Last of Us Part II, which generated more than four million units sold in its first three days. Compared, in 2021 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart generated 1.1 million sales, while Returnal got 560 thousand. It is important to mention that Naughty Dog’s work reached a console with more than 100 million units sold, while the PS5 only has just over 10 million users.
Similarly, the number of first party games distributed also decreased. In total, 10.5 million units were generated in the quarter. By comparison, during the same period in 2020 we saw 18.4 million. An interesting fact is that 71% of software sales were digital, compared to 74% the previous year. On the other hand, 63.6 million games were sold between the PS4 and PS5 in the most recent quarter, down from 91.4 million last year.
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Via: GamesIndustry.biz