Sony sold 4.5 million PlayStation 5 consoles last year

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Sony shipped 4.5 million PlayStation 5 units worldwide in 2020, as revealed by information published alongside the company’s latest earnings report. The number highlights Sony’s current ability to mass-produce the console, which has been extremely difficult to buy since its launch in November.

Demand for the PlayStation 4 dropped dramatically year-on-year, with 1.4 million units shipped in the October-December quarter — a 77 percent decrease from the previous year. Sony actually managed to sell fewer PS4s in the holiday quarter than it did from July to September.

Sony’s gaming business overall performed much better than a year ago, with 40 percent higher revenue of 883.2 billion yen ($8.4 billion) partly...

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