Sony is the most recent video games firm to launch its earnings for Q3 2025, and in contrast to different gamers within the trade, the PlayStation producer has come out surprisingly effectively. The place different firms are feeling the stress from element shortages and dropping {hardware} gross sales, Sony’s video games phase outcomes had been lifted by sturdy first-party sport gross sales and subscription income.
Sony is not resistant to the issues the remainder of the trade have confronted within the final 12 months, reporting a 4% lower in gross sales largely impacted by decrease than anticipated console gross sales by the vacation season. This quarter was the primary vacation interval that did not see console gross sales enhance in opposition to the earlier season, reporting the weakest vacation gross sales for PlayStation {hardware} in three years.
Notably, the PS5 obtained a worth hike throughout 2025, applied throughout the US, UK, Europe, and Australia previous to the vacation season. Sony nonetheless offered a complete of 8 million consoles throughout the quarter, bringing the PlayStation 5’s lifetime gross sales as much as 92.1 million.
Regardless of the drop in gross sales, Sony’s gaming phase nonetheless reported a 19% enhance in working earnings, pushed by sturdy first-party sport gross sales and community providers, comparable to PlayStation Plus subscriptions. Sony reported 13.2 million first get together video games offered throughout the interval, up virtually 14% from the 12 months prior. Sony’s newest main first-party launch was Ghost of Yotei final October, whereas Helldivers 2 additionally got here to Xbox in August.
Sony benefited from sturdy digital gross sales by the quarter, with 76% of software program gross sales made by digital downloads. PlayStation Community additionally reported 132 million month-to-month energetic users–a new all-time excessive for Sony. The corporate is feeling optimistic about its newest earnings report, lifting its forecast for the rest of the 2025 monetary 12 months.
The corporate’s outcomes distinction these simply launched by Nintendo, which noticed a rise in gross sales of Change 2 {hardware}, however a lower in revenue ratio due partially to the Change 2’s decrease revenue margins. Microsoft gaming additionally had an underwhelming quarter, with the entire phase’s income dragged down by flagging console gross sales.