Following the publication of Sony’s FY23 report, Niko Partners director of research and insights Daniel Ahmad has shared more data about the company’s gaming business and the sales of PlayStation 5 consoles.

Sony has released its financial report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024. Let’s dive into the company’s gaming revenue and console sales, as well as the record-breaking launch of Helldivers 2.

Sony Interactive Entertainment has named its new leaders following the resignation of Jim Ryan. He will be succeeded by Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino, who will report to the company’s president.

Just days after announcing a mandatory PlayStation Network account linking for Helldivers 2, Sony Interactive Entertainment has reversed this decision. This comes after a huge backlash from the game’s community.

Horizon Forbidden West has just been released on Steam. So it is time to take a closer look at the launch numbers for another PlayStation game port for PC.

Metacrtic has released its 14th annual game publisher rankings, listing the best and worst of them based on their 2023 releases. This year’s edition is full of interesting shifts, with many indie publishers climbing up and last year’s winner Sony dropping out of the top 10.

Mass layoffs announced by PlayStation last week affected hundreds of people, including veteran developers. Among them was Santiago Gutierrez, an experienced artist who has been with Naughty Dog for nearly two decades.

Despite strong revenue growth, many investors and analysts were disappointed by the performance of Sony’s gaming business in the most recent fiscal quarter. The main reason was the company’s declining margins.

Sony has released its financial report for the third quarter of FY23 ended December 31, 2023. The company’s gaming business continues to grow, but leadership thinks that PlayStation, as a business unit, needs a better understanding of how to generate sustainable profits.

Helldivers 2 has just launched on Steam and PlayStation 5, and player interest is definitely there. The game has already become Sony’s biggest launch on Steam in terms of peak concurrent players.

Sony Interactive Entertainment today announced that the PlayStation 5 has now sold over 50 million consoles globally. The hardware continues to gain momentum after resolving the issue with supply shortages.

More sales data on PlayStation’s first-party games has emerged as a result of a ransomware attack suffered by Insomniac Games. It also includes information about titles like Bloodborne and Days Gone, figures for which Sony hasn’t updated in years.

Insomniac Games suffered a huge data breach last week that resulted in tons of internal documents leaking online. Some of them shed light on the budgets and profitability of the studio’s games, as well as sales of PC ports of PlayStation’s first-party titles.

Recent layoffs might be just the tip of the iceberg of wider problems at Bungie. A new report alleges a massive decay in morale among employees and fears that the studio could be completely taken over by Sony.

Sony has released its financial report for the second quarter ended September 30. Here are the key numbers related to the company’s gaming business.

Bungie is the latest PlayStation studio to be hit with layoffs. The extent of the job cuts is unclear, but the news comes after the company internally announced it would delay its upcoming games.

The wave of layoffs sweeping the games industry has reached Media Molecule, one of Sony’s most recognized first-party studios. This comes after the team ended live service support for its game creation platform Dreams.

Connie Booth, one of the most recognized people within Sony’s gaming business, has reportedly left the company after more than 30 years. She is the person behind some of PlayStation’s key franchises, having worked closely with studios like Naughty Dog and Insomniac Games.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has been a huge success for Sony and Insomniac Games. It took the title just 24 hours to set a new sales record for any game in the history of PlayStation Studios.