Who knew that being stuck inside for months on end while living in a world of uncertainty would lead to more video games being purchased" What a concept. The latest Sony financial earnings report is out and is giving us normal folks our first look at fully pandemic-laced sales numbers from the PlayStation camp. Unsurprisingly, the first-quarter numbers for 2020 (ending June 30th) show that PS4 game sales numbers saw an increase by double over previous numbers, showing that gaming in the age of the coronavirus pandemic is good for business. The numbers reveal a bevy of details about the nature of Sony?s game sales business at the moment, including that digital sales are skyrocketing and there?s a pretty good reason as to why a digital edition of the PlayStation 5 is going to exist.
Here is a breakdown of Sony?s Game & Network Services net revenue by segment for FY20 Q1 (Apr 1- Jun 30).
Console Hardware: $0.52bn / 9%

Packaged Software: $0.35bn / 6%

Digital Software: $1.37bn / 24%

Add on Content: $2.29bn / 41%

Subscriptions: $0.87bn/ 16%

Other: $0.23bn / 4% pic.twitter.com/Vx0nwaL6ZE
? Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) August 4, 2020

According to the Sony report, 91 million PS4 games were sold during the three-month lead-in period of April 1 to June 30, compared to 49.8 million sales reported at this same time last year. That number is thanks in part to first-party releases such as The Last of Us Part II, which led to over 18.5 million Sony published games sold (which d...