Sony has revealed how many PS5s it shipped during the FY21 financial year, though it did miss its target by quite a margin.
Today, May 10, Sony published its consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31. Unfortunately for Sony though, the tech company didn’t quite hit its target for second year sales of the PS5. Sony said that the total figure of PS5s sold has hit 19.3 million, which while a lot, is three million short of what it was expecting.
Of course though, ever since the console launched, it’s been a bit of a meme regarding how hard it is to get the darn thing. The supply chain of parts has been a big problem for both Sony and other console manufacturers. This means that there have been a limited number of consoles actually available for purchase. Which in turn led to a lot of price gouging.
It might not be all bad news though. As part of the report mentions that Sony will be able to ship 18 million PS5 consoles across the world by the end of the next fiscal year (March 2023). This would double the current sales figures, which is obviously quite optimistic.

But it might be a sign that things are changing when it comes to the availability of parts. As a recent report does suggest that this might be the case.
The report from Sony also isn’t too surprising considering Microsoft recently said that the Xbox Series X/S are the current market leaders. So we’ll see how Sony does in its third year.
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