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Sony’s game group grows revenue 27% in Q2, sells 3.9 million PS4s

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Sony’s game and network services division grew revenues 27 percent in the second fiscal quarter ended September 30, the Japanese electronics company reported Monday night. Sony also raised its forecasts slightly higher than it estimated in July. As a result, the overall revenues for the whole company are expected to be higher.

Revenues were $4.88 billion in the quarter for the group, compared with $3.84 billion in the same quarter a year earlier.Operating income was $800 million, compared with $490 million a year earlier.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.