In the third quarter of 2025, Sony stated in his financial report that the continuation of The Spirit of Ma Island, the Spirit of Goats, had made a “significant contribution” to company performance. This quarter saw a 6 per cent increase in sales of digital games and additional content, amounting to 761.5 billion yen (approximately $4,856 million).
During the financial call conference, Thorne’s chief finance officer, Taulin, disclosed that the RPG, developed by the Sucker Punch Productions, “sold more than the Spirit of the Island during the same period”. Since its sale on 2 October 2025, the Spirit of the Goat Mountain has sold 3.3 million copies. “Our mature real-time service-type games, such as The Hells 2 and MLB The Show, have also contributed to a stable and regular income.” She also stated that the company had “full confidence” in the sale of the marathon from 23 September 2025 until 5 March 2026. In other respects, Torin acknowledged that the “hardware market situation was more challenging than expected” in the third quarter, but Sony was still able “to steadily expand the PS5 capacity, as planned, with a cumulative sales of over 92 million”. In the 2025 holiday season, Sony PS5 had delivered 8 million, down 15.7 per cent from 9.5 million at the end of the third quarter of December 2024.
“Despite a mild decline in PS hardware sales in the second half of the mainframe life cycle, PlayStation’s digital sales reached an all-time high this quarter, thanks mainly to the contributions of major third-party series and new popular works.” Torin also spoke about the persistent memory shortage and whether it would have an impact on PS5 prices. “Looking to the future, we intend to consult further with suppliers to ensure that there is sufficient supply to meet the needs of our clients,” Torin explained. “In view of the life cycle phase of the PS5 mainframe, our hardware sales strategy can be adapted flexibly. We intend to minimize the impact of future increases in memory costs on the business block by prioritizing the current installed capacity and by working to further expand the revenue from software and network services.” As for the new PS5 mainframe sales, Tourin stated that “cost increases will have some impact.” “However, this is in the second half of the life cycle, which means that hardware sales are declining or slowing down as expected. We therefore have many or a wide range of options and options to take.”
