So now you're insulting and lying instead of showing facts to back your claims.
The Sony FY2018 number is $20.84B, not $17.7. This means it's the biggest FY revenue in history for a console platform holder. And 20 is higher than 11 so yes, Sony's gaming division generates way more revenue than MS division. As source you can see the Sony FY2019 results report (so until March 31st, 2020) I mentioned before:
https://www.neogaf.com/threads/sony...on-41-5m-ps-members-66-digital-ratio.1541094/
It's a ripped off, simplified version of the equivalent Resetera thread, that includes way more detailed data where you can see it in a cool graph:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/so...ion-41-5m-ps-members-66-digital-ratio.203892/
Some additional highlights from that Sony FY2019 (which ended March 31st, 2020) report:
- 2nd biggest Revenue for any platform holder in video game history (note: 1st is Sony FY2018)
- Gaming Revenue : ¥1977.6bn / $18.14B (-14.4% YoY from ¥2310.9bn / $20.84B - FY2018)
- Gaming Operating Profit : ¥238.4bn / $2.19B(-% YoY from ¥311.1bn / $2.81B - FY2018)
- 2nd best Revenue ever for PlayStation and for any platform holder in video game history (note: 1st is Sony FY2018)
- 2nd best Operating Profit ever for PlayStation (note: 1st is Sony FY2018)
- PS4 is the only console to have 4 years with more than 200m games sold
- 4th highest yearly software sales in video game history
- PS4 Software LTD passed 1.2B games sold (note: the only console that sold more is PS2 with 1.537B, PS4 is on track to beat it)
- Console sales (note: PS4 already outsold total Wii and PS1 sales and launch aligned sold more consoles than the best selling home console ever (PS2) at this point of its life cycle)
If we go to check more recent numbers (Sony Q1 FY2020, so from April 1st to June 30th 2020) we get some extra data:
https://www.neogaf.com/threads/112-...i-and-ghost-of-tsushima-selling-well.1559595/
- 18.5 Million units of Playstation First-Party Software sold in Q1 or 20.3 % of total PS4 software unit sales.
- Q1 Revenue/profit: 5.6 Billion/1.16 Billion USD. (68% YoY growth in profit). (Note: 68% incease over previous year, which was the 2nd best year in gaming history)
- 45 Million PS Plus Subscribers + 2.2M PS Now subs as of End of April 2020 ( vs unknown Gold subs + 10M Gamepass subs -even if many of htem paying $1- as of April)
- 113 Million PSN Monthly Active users (note: vs 'nearly 90M XBL MAU' back in April)
And right now I don't find it, but they also provided combined revenues from their game services/subs (so combined number for PS+/Now/XBL/Gamepass in certain way). As I remember MS provided from all their gaming services combined and Sony with some more detail, and it was easier to see there that Sony was generating game revenue from these subs.
Since you had some troubles with Sony FY2018, here's the related report highlighting to some Sony gaming divison / PS4 revenue and profits data and new records from that fiscal year:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/so...8m-gaming-profits-75-yoy-best-fy-ever.113695/
- Best FY ever for the Gaming Division in terms of Revenue and Operating Profit (breaking the records they set in FY2017)
- PlayStation's biggest Operating Profit ($2.81B) in Sony's history (34,8% of Sony total Operating Profit during the FY2018)
- In FY2018, the Gaming Division broke for the 1st time the $20B+ Sales/Revenue barrier and the $2B+ Operating Profit barrier
- Gaming Revenue of FY2018 doubled FY2013 with nearly $21B (vs $10.42B in FY2013)
- Gaming Operating Profit went from $188 millions loss in 2013 to $2.81B profit in 2018
- Gaming Profit of just Q1+Q2 FY2018 combined ($1.58B)
- Total PS4 profits ($3.84B) [without FY2018] exceed total PS1 profits ($3.03B), the entire PS2 profits ($2.22B) or offset the total PS3 loss ($-3.54B) !
- The PS4 profits of FY2018 alone ($2.81B) exceed the entire PS2 profits during its 6 years ($2.22B)