Sony wants to bring more first-party games to the PC platform, in order to promote further growth in profitability

Sony published its corporate report for the 2020 financial year (April 1, 2019 – March 31, 2020), in which, among other things, it shared its plans and prospects for the development of its gaming division. We summarize the main provisions.

Key figures (as of June 30, 2020)

• Global PS4 sales were 112.1 million units.
• The average monthly active PSN users are 113 million.
• PS Plus has 45 million subscribers.
• The number of PS Now subscribers (as of April 30, 2020) is 2.2 million

Development strategy

• The company intends to actively invest in “strengthening the content base”.
• The quality and number of exclusives for the platform will increase.
• Another important area will be to improve the service component of the system.
• In addition to improving the quality and working conditions of its own studios, Sony Interactive Entertainment will continue to invest or acquire other studios with a wealth of creativity and cutting edge technology to strengthen its own Worldwide Studios division.
• For greater user engagement, the company plans to develop formats such as VR.
• To increase the user base, the company will continue to port exclusives to PC.