PlayStation 5 Achieves 50 Million Units Sold to Consumers - Sony Interactive Entertainment

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) today announced the PlayStation 5 console (PS5) has surpassed 50 million units sold through to consumers, three years since its Nov. 2020 launch.

Thanks to the support of PlayStation fans globally, the PS5 console has experienced strong momentum this year, driven by a slate of highly popular games and SIE’s continued focus on bringing innovation to the gaming experience, including PS5 game streaming for PlayStation Plus Premium members.

[Nyxus]

Good! How long until 100 million?

[VenomUK]

@Nyxus. Just a couple of weeks more.

[EvertonFC]

Another 3 years

[Nyxus]

Maybe faster now that the shortages are fixed.

[DarXyde]

Eleven minutes.

[Charlieboy333]

In 2 more years

[itsmebryan]

After reading the leaked information console sales are not their biggest problem. You notice they are not talking sales of consoles and not revenue, subscribers or profits for awhile.

It's going to be interesting to see what numbers they give the share holders at the end of the fiscal year.

[MrNinosan]

"console sales are not their biggest problem"

Uh, of course, as it's not a problem, if you're not calling luxury a problem.
Sony doesn't need to "talk", the sales and games does it for them.

[GaboonViper]

"Not talking sales of consoles"

But the whole point of the story is talking about console sales crossing 50 million units sold through to consumers not being sat in warehouses as some very dumb people are saying.

Oh and its MS who stopped talking about profits.....i wonder why???

[S2Killinit]

Sony usually doesn't talk about that stuff unless its some milestone, like 50 million. They let their games do the talking.

[BrettAwesome]

Come on, BrYan. Do you really want Sony to die?

[S2Killinit]

PS5s are going to be sitting under a lot of trees.

[TheEroica]

That's a lot of dust collectors! BSJive has no library worth a purchase yet.

[gold_drake]

damn already?
absolutely deserved

[shadowT]

Massive numbers! PS5 has outsold Xbox Series X and S 3-to-1 in 2023, according to IGN.

[Vanfernal]

If the statistics that only 25% of Xbox owners got the X it can be extrapolated that:

PS5: 50 million
Xbox Series total = 16.67 million
Series S = 12.5 million
Series X =4.17 million

[DarXyde]

I hope that's not true.

After years in the market with Game Pass and an exclusive Todd Howard Bethesda game, that is astonishingly low. At this rate, they might barely outsell the N64 by 2026.

That would really explain Microsoft's refusal to relax the Series S requirement.

If the Series X is really selling that poorly, I'm starting to think multiplatform releases are just dicking around with the X versions.

I'm very skeptical of this metric. I guess I don't really understand because Microsoft has been very aggressive with consumer deals and they *technically* have a high first party output due to the acquisitions.

I'm glad their vision of the future seems to be roundly rejected in the court of public opinion, but I can't say I want Sony to dominate either.

Then again, they ARE counting Portal sales as console sales too, so interpret cautiously.

[BehindTheRows]

@DarXyde

Sony being dominant has result in 4 wonderful, industry changing devices. They’re good there.

Nothing wrong with having healthy competition, it just needs to come from something other than Xbox.

[__SteakDeck__]

@DarXyde It’s already been confirmed that the S is the most purchased of the two. Also the Portal is being counted as a separate console.

[anast]

Nice

[IRetrouk]

Now tracking ahead of the ps4, not bad at all.

[badz149]

The pandemic has really hurt the potential of the PS5 early on despite now it's tracking ahead of the PS4. For it to not even taking part it 2 of the last Black Fridays and still doing this number after 3 years is amazing yet, it's the case of what could have been.

[italiangamer]

PlayStation 6 will fix that 🦍

[__SteakDeck__]

@badz194 Sony still as a couple of Trump cards to use. PS5 Pro and GTA VI PS5/Pro bundle.

[outsider1624]

Congratulations to Sony! With this i hope we can get new games, new IPs, sequels faster.

[Hofstaderman]

This is exactly why sales matter.

[andy85]

Tracking PS2 numbers. Crazy. Imagine without the chip shortage

[Hofstaderman]

Its over, MS can pack it up.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

They apparently are 👀. In two years they're moving on to next gen it's rumored

[Nyxus]

I don't think hardware is their problem...

[Einhander1972]

Having a console sooner doesn't matter if they can't sell it.

And 3'rd party game development is not going to leave PlayStation and it's 80-90m userbase, heck PS4 hasn't even been abandoned yet, and will still be getting games in 2026.

[Aloymetal]

No more wait for next year, they gotta change it to wait for next gen...And even that one isn't look great so far lmao.

[GaboonViper]

LOL at GamerTanzen below, he's to scared to say anything to you on his main account so created a sock.

Oh and Sonys games are profitable loser.

[Christopher]

MS isn't playing hardware games. What are they packing up? Their goals for digital subscription service everywhere bolstered by their IPs that they will use as a ways to forcing people to allow their service on their platform?

[badboyz09]

All black gta 6 ps5 pro bundles.

[Shane Kim]

I'll Take Two please!

[ocelot07]

I think I see what you did there lol.

[Demetrius]

Hella deserved with even more gems dropping soon this system will continue success, when I bought my ps5 back in feb this year as a gift for myself I was awestruck, wanted to jump up n down like a kid it's just something about getting a brand new system out of that box and the smell of it is nostalgia 🔥 lol 6am soon as walmart opened YEET lol then was like YES THE PS5 PLEASE YES lol

[AdonisIsBeast]

Where is Playstation Home 2

[Terry_B]

Its called "Tower Unite" ..is already much more content wise than PS Home ever was and..an early access game on Steam. Updates are coming every couple of weeks and its really good. But a PS Home 2 ..in VR would be awesome indeed.

But won't happen

[Vanfernal]

PS Home was ahead of its time. PSN just didn't have the online infrastructure back in the day to support it.

[AdonisIsBeast]

I agree, but where is it now? Similar to FFXIV, don’t give up on it keep evolving it and growing.

[Terry_B]

50 Millions in 3 years..and that while we had the corona years.

Thats impressive.

[bigfish]

A two toned commemorative edition of the ps5 slim would be nice in white and blue.

[GaboonViper]

Congrats on this amazing milestone, and SOLD THROUGH to consumers as well, they are one week behind PS4 and should be tracking ahead of it by the new year.

[jznrpg]

Grats! Want to see what they have cooking. Not everything just what’s close to release