PS5 Shipments Reach 93.7M; Q4 Sales Drop Nearly 50%

Sony reported total PlayStation 5 shipments of 93.7 million units as part of its final results for fiscal 2025. Shipments in the fourth quarter, covering January through March 2026, fell to 1.5 million units, a near 50% decline from 2.8 million in the same quarter a year earlier.

For fiscal 2025, the company reported 16 million PS5 units shipped, down from 18.5 million in fiscal 2024. Sony noted the decline reflects the console entering the latter half of its generation.

The company’s price increases for PS5 models took effect after the close of the fourth quarter. Sony reported a surge in demand in the days before the hikes, with the PS5 Pro selling out at some retailers ahead of a $150 increase. Because the price changes occurred after the quarter ended, Sony said they do not account for the quarter-over-quarter drop.

In its results briefing, the company stated, “We will base our PlayStation 5 hardware sales in fiscal year 2026 on the volume of memory we can procure at reasonable prices and we expect hardware profitability to be essentially the same as fiscal year 2025.”

The quarterly report included additional figures: 74.6 million PS5 and PS4 game purchases in the fourth quarter, of which 5.8 million were first-party titles. Digital purchases made up 85% of game sales to PS5 and PS4 owners. PlayStation Network reported 125 million monthly active users, an increase of one million from the same period a year earlier.

Sony indicated it will set hardware sales targets for fiscal 2026 based on memory procurement and cost considerations and will manage shipments according to component supply and pricing.