Sony Q2 FY2021 (July-Sept) Results - PS5: 3.3m (LTD: 13.4m), PS4: 0.2m (LTD: 116.6m) / Best Q2 Revenue in video game history / Hardware Rev +287% YoY

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the-pi-guy

ArmGunar's great OP


Some highlights from the OP:

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Q2 FY21: Over $5.86B Revenue and $0.751B Profit between July-Sept 2021
Biggest Q2 Revenue ever for PlayStation (and for any platform holder)
Top 3 biggest Q2 Revenue ever:
Sony Q2 FY21
Sony Q2 FY18
Sony Q2 FY20
2nd biggest Revenue ever for PlayStation (and for any platform holder) during a non-Holiday quarter (non-Q3)
Top 6 biggest non-Q3 Revenue ever:
Sony Q4 FY20 (Jan-Mar 2021)
Sony Q2 FY21 (July-Sept 2021)
Sony Q1 FY21 (April-June 2021)
Sony Q1 FY20 (April-June 2020 - FF7R/TLOU Part II)
Sony Q2 FY18 (July-Sept 2018 - Spider-Man)
Sony Q2 FY20 (July-Sept 2020 - Ghost of Tsushima)
6th biggest Revenue ever for any platform holder during any quarter
Top 7 biggest Quarterly Revenue ever :
Sony Q3 FY20 (Oct-Dec 2020)
Sony Q3 FY18 (Oct-Dec 2018)
Sony Q3 FY17 (Oct-Dec 2017)
Nintendo Q3 FY08 (Oct-Dec 2008)
Sony Q4 FY20 (Jan-Mar 2021)
Sony Q2 FY21 (July-Sept 2021)
Sony Q1 FY21 (April-June 2021)
3rd best Operating Profit ever for PlayStation during Q2
7th best Operating Profit ever for PlayStation during any quarter

Hardware:
PS5 : 3.3m units / LTD: 13.4m
PS4 : 0.2m units / LTD: 116.6m


Software:
PS4/PS5 : 76.4m games sold
including 7.6m Sony-published games (vs 12.8m - Q2 FY20)
accounting for 9.9% of total games sold this Q2 FY21 (vs 15.6% - Q2 FY20)
Software digital ratio : 62%
PlayStation Store had its biggest Q2 Revenue ever with more than $2.86B (+6.0% YoY)
including Digital Software & Add-on content
PlayStation Software & Services saw their biggest Q2 Revenue ever with more than $4.03B (+3.8% YoY)
including Physical / Digital Software & Add-on content / Services
104m MAU (monthly active users)
104m active users each spent about $36.27 on average on PSN during Q2 FY21 (+5.9% YoY)
It includes Digital Software, Add-on and Services revenues

Updated FY2021 Forecast:
No change : $27.10B Revenue & $3.04B Profit... it would be:
Biggest Revenue for PlayStation (and for any platform holder) in video game history
2nd best Operating Profit ever for PlayStation



the-pi-guy

Due to the acquisitions and hirings, Sony's development force has grown by 20% in the past 6 months.

BananaKing

Due to the acquisitions and hirings, Sony's development force has grown by 20% in the past 6 months.
Thats crazy growth. They need to he careful because sometimes expanding so much can affect profitability. And then you get a CEO who comes in and cuts 5000 jobs to "trim the fat"

Dr. Pezus

Good results! Does anyone know how the ps5 number lines up with expectations?

kitler53

clearly game prices need to be raised to $80...


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