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Numbers Down For Sony
Sony reports that it hasn't had a good first quarter of the current fiscal year, and the company is changing its outlook for this quarter and the fiscal year as a whole.
The company didn't break out each of its consoles specifically, but the PS3 and PS2 combined sold 2.8 million units worldwide, which is down from last year's first quarter mark of 3.2 million. Likewise, the PSP and Vita combined for 1.4 million units as compared to 1.8 over the same timeframe last year.
In software, PS2 and PS3 games went from 27.6 million to 20.1 million, and PSP and Vita software went from 6.6 million to 5.8 million.
Sony has accordingly downgraded its outlook for the current fiscal year and anticipates the second quarter to be a "severe operating environment."
[via Gamasutra]
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