Sony Revenue and Profits Up During Holiday Quarter, PS4 Sells 6.4 Million Units - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 17 March 2015 / 7,429 Views
Sony has released its financial results for the third quarter, which ended on December 31, 2014. Revenue increased 6.5 percent year-over-year to $21,21 billion, while profits increased 104.9 percent to $1.51 billion.
For the Game & Network Services division revenue increased 16.8 percent year-over-year to $4.39 billion, while profits increased 122.8 percent to $228 million.
The PlayStation 4 had its strongest quarter with 6.4 million units sold. This is up from 4.5 million sold a year before. However, overall PlayStation sales dropped to 7.5 million units, from 7.8 million units. PlayStation 3 hardware and software sales continue to decline as people move to the PlayStation 4.
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A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. Outside, in the real world, he has a passion for the outdoors which includes everything from hiking to having received his B.A. in Environmental Studies. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Good news for Sony.
3.5M handhelds shipped and only 2.7M sold. Sure VGChartz...
It seems Sony is notoriously hard to track, because for official numbers they combine console totals together and NPD doesn't even bother to track the Vita in the US. You just have to look at the Wikipedia article for top selling consoles, they only have the number at >4 million for Vita because that was the last official number Sony released. So even if VGChartz undertracked this year they might have overtracked in total. And considering Sony never celebrated shipping past the 10 million mark for Vita... (But that could be because celebrating 10 million so late isn't worth celebrating...)
Hold on, is this good financial news for Sony? Gimme a sec while I refresh the page, this has to be old news.
