Sony Earnings Rise Slightly but PlayStation 5 Sales Fall 4.1 Percent

Sony reported that it earned a net income of ¥377 billion on revenues of ¥3.7 trillion in the quarter ending December 31, 2025. Those figures represent gains of 11 percent and 1 percent, respectively, year-over-year (YOY).

Sony’s results beat expectations, largely because of its entertainment businesses. But PlayStation sales fell 16 percent to 8 million units in the quarter; Sony sold 9.5 million PlayStation consoles in the same quarter one year ago.

That said, Game & Network Services was, by far, Sony’s biggest business unit with ¥1.6 trillion in revenues, a decline of 4.1 percent YOY that Sony attributed to lower hardware sales and a “challenging” year-end selling season. Sony has now sold 92 million PlayStation 5 consoles overall.

Sony noted that PlayStation monthly active users (MAUs) were up 2 percent in the quarter to a record 132 million accounts, while playtime increased 0.4 percent. Software sales were up in the quarter, Sony says, with revenue from the PlayStation Store hitting an all-time high. And PlayStation Plus “significantly contributed” to the results.

Sony also reported that it has secured enough memory for the inventory it will need through the end of 2026. “We intend to minimize the impact of the increased memory costs on this segment going forward by prioritizing monetization of the installed base to date and striving to further expand our software and network services revenue,” Sony explained.