Rumor: Sony to Ship 30 Million PS5 Consoles Next Fiscal Year - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 11 October 2022 / 4,722 Views
Sony is looking to ship 30 million PlayStation 5 consoles in its 2023 fiscal year that runs from April 2023 to March 2024, according to multiple sources who spoke with Insider Gaming.
Sony for the current fiscal year (April 2022 to March 2023) is looking to ship 18 million PS5 consoles. Sony Executive Deputy President and Chief Financial Officer Hiroki Totoki earlier this year said he feels good Sony is able to get the components and parts to reach 18 million.
Senior Analyst at MST Financial David Gibson reported Sony Interactive Entertainment sea shipments to the US in September were up by over 400 percent year-over-year. It should be noted this will include more than PS5 consoles and some of this stock will be used for the God of War: Ragnarök launch.
Lots of reports of improved PS5 supply in the past few months, but no data until now. Import data into the US confirms that Sony Interactive (PlayStation) shipments in Sept were +400% YoY. Yes you read that right. Some of that will go into inventory for GoW launch for sure. #PS5 pic.twitter.com/SvC6xTPQxs
— David Gibson (@gibbogame) October 11, 2022
Improvements to shipments is a good sign for a console that has been severely supply constrained in the majority of countries it is available in.
Total PS5 shipment figures as of June 30, 2022 reached 21.7 million units.
If Sony is able to reach its 18 million shipment figure for the current fiscal year it would put PS5 shipments at 37.3 million in March 2023. If the sources are correct that Sony plans to ship 30 million PS5 consoles in the 2023 fiscal year, it would put PS5 shipments at 67.3 million units in March 2024.
To compare, the Sony had shipped 40.1 million PS4 consoles at the end of the 2015 fiscal year, which would be when the PS5 will reach 37.3 million shipped, according to Sony's forecast. PS4 reached 60.1 million units the following year, which would mean the PS5 will take the lead when you align the launches.
As always this should be treated as a rumor until we get an official forecast from Sony.
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 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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I don't believe it. That would be more than any PS console has ever sold in a single year and it would be 150% what the PS4 did at the height of it's life.
I don't believe it.
Kinda my thoughts. Unless all the supply issues are magically resolved in 6 months, I don't know how it's possible.
If the PS5 were to do this it would be the best year for any home console in history. Even the Switch fell just short of 30M selling around 29 Million fiscal year 2020.
However, 30 million for the PS5 seems insane considering the fact that the best year for any PS console was the PS2 in 2002 with 22 Million sold, 30 million would smash PS's record. I honestly don't see it happening even if Sony is able to get enough parts unless they want a huge amount of surplus.
The PS5 in Japan is mostly non-existent which is a big market to miss out on. The consoles that sold close to 30M had a big presence in Japan, PS5 won't have that, so it'll need to sell an absurdly high amount in NA, Europe and ROTW to get to 30 M, it would easily need to break sales records in those regions by quite a big margin, and I dont see that happening especially with PS5 getting a price jump and Xbox attaining higher market share.
The average weekly sales would have to be almost 600,000. Something like 575k. Obviously that's not factoring in holidays or new releases. But even accounting for 10 million being holiday/etc, it would need to average over 400k weekly.
So I'll believe it when I see it.
Something about this confuses me. If shipments were up 400% YoY for September, then why is the PS5 still 16% down YoY? I know they are talking shipped, not sold but it still seems confusing. Are retailers just sitting on inventory... waiting for Sony to give the okay to sell?
What was the shipment last September compared to what they say they shipped this September?
Just in time for nuclear warfare and recession
Lol. So they think PS5 is gonna magically suddenly have the best year for a console in the history of video games. We're a month away from two years into the PS5's life and they aren't even close to 30M total, yet they are gonna do that in a single year lol. And the software library for PS5 doesn't exactly seem like something to die for, or even be all that excited about two years in. I'm sure they can sell a bit more with better stock but this is just silly.
Maybe if they drop the price by 50% and bundle it with a game plus a year's online subscription....maybe lol.
20M or just over 20M would be fantastic for the next fiscal year if they are shooting for that to be PS5's peak year. I think PS4 topped out right at 20.0M or just under, I could see given supply shortages the first two years PS5 being able to hit like 21M next year as its peak year if everyone can finally easily find PS5 everywhere and the pent up demand is fully met. But I wouldn't be surprised to see <20M instead of 30M haha. This calendar year looks like they'll probably sell 15M. Next fiscal year being 19M or a bit higher would be great for PS5 considering the ability to have higher stock levels.
PS5 haven't sold 20M in a year yet just because of lack of inventory.
Would be completely unprecedented for a home console and I’m actually curious if the demand even exists to support that level of production. Not exactly comparable, but Nvidia, Intel, and AMD shipments are all way down, and Zen 4’s launch has apparently seen extremely slow sales.
I worry we are going to see an industry wide oversupply due to an over correction to the demand levels seen in 2020-2022.
I hope the demand really is that high. With Microsoft's lineup for 2023 looking strong I would love to see record setting sales for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Sony: Microsoft buying Call of Duty would destroy us!
Also Sony: We think we'll be able to sell a record number of PlayStations next year.
That's a big number.
Goodluck Sony. Thats wishful thinking.
This would be insane and almost impossible to achieve, the best selling FY for a traditional home console is 25.95 million for the wii 13 years ago. Just getting near Wii's record would be very difficult especially with the higher price, lower demand in Japan and competition from Xbox series in North America.
that seems unreal. Maybe i'd get close to that with the launch of a slim ps5
......well I'm still going to wait for the slim model.
It’s not going to happen
Well if they can actually do it then by all means, 30 mil is a LOT but with all the pent up the demand I don't think it would be crazy excessive if possible. Sounds like a pipe dream though to be honest.
That's pretty high. My guess is they have a few games hidden that they want to hype everyone up for next year. Plus the third party already announced. I can see them still not meeting demand even with 30m.
Yeah, they would def have to have. I'm curious what they have in store to help them reach that hardware number.
Spider Man 2 is quite likely unless it gets delayed, since it's currently scheduled for 2023 (most likely late in the year), Wolverine is probably further off.
Nice to see it's shipments in Sept were up 400% YoY. Much needed. But I doubt that rumor saying they plan to ship 30m in a fiscal year.
If all components are available and world war 3 doesn't begin I don't see why not it can be accomplished
For them to have a chance to hit those record numbers they would first have to be able to produce enough PS5’s and 2nd have an incredible list of games coming in that time period. Games push consoles.
With the higher price and higher living cost due to inflation in many parts of Europe and USA, I cannot see this happening. I think around 20 mil is more likely for 2023.
The way they waited the perfect moment to have the big shipments before raising the price. Also, aren't they far from hitting their target for this FY and now they will do like 10 millions months next year ? Doubt it.
What game will drive that ? DS was a phenomenon and was cheap + appealed EVERYWHERE. Switch was able to get close to that number too with Covid driving console sales to the roof, AC being viral and the console being the only vastly available. PS5 has little appeal in Japan and Microsoft is a lot bigger in the US now. I really don'T think this is happening when PS4 was 10 millions off on it's biggest year.
God of War Ragnarok.
And most important: Steady stock
Well AMD/Intel/Nvidia are not selling much, wonder why? Consoles are going to sell a lot, lot more. I'll probably be building a Zen 5 rig soon.
Sounds nice, maybe I'll finally be able to order one without having to wait nine months to get it.
I know that it got better in sept. but here it is still almost impossible to see any Play Station Five on the shelves :(
I haven't seen one PS5 in stock here either. Switch has by far the most stock at my local retailers, followed by Series S. Series X is available sometimes and other times there aren't any.
I am hoping it is a good sign that even just some retailers are able to get stock and not have them sellout in a matter of minutes.
Probably depends a lot on the country you live in. Where I live I have yet to ever see a single PS5 on store shelves, and if I'd order one online right now from pretty much the only place that allows me to do so I'd get it somewhere around next July. Hopefully the increased stock will eventually make its way here too.
Well the ps5 would be about 7 million above ps4 at the same time in its life by march 2024. PS5 should be able to pull that off no problem.
Prediction march 2024.
PS5 65 million
XB 40 million
I just sold my PS5 but would definitly buy it again if it's more available
I would like to see that. Would be very impressive.
If true, Sony will sell 30 million consoles next fiscal year!
