PSN Makes Sony a Fortune; Popularity of the Service Increases
Sony has shared its financial results. PlayStation Network brings in huge revenues for the company.
- PSN generated over $14 billion in revenue in 2021;
- That's nearly double the growth from 2017;
- The revenue was made up of spendings of more than 100 million PSN users.
During a recent presentation on corporate strategy, Sony shared some interesting information. Thanks to it, we know a little more about the company's earnings.
It turns out that the PlayStation Network is yielding outstanding revenue, which is getting bigger every year.
PSN is a golden eggs-laying goose
According to the data presented PlayStation Network generated more than $14 billion in revenue in 2021. This is an increase of more than 6 billion compared to 2017.
The money comes mainly from sales of games and DLCs on the PlayStation Store, microtransactions, and PlayStation Plus subscriptions. The revenue was made up of spendings of more than 100 million users who have a PSN account.
The company also admitted that it intends to squeeze even more from its service. The way to achieve this is to be the announced development of the PS Plus service.
If users like the new subscription from Sony (available in three variants), the revenues of the Japanese company may indeed increase significantly. However, we will find out about this only after some time after the launch of the service.
