Sony recently announced its financial results for the fourth fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2026. Data shows that global cumulative shipments of PlayStation 5 have exceeded 93.7 million units. In the three months ending March 31, 2026, PS5 shipped a total of 1.5 million units, a decrease of 900,000 units from 2.4 million units in the same period of the previous fiscal year. Despite this, PS5's cumulative shipments since its launch have still reached a milestone of 93.7 million units.
As of March 31, 2026, the number of monthly active users of PlayStation Network reached 125 million, an increase of 1 million from 124 million in the same period of the previous fiscal year. This data shows that the user stickiness of the PlayStation ecosystem remains solid.
In the quarter from January to March 2026, game software for the PS5 and PS4 platforms combined sold 74.6 million copies, a decrease of 1.5 million copies from 76.1 million copies in the same period of the previous fiscal year. Among them, first-party game sales were 5.8 million copies, a slight decrease of 100,000 copies year-on-year.
It is worth noting that digital download versions of games accounted for 85% of all software sales, an increase of five percentage points from 80% in the same period of the previous fiscal year, showing that players are increasingly inclined to purchase games through digital channels.
Although PS5 hardware shipments and software sales both experienced a slight year-on-year decline this quarter, PSN monthly active users maintained growth, the proportion of digital games continued to rise, and the overall ecosystem still showed healthy vitality.