Sony Interactive Entertainment will start making a profit from the sale of its flagship product – the PS5 console. This information follows from the report published on the Sony website.
According to the data on the tenth Slide presentation, at the moment Sony sells a prefix at a loss. At the same time, the cost of producing the Gamer Device reached its peak in January and February. However, then the cost of the cost of PS5 has decreased. In this regard, representatives of the company predict that already in June PlayStation 5 will cease to sell at a loss, since the price of the console will exceed the cost of its production.
Analysts of the Japanese company believe that the cost of production, logistics and promotion will be strictly decreased throughout the 2021 fiscal year.
From information on the slide, it also follows that over the past eight years, Sony Interactive Entertainment has greatly increased the share of profits from their own or partner studios and sales of subscriptions. If in 2013 on the console accounted for 48 percent of SIE income, then in 2020 this share decreased to 20 percent.
Previously, the Sony report presented by Sony investors it turned out that the company will continue to port exclusive titles with PS5 on PC. In particular, in the coming months, the company intends to present on computers Uncharted 4 game.
Available in Russia for 46,990 rubles PlayStation 5 April 1 has risen up to 49,990 rubles. Also increased the cost of the console version without an optical drive – from 37,990 to 40,990 rubles.