PlayStation Plus subscribers have fallen by nearly two million since Sony launched its renewed subscription service in June.
According to the latest company news Financial reportSony’s multi-tiered PlayStation Plus subscription service dropped from 47.3 million at the end of June to 45.4 million in the three months leading up to September 30 — a 4% drop.
Sony has highlighted that the percentage of gamers subscribing to the service is significantly higher on the PS5 than on the previous generation PS4 console. In response, Sony’s leadership plans to accelerate the adoption of PS5 hardware “to restore this user engagement in the future.”
The number of active users on the PlayStation Network also decreased by one million in the last quarter to 102 million players.
Despite its low numbers on the digital side, Sony still has a solid performance when it comes to PlayStation 5 hardware. The company announced that it has now sold more than 25 million units, and managed to produce nearly 6.5 million new PS5s in the three months leading up to it. September 30
Sony announced the renewal of PlayStation Plus service in March As a somewhat similar subscription Xbox Game Pass from Microsoft, But the rollout was not completed until June when the three new tiers reached Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
Although the base level is basically the same as the original PlayStation Plus – allowing users to play online and Giving monthly games at no additional cost – The Extra and Premium levels have added completely new content.
Both give users access to a catalog of games from PlayStation 4 and 5 including Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Dragon Quest 11 and Red Dead Redemption 2, while the Premium tier also comes with a classic catalog that includes games from the original PlayStation through to PS3.
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