PlayStation 5 has shipped 100 million items, Sony has introduced. The milestone comes forward of the launch of GTA 6, which is anticipated to spice up console gross sales considerably. It means PS5 has shipped an extra 2.1 million items within the 40 days because it final reported PS5 gross sales, on the finish of September.
Sony Interactive Leisure describes shipped items as “Cumulative Worldwide {Hardware} Unit Gross sales (Promote-in),” which isn’t sell-through to prospects, however does give us an concept of how effectively the PS5 has offered.
PS5 hits 100 million six years after launch. The console launched on November 12, 2020, in choose international locations and November 19, 2020, worldwide, amid the COVID pandemic and lockdowns. Console rival Microsoft launched the Xbox Collection X and S on the similar time, and doesn’t report gross sales figures.
How does PS5 evaluate to different PlayStation consoles? It’s heading in the direction of PS4’s 117 million complete (as of June 30, 2022 — the newest knowledge we’ve got from Sony). It had already outsold the PS3’s 87.4 million complete (as of March 31, 2017), and the PlayStation Transportable’s 76.4 million as of March 31, 2012. It would quickly overtake the unique PlayStation’s 102.4 million, however is unlikely to surpass the PS2’s enormous 160 million gross sales. Certainly, PS2 stays the best-selling console of all time, simply forward of the Nintendo Change’s 157.2 million (as of September 30, 2026). Sony did not disclose gross sales knowledge for the PlayStation Vita, however it’s secure to say it wouldn’t have appeared excessive up on this listing.
PlayStation {hardware} gross sales:
- PlayStation 5: Greater than 100 million (As of November 10, 2026)
- PlayStation 4: Greater than 117 million (As of June 30, 2022)
- PlayStation 3: Greater than 87.4 million (As of March 31, 2017)
- PSP (PlayStation Transportable): Greater than 76.4 million (As of March 31, 2012)
- PlayStation 2: Greater than 160 million (As of March 31, 2012)
- PlayStation: Greater than 102.4 million (As of March 31, 2012)
Maybe the extra essential query for Sony is how PS5 is promoting launch-aligned versus the PS4. Because it stands, the PS5 is round 5 million behind its predecessor, however it’s price remembering that the market is in a really completely different place for PS5 at this level in its lifecycle than PS4 was. The primary drag on PS5 — and certainly all console gross sales — is worth rises because of the AI-fueled ‘RAMpocalypse.’ Historically, online game consoles get cheaper the older they get, which in flip boosts second half lifecycle gross sales. This technology has seen the other occur, with consoles getting dearer and gross sales dropping off.
Nonetheless, Sony shall be pleased with how its gaming enterprise is doing. Earlier this month, Sony raised its full-year forecast for PlayStation after increased internet gross sales and working earnings within the second quarter. And it has GTA 6 popping out subsequent week.
It’s not all excellent news for PlayStation, nevertheless. With 2.4 million items offered, Marvel’s Wolverine is taken into account a disappointment. And simply this week Sony continued its pricey retreat from reside service by canceling Haven’s Fairgames.
Ideas naturally flip to the next-gen and the promise of PS6 and presumably even a PlayStation handheld. Studies point out next-gen consoles may value greater than $1,000 at launch, so it’s exhausting to picture what follows PS5 getting wherever close to the 100 million offered mark.