{"id":7491,"date":"2025-05-14T09:54:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T09:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=7491"},"modified":"2025-05-15T18:23:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T18:23:27","slug":"sony-to-increase-first-party-games-output-as-ps5-sales-continue-to-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/14\/sony-to-increase-first-party-games-output-as-ps5-sales-continue-to-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony to increase first party games output as PS5 sales continue to fall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As Sony<\/a> projects a decline in PlayStation 5<\/a> console sales over the next year, the company is hoping software will pick up the slack.<\/p>\n

Sony’s first-party line-up for the PlayStation 5 has been an increasing disappointment over the past five years, with standouts like Returnal<\/a> and Astro Bot<\/a>, but too few new releases and too many remasters and failed live service experiments.<\/p>\n

The lack of first-party games is reflected in the company’s financial report for the 2024 fiscal year (ending March 31, 2025). As outlined by Sony<\/a>, first-party software sales dropped to 28.9 million in FY24, a 10.8 million decline from 2023’s 39.7 million.<\/p>\n

While overall game sales were up over last year, at 303.3 million, Sony is expecting an increase in both first and third-party software sales over the 2025 financial year \u2013 which seems to indicate it has some surprises up its sleeve.<\/p>\n

Sony is set to release Ghost of Y\u014dtei<\/a> and Death Stranding 2: On The Beach<\/a> in 2025, and according to Sony’s definition of the term, the latter does count as first party even though it’s not made by one of their internal studios.<\/p>\n

There are also projects like Bungie’s Marathon and the Sony-published Lost Soul Aside, which are both slated for this year and also come under the definition of first party.<\/p>\n

While Sony will likely increase its first-party sales with these games alone, there’s a chance another unannounced project might be lined up for 2025. Earlier this year, rumours claimed<\/a> a new God Of War game set in Greece is planned for 2025, but nothing has been officially announced yet.<\/p>\n

It’s also perfectly possible that other, current unguessed at, titles could be waiting in the wings.<\/p>\n

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