Sony: PS6 work “progressing as scheduled.” PS5 lifetime 97.9M. Verdict: WAIT

Andy Robinson at VGC dated the earnings brief November 5 at 8:19 a.m. Sony CFO Lin Tao, on the Q2 call: next PlayStation platform development is “progressing as scheduled,” and Sony intends “solid progress” preparing the next-gen in the next business year. Catherine Lewis at GamesRadar, same day, puts the “progressing as scheduled” / “The development itself is on schedule” lines on Seeking Alpha’s Q&A transcript, and the “solid progress in preparing for the next generation platform” line on Sony’s own remarks. This desk checked Sony’s English speech PDF the same morning.

Looking ahead to next fiscal year, we aim to continue to enhance user engagement and further strengthen monetization through the release of strong titles and the expansion of our service. We also intend to make solid progress in preparing for the next generation platform.— Lin Tao, Sony Q2 FY2026 English speech transcript, Nov 5

What Sony’s speech actually prints

• Game & Network Services, quarter ended September 30: sales 1,208.5 billion yen, up 9% year-on-year. Operating income 220.1 billion yen, up 83% — a record for the second quarter. Excluding 49.8 billion yen of one-time losses a year earlier, operating income increased 29%. VGC printed games operating income +89%; Sony’s English speech is +83%. This page is using Sony’s figure.
• Full-year G&NS forecast vs July: sales up 6% to 4.83 trillion yen; operating income up 6% to 700 billion yen, “primarily due to the impact of higher third-party software and network services sales and decreased costs.” Sony’s speech does not name Grand Theft Auto 6 on that line. VGC writes “notably, GTA 6.” Dr Serkan Toto told VGC the upgrade “should be thanks to even higher than expected pre-orders for GTA 6.” That is Toto, not Tokyo.
• PlayStation MAUs in September: 127 million accounts, up 7% year-on-year, “a record high for September.” Total playtime for the quarter up 4%.
• Marvel’s Wolverine, released in September: cumulative sales “exceeded 2.4 million units.” That is Sony’s line. VGC reprints “>2.4M.”
• PS5 hardware: “we have been able to offset the rise in memory prices through adjustments to promotions and pricing, as well as additional cost-reduction,” with hardware profitability expected “on par with the previous fiscal year.” Next fiscal year memory: “we have aligned on the quantity of memory needed for our projected hardware unit sales.” Sony dates that next business year as starting April 2027 in VGC’s writeup of the same call.

VGC’s unit line, which the English speech PDF this desk loaded does not print as a 97.9 million figure: 2.6 million PS5 consoles in the three months ended September 30, lifetime 97.9 million. GamesRadar reprints both numbers. Those two stay on VGC/GamesRadar unless a later Sony hardware table lands on this page.

Investment next fiscal year — no street date

VGC quotes Tao on investment: “From next fiscal year onward, there will be investment in the new platform.” Announce timing “at an appropriate time in the future.” GamesRadar’s Seeking Alpha stretch is the same idea: investment for the new platform starting next fiscal year, announced at an “appropriate” time. Sony’s prepared remarks do not add a year. VGC notes a prior call this year where CEO Hiroki Totoki said Sony had still not decided a PlayStation 6 release date. Analysts expecting 2028, including after disc sales end, are labeled as speculation on that VGC page — not a Sony date. This desk is not inventing 2028.

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