Sony reported its quarterly outcomes tonight and it mentioned that third-party video games helped it develop working earnings by 2.8 instances within the quarter in comparison with a yr in the past.
The video games that took off included Astro Bot, which debuted on the PlayStation 5 on September 6 and generated 1.5 million copies bought.
Up to now this yr, Helldivers 2, which debuted on February 8 from third-party dev Arrowhead Sport Studios, has bought 12 million copies on the PC and PS5.
And Sony’s Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Lower has bought 9.7 million copies on the PS5 and the PC since its debut on Could 16.
Sony additionally received a lift this yr from The Final of Us Half II Remastered and from Horizon Forbidden West on the PC, but it surely didn’t say how a lot these video games bought.