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PS5 stock may level off over the next fiscal year (or so Sony predicts).
It is something tremendously common that from time to time we know the financial data of the different companies that make up the video game industry. It is also quite common that in these presentations we can even learn about new projects, as happened with Take-Two and its curious way of announcing the development of a new title in the Grand Theft Auto franchise. Then Now it’s Sony’s turn. to fill our heads with numbers with their results from the fiscal year that just ended.
The semiconductor crisis affects everyone
It is natural that due to this semiconductor crisis it is difficult to get a new generation console, although more than natural I would say that it is something expected, but what is natural is that due to this decrease the company’s income is also affected, as well as its diminished forecasts. Specifically, during fiscal year 2021 Sony shipped a total of 11.5 million PlayStation 5s to retail partners, which is a drop compared to its initial forecasts. This translates to 19.3 million consoles have been sold to datewhich contrasts with the 117 million units that the PlayStation 4 has soldalthough of course this console did not have to deal with a resource crisis and is also much older.
Usually Sony had a 3% sales increasebeing thanks to the fact that the sale of hardware increased, mainly due to the greater number of PS5 on sale during this fiscal year (mainly because the launch of this console took place in the previous fiscal year), but the sale of software (especially of third parties) has decreased.
Already speaking about the forecasts for the next fiscal year (that is, the one that is going to start now), Sony talks about a 34% increase in salessomething they attribute mainly to the improvement in hardware shipments, so it seems that this company anticipates that the stock of PlayStation 5 may begin to stabilize during the next fiscal year. Likewise, this company also expects the sale of third-party titles to increase compared to the fiscal year that has just ended. Lastly, it is also expected that earnings decline during the next tax yearsomething they attribute to the extra expenses derived from purchases (such as Bungie’s) and the increase in the cost of developments.
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