Sony delivered 4.5 million PlayStation 5 units worldwide in 2020, as uncovered by data published close by the organization’s most recent earnings report. The number features Sony’s present ability to mass-produce the console, which has been incredibly hard to purchase since its launch in November.

Demand for the PlayStation 4 dropped dramatically year-on-year, with 1.4 million units shipped in the October-December quarter — a 77 percent decline from the earlier year. Sony really figured out how to sell fewer PS4s in the holiday quarter than it did from July to September.

Sony’s gaming business overall performed far superior to a year prior, with examiner Daniel Ahmad taking note of that it was really the best quarter in PlayStation history. Revenue expanded 40% to 883.2 billion yen ($8.4 billion), somewhat driven by PS5 sales. The operating benefit was up by 50% to 80.2 billion yen ($763.3 million) due to higher game sales, PlayStation Plus subscriptions, and better margins on PS4 hardware.

Sony notes, in any case, that costs identified with the PS5 launch offset some of its benefit gains, and furthermore affirms that the PS5 hardware itself is being sold for short of what it expenses to make. A loss was caused because of “strategic price points for PS5 hardware that were set lower than the manufacturing costs,” the organization says.

There’s very little to add something extra to PS5 sales numbers until individuals who need to get one are really ready to do as such. Yet, in any event, the console’s launch seems to be comprehensively similar in size to the PS4’s; the PS4 likewise transported 4.5 million units in its launch quarter.

Microsoft didn’t release specific sales figures for the Xbox Series X or Series S with its earnings report a week ago, however the organization said that Xbox hardware revenue was up 86 percent year-on-year.