Rising PS4 game sales drive Sony to $78.1bn full-year revenues

April 29th, 2019, 18:10 Posted By: wraggster

Sony has released its financial results for the past year, reporting $78.1 billion in revenue thanks to a surge in PlayStation 4 software sales.
For the 12 months ended March 31, 2019, the company's overall sales and operating revenue remained largely flat -- up just 1% year-on-year to ¥8.665 trillion ($78.14 billion). Operating income, meanwhile, rose by 22% to ¥894.2 billion ($8.06 billion).
The solid results were attributed to a "significant increase in game and network services segment sales", offsetting a significant drop in sales from the mobile communications segment, which handles Sony's smartphone business.
Looking specifically at the games segment, sales revenue surged by 19% year-on-year to ¥2.311 trillion ($20.7 billion). This is thanks to an increase in game software sales, and the growing subscriber base for PlayStation Plus. These also boosted operating income to ¥311.1 billion ($2.78 billion).
PS4 hardware sales, meanwhile, declined and Sony expects this trend to continue in the next year. Having sold 19 million units in the previous financial year, the PlayStation 4 shifted 17.8 million units over the past 12 months -- this is expected to drop to 16 million for FY19.
This is, in part, due to the console being at the tail end of its lifecycle, and the shadow of the recently detailed PlayStation 5 (still referred to only as "the next generation console" by Sony) on the horizon. In fact, Sony expects that a decline in hardware sales will keep sales revenues flat for the next financial year, with forecasts of ¥2.3 trillion ($20.59 billion).

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