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PS4 reaches 106mil sold, PSVR 5mil, 1.15bil games, 103mil monthy active PSN users and 38.8mil PS+ subs

poklane

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From Sony's CES 2020 press conference, numbers are sold-through (to customers):
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Press release: https://www.sie.com/en/corporate/release/2020/200107.html
SAN MATEO, Calif., January 6, 2020 - Following another year of successful holiday sales, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) today announced that PlayStation™Network's (PSN) December 2019 monthly active users have reached 103 million*1, demonstrating that gamers worldwide are enjoying PlayStation®'s offerings. Additionally, the PlayStation®4 (PS4™) console has sold through more than 106 million*2 globally, and the cumulative sales of PS4 software titles from retailers and PlayStation™Store (PS™Store) have reached 1.15 billion*3 as of December 31, 2019.

"I am very pleased to see that so many PlayStation fans value the unparalleled entertainment experience on PS4," said Jim Ryan, President and CEO of SIE. "This has been made possible by the support we have from our partners and fans since launching PlayStation in 1994, and I would like to truly thank everyone. We've consistently delivered innovative products like PlayStation VR, which has reached its 5 million unit sales milestone*4. There is much more entertainment experience to look forward to that the PlayStation ecosystem will provide that we can't wait to share with our fans."

SIE WWS will continue to deliver highly anticipated titles such as The Last of Us Part II and Ghost of Tsushima*5, further pushing the boundaries of play made possible by the PS4 system as it enters its 7th year. SIE will also focus on the distribution for amazing games from our partners, including unique experiences from indie game developers.

※1 Active User figures are estimated figures based on SIE research.
※2 The sales figures are estimated figures based on SIE research. Japan figures are from 22 Feb 2014 to 31 Dec 2019, North America figures are from 15 Nov 2013 to 31 Dec 2019, Latin America figures are from 29 Nov 2013 to 31 Dec 2019, Europe figures are from 29 Nov 2013 to 31 Dec 2019 and Asia figures are from 17 Dec 2013 to 31 Dec 2019.
※3 The sales figures are estimated figures based on SIE research. Japan figures are from 22 Feb 2014 to 31 Dec 2019, North America figures are from 15 Nov 2013 to 31 Dec 2019, Latin America figures are from 29 Nov 2013 to 31 Dec 2019, Europe figures are from 29 Nov 2013 to 31 2019 and Asia figures are from 17 Dec 2013 to 31 Dec 2019. Add-on contents are not included.
※4 The sales figures are estimated figures based on SIE research from 13 Oct 2016 to 31 Dec 2019.
※5 Titles may vary depending on the region.
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ArmGunar

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Impressive numbers !

106m PS4 sold-through would mean 14.4m PS4 sold through in 2019

Even if PS4 dipped a bit in 2019, to add context, 14.4m sold-through is more than PS3's peak of shipments of 14.3m in FY10

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Keyouta

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Pretty amazing, Sony does very well for themselves in the console space. Helps that they have good support and coverage across many countries. Hopefully PS5 will eventually reach such heights.
 
RocknRola

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The 1.15 BILLION games sold bit kinda breaks my mind a bit. Like.... a BILLION of something is a whole fucking lot.

Otherwise, it keeps on trucking I guess! Already the 2nd best selling console of all time. Can see it reach 120M when all is said and done.
 
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You mean to tell me The Last of Us Part 2 will be releasing to 100+ PS4's?!?!?!
 
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The amount of subs compared too consoles sold is staggering
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we talking like good staggering or bad staggering?

To me with how much they specifically focus on singleplayer games its pretty damn good.

Plus they don't paywall multiplayer F2P games


Every fortnite player on the xbox needs to subscribe to play...........this is not the case for PS4
 
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I was expecting more. Ps4 will end around 120million little bit less than where I expected.
 

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Am I misremembering? I thought PSVR was already at 5 million a year or so ago?

It's the only disappointing figure in this report. Not even an attatch rate of 5%.

Edit: PSVR was at 4.2 million in March 2019. So 800k in 9 months. VR is still years away from being mainstream.
 
Pankratous

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Seems low.

There's what, 8 billion people on the planet? Take out 50% to account for general poverty. That's 3.9 billion people that have no excuse for not owning a PS4.

I'm like, half kidding. Congrats Sony.
 
Elandyll

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Congrats on an amazing console and games, success well deserved.

Bring on the PS5 and HZD2/ BB2 now :)
 
criteriondog

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PS4 is an absolute amazing value. So happy to see it sell well. Sony is going to do absolutely well with the PS5.
 
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I'm pretty surprised at the PS+ sub number being that low, relative to active users. I always figured it'd be 45-50%.
 
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my niece got a ps4 for christmas and last week my sister called me asking me to help her get a year of PS+ for it
 

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106 million, and we arent even at end of gen yet. Good stuff.

That PSVR number is really dissapointing tho. Couldnt even a manage a 5% attach rate.
 
ArmGunar

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I don't understand if numbers are shipments or sell-through

PS4 is at 102.8m shipped as of Sept, so 106m shipped as of Dec would mean only 3.2m PS4 shipped during Q4 CY19, that seems too low

But 1.15B games is probably sold-in (shipped+digital sales) because it was at > 1.067B games sold-in as of Sept
If it was sold-through, it would me 274m games sold-through in 2019 (while 2017 peaked at 235.9m games sold through and then 2018 with 231m), it seems impossible
 
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Imagine thinking that 39M PS Plus subscriptions over a 100M install base is a low number.
 
FTF

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106m, damn that's really impressive, go Sony.

RocknRola said:
The 1.15 BILLION games sold bit kinda breaks my mind a bit. Like.... a BILLION of something is a whole fucking lot.

Otherwise, it keeps on trucking I guess! Already the 2nd best selling console of all time. Can see it reach 120M when all is said and done.
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Call me crazy, but that actually seems...low? That means the average PS4 owner buys less than 2 games a year? With that including digital sales I actually would have guessed higher. I mean it's an insane # like you said, a billion, but average per console seems low to me.
 
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Hardware slowing down pretty predictably. I'm predicting ~9M sold this year, and a End of Life total of ~125M
 
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ArmGunar said:
I don't understand if numbers are shipments or sell-through

PS4 is at 102.8m shipped as of Sept, so 106m shipped as of Dec would mean only 3.2m PS4 shipped during Q4 CY19, that seems too low

But 1.15B games is probably sold-in (shipped+digital sales) because it was at > 1.067B games sold-in as of Sept
If it was sold-through, it would me 274m games sold-through in 2019 (while 2017 peaked at 235.9m games sold through and then 2018 with 231m), it seems impossible
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Jim said sold to consumers.
 
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FTF said:
Call me crazy, but that actually seems...low? That means the average PS4 owner buys less than 2 games a year? With that including digital sales I actually would have guessed higher. I mean it's an insane # like you said, a billion, but average per console seems low to me.
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i forget where i heard it, but the average has been roughly 2-3 games a year per player for a while now, i think since at least last generation
 
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FTF said:
106m, damn that's really impressive, go Sony.



Call me crazy, but that actually seems...low? That means the average PS4 owner buys less than 2 games a year? With that including digital sales I actually would have guessed higher. I mean it's an insane # like you said, a billion, but average per console seems low to me.
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The majority of users are just buying about that many games a year. CoD and maybe another game or two.

The smaller, more hardcore crowd is buying a crazy amount of games.
 
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ThisIsBlitz21 said:
106 million, and we arent even at end of gen yet. Good stuff.

That PSVR number is really dissapointing tho. Couldnt even a manage a 5% attach rate.
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Managing a 5% attach rate on a 1st generation product for a medium would be impossible. That just never happens in technology.

The sales are very much in line with what Sony expected. Expect PSVR2 to reach 15-20% or higher.
 
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Supposedly those console sales are sold through as well...very impressive. This is why PS5 will be fine as long as they dont fuck up something major. Having a lesser power machine isnt that
 
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ArmGunar said:
I don't understand if numbers are shipments or sell-through

PS4 is at 102.8m shipped as of Sept, so 106m shipped as of Dec would mean only 3.2m PS4 shipped during Q4 CY19, that seems too low

But 1.15B games is probably sold-in (shipped+digital sales) because it was at > 1.067B games sold-in as of Sept
If it was sold-through, it would me 274m games sold-through in 2019 (while 2017 peaked at 235.9m games sold through and then 2018 with 231m), it seems impossible
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Difference between shipped and sold-through. They must've shipped a lot more than 3.2m, they just haven't been 'sold' yet.

FTF said:
106m, damn that's really impressive, go Sony.



Call me crazy, but that actually seems...low? That means the average PS4 owner buys less than 2 games a year? With that including digital sales I actually would have guessed higher. I mean it's an insane # like you said, a billion, but average per console seems low to me.
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What? 1.15B actually means 10+ game attachment per console.
 
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