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PS5 console sales top 65m as Astro Bot sells 1.5m copies in first month


Sales of Sony's PS5 consoles have now passed 65m units.

Watch on YouTube Despite hardware sales falling, however - compared to the same quarter last year, console sales dropped from 8.2m to 6.2m - PlayStation is reporting better hardware profitability. The report also attributed its earnings boost to "a new sports title" - thought to be EA Sports FC 25- and "an action RPG title from China", which is likely Black Myth: Wukong. "We intend to build on an optimum title portfolio during the current mid-range plan period, that combines single-player games, which are our strength and which have a higher predictability of becoming hits due to our proven IP, with live service games that pursue upside, while taking on a certain amount of risk upon release," Sony said.

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