A New Chart Shows What Every PlayStation Fan Has Been Feeling This Generation

A Game File chart shows Sony’s first-party PlayStation game sales peaked in fiscal 2020, then fell for several years before rebounding in fiscal 2025.

By contrast, total PlayStation platform game sales have stayed strong and are nearing pandemic-era highs.

The decline is tied to longer development cycles and Sony’s failed push into live-service games, including the Concord setback.

Recent successes such as Astro Bot, Death Stranding 2, and Ghost of Yotei helped lift last year’s results.

The trend matters because it suggests PS5-era first-party output has been slower and weaker even as the broader PlayStation business remains healthy.