According to the financial report disclosed by Sony, the worldwide sales volume of PlayStation 4, a Sony-owned game console, has exceeded 60 million units, including 20 million units sold in 2016. In addition, Sony also predicts that the PS4 will also sell 18 million units in the year to March 31, 2018.
For the fiscal year ending March 31 this year, consolidated revenue was 7603.0 billion yen and operating income was 288.7 billion yen. In comparison, the total revenue for the previous fiscal year was 810.5 billion yen, operating income was 294.2 billion yen, and the current revenue reached the previous analysis.
During the fiscal year, Sony’s gaming and networking departments performed well with total revenue of 1,649 billion yen and operating income of 13,560 million yen, compared with 684 billion yen in the previous fiscal year. Operating income was 69.3 billion yen. Sony predicts that the total revenue for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018 will reach 1,890 billion yen, and operating income will be 170 billion yen. This is mainly due to sales of the PS4 hardware and games.