Sony became the main “net profit provider” for AMD. We have the new gaming consoles to thank for this.
What is known
Despite a very weak 2022 for the industry,Sony and AMD did relatively well. According to the results of the last quarter, the first was able to sell a record number of PlayStation 5 game consoles (7.1 million units).
The total volume of sales of consoles from March toDecember 2022 was 12.8 million units, and since the release - 38 million units. In addition, Sony hopes to sell 6.2 million copies in the current quarter.
Sony accounted for 16% of AMD's revenue in 2022, up from 14% in 2021. 20% of classic AMD (ex-XLNX). Semi-custom peaked in 2022 and will decline in 2023. $AMD $SONY pic.twitter.com/pwmk4j8Xem
— Sravan Kundojjala (@SKundojjala) February 28, 2023
Due to the great popularity of video game consolesSony brought in 16% of net profit at the end of 2022. Compared to 2021, the share increased by 2%. Excluding Xilinx, which is owned by AMD, Sony's figure is as much as 20%.
Lisa Su, CEO of AMD, calledgrowth in sales of custom processors for game consoles "very strong." It's worth noting that AMD is also the chip supplier for the Xbox Series S | X, but Microsoft accounted for much less sales. According to analyst Shravan Kundojjala (Sravan Kundojjala), Sony set-top boxes sold 60% better.