According to data compiled by the website Game File, the state of sales for PlayStation-developed video games is cause for concern. With the State of Play just hours away, the situation could even be considered alarming.
Between spring 2020 and winter 2021, Sony sold 58.4 million first-party games. That period saw major releases such as Ghost of Tsushima, The Last of Us Part II, and the launch of the PS5 with Demon’s Souls and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales.
Now, between April 2025 and March 2026, that total has plummeted to 32.1 million PlayStation titles sold worldwide, a staggering decline that has only accelerated over the years. While the chart shared by Game File shows a 3.2 million increase in sales compared to fiscal year 2024, the decline still amounts to 26.3 million units since fiscal year 2020.
In addition to failures like Concord or even Saros recently, PlayStation has also canceled numerous projects and shut down studios. Furthermore, devs such as Naughty Dog, Media Molecule, and Bend Studio have yet to release anything on the PS5.
It remains to be seen whether upcoming major releases will turn things around at a time when Sony has also decided to distance itself from the PC by keeping its future single-player games exclusive to the PS5.
