A million-dollar figure was revealed this Tuesday by Interactive Entertainment.

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) announced that it has surpassed the barrier of 25 million PlayStation 5 (PS5) consoles sold worldwide since its launch, which took place in November 2020.

The company released this and other data during the presentation of the financial results for the second quarter of the year (Q2 2022) of the current fiscal year , which began in April 2022 and will end in March of next year.

In this last period analyzed, specifically, the Japanese manufacturer has managed to sell 3.3 million units of its latest generation console, the same amount registered in the same period of the previous year.

Taking into account the data reported during the first quarter of 2022, when 2.4 million PS5s were sold (compared to 2.3 million units for the same quarter of 2021), sales have been higher than those of 2021. in so far this year.

Despite these good results, if this situation continues, Sony would not be able to fulfill its plans at the end of the fiscal year of 2022, since it had the objective of selling 18 million PS5s and, for the moment, it has only sold 5, 7 million consoles.

The sum of all the sales records of its latest generation console determines that Sony has managed to sell 25 million units since the launch of this product for ‘gamers’.

The results are also favorable in terms of sales of ‘hardware’, which resulted in 179,245 million yen (about 1,200 million euros) of profit in the second quarter of the current fiscal year, compared to 160,635 million yen (about 1,100 million euros) from the previous year.

The revenue generated by the sales of video games and ‘software’ also increased from 343.03 million yen in Q2 202 to 369,977 in the second quarter of the current fiscal year.

In relation to the movements registered in the ‘software’ section, Sony has indicated that players bought a total of 62.5 million games on all available platforms. Of these, 63 percent were downloads in digital format and 6.7 million were ‘first-party’ titles, that is, developed by their own studios.

Be careful, gamers: the remake of Silent Hill 2 is confirmed and it already has a new preview

This Wednesday, October 19, Konami confirmed that it is producing the remake of the popular horror video game Silent Hill 2. Also, the technology company at the Silent Hill Transmission event released a three-minute preview, which brings great emotions.

In that order of ideas, in the trailer you can see the famous city with fog 4k. In addition, you can see one of the iconic characters of the original saga, that is, Pyramid Head, as well as other notable elements of the video game.

However, the peak moment was when the main character of the video game comes out, that is, the popular James Sunderland. The hero of the saga is looking at himself in a mirror in the middle of a voiceover about his late wife. Next, familiar shots of Sunderland are seen as they walk through the mist.

Similarly, Konami and the trailer itself confirmed that developer Bloober Team known for producing the hit game ‘Layers of Fear’ will be in charge of reviving the classic horror game. In addition, they stated that this new version will only be available for the PlayStation 5 and for PC in 2023.

“Our goal is to do everything that made the game a timeless classic, but delve even deeper into the misty streets of Silent Hill ,” said Bloober Team director Mateusz Lenart.

Likewise, it was confirmed that Masahiro Ito will be the person in charge of designing the creature, while Akira Yamaoka will return to be the video game’s composer again, which is why through his Twitter account he thanked the opportunity and the popularity that is maintained later. 20 years after its launch.

“The new version also has a new music style, new challenges, sound design, and music that will be able to please existing fans,” added Yamaoka.