The problem is likely supply, not demand.

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Despite the RAMaggedon crisis and tariffs that are making its PS5 consoles expensive and hard to get, Sony's gaming division had a solid quarter . While the company only sold 2.6 million PS5 consoles in Q2 2026 compared to 4 million the year before, game sales and PlayStation Network services were up. The result was a nine percent increase in revenue and 83 percent boost to profits year-over-year. However, the sales drop was likely due to supply issues that may bite the company harder once Grand Theft Auto VI drops on November 19 .

Overall, game sales were up 9.8 million units over the same quarter last year, in both first- and third-party games. Digital downloads, a huge point of controversy for Sony this year, accounted for 78 percent of full-game software sales, up from 72 percent in the same period last year.…