Recently according to the British “Financial Times” report, Sony plans to strive for an additional 8 billion US dollars in investment to actively expand the entertainment industry.
According to the financial report released by the Sony Group, there are still US$5.1 billion in acquisition funds available for this fiscal year. It is reported that this fund comes from the three-year 2 trillion yen investment budget proposed by Sony in 2021. At present, there are still 700 billion yen left, which is about 5.1 billion US dollars. In addition to this additional investment of 8 billion US dollars, it can be used for The total amount of acquisition funds reached 13.1 billion US dollars. More investment planned by Sony Corporation will help it gain a larger market share and higher influence in the entertainment industry.
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In addition, Hiroki Toki, CEO of Sony Group, said that consolidation in the industry has been going on, so Sony cannot lag behind. Sony has previously acquired Bungie, Housemarque, and Bluepoint, among other companies.
In today’s Sony 2023 business briefing, SIE CEO Jim Ryan brought some PlayStation-related data:
The net sales of PS5 in fiscal year 2022 will be 3.645 billion yen.
In terms of hardware, PS5 sold 6.6 million units and 5 million units in the third and fourth quarters of last year, respectively.
In terms of user spending power, the average expenditure of a PS4 user is US$479, and PS5 is US$622; among them, accessories consumption increased by 60%, subscription consumption increased by 52%, and additional content Consumption increased by 210%; game body consumption decreased by 10%.
In terms of PS + subscription, the second and third tiers have more than 1 billion hours of games, and the second tier has more than 8 million members, accounting for 17% of the total number; the third tier has 6.1 million members, accounting for 13% of the total number.
PS VR2 sells around 600,000 units in first six weeks
In terms of PC sales, "Marvel's Spider-Man HD Edition" sold 1.5 million copies, and "The Last of Us Part One" sold 368,000 copies.
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When asked if PS+ would increase in price, SIE president Jim Ryan said: “They’re always evaluating their pricing and are very focused on maximizing the lifetime value of their subscribers.”
