Sony’s hardware sales top 50 million

Sony is seeing strong momentum for its PlayStation 5 console with lifetime sales exceeding 50 million units and the company recording its best-ever Black Friday period sales for the device.

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Sony is looking for a strong performance from the PS5, which is in its fourth year on the market, during the holiday shopping season to hit its sales target of a record 25 million units.

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Sony's games business was its largest unit by sales and the second-biggest contributor to operating profit after music in the last financial year.

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PS5 sales were hampered by supply chain snarls earlier in its lifecycle.

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