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PS5
users are spending around 25% more than during the previous PS4
console's lifecycle, boosted by add-on content and services,
including the PlayStation Plus subscription option.
"This behavior underpins the durable, predictable nature of our
revenue base," gaming executive Hideaki Nishino told a strategy
briefing.
Sony has restructured the management of the gaming business,
whose weak margins have concerned investors, with Nishino to
become CEO of its platform business group from next month.
The conglomerate sees lower PS5 sales of 18 million units in the
current financial year, after narrowly missing its revised
target of 21 million units last year.
The gaming sector is grappling with the cost of developing
high-profile titles and weaker industry growth, with companies
moving to lay off employees and halt projects.
Sony has a thin games pipeline for this year but one bright spot
has been live service title "Helldivers 2", which has sold more
than 12 million units since launching in February.
Live service games, which offer continuous, updated play, are
being released in PS5 and PC versions simultaneously, said
Herman Hulst, who will become CEO of the studio business group.
Sony is best known for its single-player titles. This month, it
released a PC version of "Ghosts of Tsushima", which first
launched in 2020.
(Reporting by Sam Nussey; Editing by Jamie Freed)
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