PS5 sales surpass 40 Million units worldwide

[Unchained]

PlayStation 5 sales surpass 40m worldwide

PlayStation 5 has now sold 40 million consoles worldwide, Sony has announced. By comparison, PlayStation 4 -- the faste…

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PlayStation 5 has now sold 40 million consoles worldwide, Sony has announced.

By comparison, PlayStation 4 -- the fastest-selling PlayStation console to 40 million -- achieved the same feat two months quicker. The PS5 was severely impacted by component shortages, which meant Sony was unable to supply the demand for the system during the first two years on the market. The console is now in full supply.

The milestone follows a strong June for PS5 across Europe, with sales up 116% compared with the same period in 2022.

As part of the announcement, PlayStation also revealed that there are now 2,500 PS5 games available on the platform.

Sony announced it had hit 30 million sales for PS5 in January. The company's next big push around the console takes place in October with the launch of Spider-Man 2, which arrives alongside a special edition version of the console.

"Despite the unprecedented challenges of COVID, our teams and our partners worked diligently to deliver PS5 on time. We continued to face headwinds with the pandemic, and it took months for supply chains to normalize so we could have the inventory to keep up with demand. For more months than I care to remember, we kept thanking our community for their patience while working through these issues. But now PS5 supply is well-stocked and we are seeing that pent up demand finally being met."

 

[John Elden Ring]

 

[Nhomnhom]

More reason for Sony to invest in the PlayStation, consoles ain't going nowhere and PC ain't it for them.

 

[Entropi]

PS5 has done everything right, IMO. It reminds me a lot of the PS1 days, there was always a game I could jump into and enjoy.

 

[ethomaz]

Official PR release.

PlayStation 5 Surpasses 40 Million in Sales – Sony Interactive Entertainment

sonyinteractive.com

 

[On Demand]

*As of the week ending July 16, 2023


PS5 is a real beast.

 

[Summer Nightmares]

Glad to be part of it for the first time in 26 years

Icon Era is always going to be a special place to me for being the reason I tried out consoles after playing on pc my whole life.

 

[Killer_Sakoman]

PS5 will likely start to surpass PS4 from now on

 

[Sircaw]

PS5 has done everything right, IMO. It reminds me a lot of the PS1 days, there was always a game I could jump into and enjoy.

I still want my themes, besides that.

 

[On Demand]

Shipped should be 44/45M.

We’ll find out in their next financial report.

 

[ethomaz]

We can guess the shipments this time...

Last sold numbers were around 36 million, no?
So around 4 million in 3 months.

That means shipment will be around 4 million or more.

> 42.4 million imo.
And yes this quarter will probably be a 4+ million shipment.

 

[Box]

40 million with Supply constraints and worldwide economic issues is extremely impressive

XboxCels how does it feel to know that a $550 PS5 is out selling a $239 Xbox? How does that feel knowing that a lower price can’t even help Xbox vs Playstation. That must be mentally draining for all you XboxCels.

 

[Evilms]

Almost twice the sales of the xbox series X + S

 

[On Demand]

Almost twice the sales of the xbox series X + S

No. It is twice. More than.

 

[Evilms]

No. It is twice. More than.

Maybe

I based it on this

 

[On Demand]

That’s shipped.

If that’s even accurate.

They’re always hiding numbers and I refuse to believe some random show is revealing sold to consumers numbers.

Xbox hardware has been down all year. Not that 20M is that good after 2 1/2 years anyway.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

To put this into perspective: in six months PS5 has sold more units than Xbox Series S & X will sell for the entirety of 2023.

Combined.

 

[Evilms]

 

[Fenton]

 

[Yurinka]

40M, almost the fastest selling console in gaming history even with the covid related shortages? Sounds like MS has a monopoly and that Jimbo has to be fired.

Now seriously, well deserved! Seems it's very close to pass again the PS4 as the fastest selling console launch aligned.