According to the latest statistics revealed by Sony today, the number of PlayStation Plus subscribers decreased by 2 million during the second quarter of the current fiscal year.

According to statistics (via VGC) revealed by the company today, Tuesday, the number of PlayStation Plus subscribers has reached the service 45.4 million subscriber. Compared to the previous quarter, where the number of subscribers was 47,3 With a difference of 2 million subscribers since last June, when the new service was launched, which includes 3 packages with different prices and content.

The company also reported a drop in monthly active users on PlayStation Network during the past three months, down to 102 million users, compared to 104 million a year earlier and 103 million in the previous quarter. This is the lowest subscriber count Sony has recorded since it began reporting this data in early 2020.

When asked about the company's decline in profits from gaming department services, the company's CFO Hiroki Totoki Blame it on the decline in third-party game sales and the end of the pandemic with people enjoying their leisure time outdoors instead of spending time on video games.

He added that he expects subscriber numbers to see a significant improvement in the next fiscal quarter, with the release of major titles like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and God of War Ragnarök.

It is worth noting that Sony had confirmed in a previous statement that the game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 had set a new record on PlayStation platforms, either in terms of pre-orders or in terms of sales on the first day, without releasing any statistics at the time of writing this report.

Sony also revealed the latest statistics on PlayStation 5 sales, which are still suffering a major slowdown despite the company's optimism about hitting the targets it has set for the current and next fiscal year. You can see the details of the statistics in our report.