PlayStation 4 sales close to 100 million
The Japanese company warned investors that it expects to make less profit next year, with the possibility of a decline in operating profits in games by 10 percent in the next quarter, as slowed sales of the PlayStation 4, in addition to the costs associated with the development of PlayStation 5.
The PlayStation 4 platform is about to overtake the original PlayStation platform, which has sold 102.49 million devices, while the PlayStation 2 platform is at the top with sales of more than 155 million devices.
The PlayStation 4 platform can still overtake the Wii and the original PlayStation, but getting closer to the PlayStation 2 platform may be out of the question, especially as the platform is not expected to have any major games this year, and Sony will not be, as usual, This year's E3 gaming conference.
Sony sold 17.8 million PlayStation 4s during the last fiscal year, down from 19 million in the previous fiscal year 2017.
Sony is poised to move to the next platform, the PlayStation 5 or PS5, but has indicated that the next generation PlayStation platform will not be ready for 2019.
Takashi Mochizuki, a technical correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, said on Twitter that the company told reporters during question and answer sessions that it would not launch the PS5 platform over the next 12 months.
Sales revenue for the fiscal year 2018 was $ 78.14 billion, up 1 percent from the previous year. The games are the strongest in the company, which means that any weakness in this sector could have major implications for Sony, The weakest, such as mobile phones.
The mobile phone sector witnessed a 31 percent decrease in revenues during the year ended March 31, 2019. The decrease was mainly due to a decrease in the number of Xperia units sold in half, from 13.5 million units in the previous fiscal year to 6.5 million units over the 12 Months.
This means that Sony shipped only 1.1 million Xperia devices in the fourth quarter, resulting in higher losses, with overall operating losses increasing.
The company said it plans to cut operating expenses within the mobile phone division by 50 percent, with a plan to turn the mobile division into a winning sector within the next 12 months. Reducing the workforce of smartphones by half will help.
The Japanese company launched the PlayStation 4 platform for the first time in November 2013, a great success for Sony, and became the fourth largest gaming platform after all, after the Wii platform, which achieved sales of 101.63 million devices.
The company said it has stepped up production shutdown plans at its Beijing plant and confirmed that it has withdrawn from a number of markets, including the Middle East, Central America, and South America, focusing on key areas in East Asia, Japan, and Europe.
Sony is planning to integrate a number of its electronic businesses into a single division called EP & S, confirming that it is continuing to unveil its mobile business for the time being and plans to ship 5 million units this year, without expecting any rapid shift in phones. Smart.