Sony’s latest financial report, covering the first quarter of the 2020 financial year, is now live, and there are some interesting takeaways about how the PS4 is going. Sales for the system were down, but with good reason, and a majority of software sales were digital.
Sony is reporting that PS Plus subscription numbers have risen to 45 million, while the increase in PS Now users is also “significant”. 45 million is a big increase from the 41.5 million figure reported in May, which suggests that a lot of players stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic are playing online.
The pandemic also likely accounts for the huge increase in digital game sales. 74% of PS4 game sales for the quarter were digital, with The Last of Us Part II and Ghost of Tsushima cited as big sellers. The latter broke the record for a new IP on the system, while the former is the fastest-selling game ever for PlayStation.
