Sony Boasts Breaking 100 Million Total PS4, PS3 and PS Vita Sales in New Corporate Ad

Not all the trailers released by Sony Computer Entertainment are targeted to us gamers, and at times the company releases videos dedicated to their business partners as well. The Japanese branch of the house of PlayStation just released a nice little trailer aimed to other companies in order to persuade them to create new official licensed PlayStation products.

Quite interestingly, the trailer mentions that the PS4, PS3 and PS Vita combined have broken 100 million total units sold.

[NatureOfLogic_]

Very impressive for the PS family.

[Mikey32230]

Is that an unannounced Dualshock 4 -Steering wheel accessory?? - for Driveclub motion controls that were just hinted at by the developers.

Seen at 1:23

[Abriael]

It's not unannounced. As a matter of fact it's already released. It passed under my radar too until I saw it on this trailer.

You can find on Amazon if you search for "Officially Licensed Compact Racing Wheel (PS4)"

[WeAreLegion]

Wow. I had no idea it existed, either.

http://www.amazon.com/Offic...

[bouzebbal]

PS licenced products? sounds interesting!

[darthv72]

Interesting as this sort of info is usually what we hear at the big trade shows like E3 or gamescom.

As to the wheel...is it just me or is this making the DS4 into a wii-wheel/wiimote type of control? i like the idea but its funny how this didnt come out for the PS3 when the DS3 supported sixaxis control for racing games (that used it).

[tbone567]

It's just sad that Sony lost all the money they made on ps1 and ps2 on the PS3. Sony recently reported a 78 million loss on playstation in the most recent quarter.

[kingPoS]

I never knew about that, it reminds of the Wii mote.

@ WeAreLegion

Oh snap!! the G27 is selling for $209.

Gateway MT6706 2008

[Giul_Xainx]

What I want to know is....

I GET THAT WATCH FROM?

[The_Hero]

If the PS3 has 82.5 Million. This means 17.5M+ of them are PS4 and PS Vita.

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

@Darthv72

It did existed for Dualshock 3/Sixaxis.
http://pt.playstation.com/m...

Also, even more like the wiimote wheel, there was plenty of option for Move. Even this official, really weird, wheel-batarang hybrid.
http://cdn1-www.playstation...

[2cents]

Congratulations are definitely in order for such a huge feat!
Hoping the success continues way beyond PS4

[Magicite]

Im happy PlayStation is doing so great, I wonder whether PS4 have passed 9M already.

[Darkstares]

Didn't Nintendo break 100 million with just the Wii a year ago?

[Cuzzo63]

Ur in the wrong section
Nintendo is datta way <<<<<<<&l t;<<<
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[marioJP87]

As cheap as it was, it should have broke that record.

[clouds5]

Yes it did.

[PS3and4_HAS_GAMES]

Yes they did and how many shi++y games did they have along with it? We all know the Wii sold based on curiosity from all ages and genders and that's it so your comment holds no value

[Retroman]

@ N4GAMER administrator
not trolling as you claim
my response to this article : "YIPPYYYYYYYY" if that trolling then trolling must be telling the truth !!

[Majin-vegeta]

You give people quality they will buy it.

[waltyftm]

Well said.

[MightyNoX]

Pearls of wisdom.

[Hardcore_gamerxbox]

Quality product with lots of undue games and remastered games good for Sony fans

[ApolloAdams]

Many multiple accounts....Move on. Next

Edit: Oops I'm stupid read that wrong. I'll leave the previous statement up so people can laugh at my stupidity. *Eats Crow*

[FITgamer]

What do accounts have to do with sales?

[marijanFTW]

SONY released 4 home consoles - they sold 350 million units
nintendo released 6 home consoles - they sold 270 million units
microsoft released 3 home consoles - they sold 110 million units

SONY - the king of home consoles

[ApolloAdams]

The PS2 was a DVD player that's what it's successful. Same with PS3 and Blu-ray.

Still I agree they are the kings of home consoles.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Yep. All those top selling game franchises had nothing to do with the game system selling millions of units. So the PlayStation sold over 100 million because it was a CD player I suppose?

[dantesparda]

And the 360 ius a DVD player and the X1 a bulray player. But they aint the kings of home consoles.

[InTheLab]

The original Xbox was a dvd player
The 360 was a dvd player
HDDvD also launched on Xbox
The 360 was the first console to stream Netflix

None of that mattered. The PS2 was just a better console than it's competition. The PS3 launched at an absurd price which is why the Wii beat it, or is beating it for now. The PS4 is just a better console than it's competition. Same with the PS1.

Sony's success in the console market is pure insanity.

What Marijan didn't mention is that Sony hit 350m sold and lapped Nintendo despite at 10 year headstart.

Sony has also caused the premature death of at least 3 consoles and I think certain people will continue to be salty about that, which explains your comment...

[marioJP87]

And PS4 is currently king of next gen consoles. What type of player is it?

[larrysdirtydrawss]

oh ya and that other thing too,the greatest diverse lineup in the history of gaming

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

and who made the most profit Nintendo
has the most iconic franchises Nintendo
introduce the most gameplay concepts and playstyle Nintendo
created the standard controller design Nintendo

who got Sony to make PlayStation
Nintendo

Learn anything new today kids

[Majin-vegeta]

And who took majority of the Marketshare from Ninty??Sony C:

@Otaku and they lost it again and guess who has it again?

[Spotie]

I learned that you're living pretty much solely on past glories.

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

well look at dem disagrees man lol

oh right market share oh wow and who took it back Nintendo with Wii and DS

it okay sony fans I know you hates me. Time to play some Muramasa Rebirth.

[dantesparda]

"Time to play some Muramasa Rebirth."

Oh you mean that game thats also on the Vita? Man, fanboys are pathetic. Nintendo!? What are you 10?

[InTheLab]

Nintendo made all of their money in the handheld market and have had 3 profitable consoles. NES, SNES, and the Wii. Despite what fanboys will tell you on this site, Nintendo suffered major losses for those 3 failed consoles but was saved by the GBA, the DS, and the 3DS/2DS.

So when you see articles saying Nintendo made a profit during those gen's, they really mean Nintendo made a profit during that era based on the huge amount of handhelds they moved and not the warehouse full of consoles they failed to move.

As for the concepts and designs introduced by Nintendo, they've done nothing meaningful sense the 80's, and SMB64 in the 90's. Their controllers have been mostly gimmicks that inspired fads. The dualshock is the father of the modern controller, as every controller comes standard with two analog sticks for proper movement in a 3d space and 4 shoulder buttons...not 2. Nintendo didn't invent analog sticks like some of you kids like to believe. They were around in the 70's and occasionally called joysticks.

If anything, Sega deserves the most credit for changing the way we play games. CDs, game streaming through the Sega Channel, online gaming, second screen. Sony, MS, and Nintendo have all copied Sega.

[Clogmaster]

And the Edmonton Oilers won the Stanley Cup in 1990.

[mohuzas]

@InTheLab, nope. even the GameCube and N64 made some decent profits, and the WiiU will probably break even soon enough. although consoles like the Original Xbox and the PS3 never broke even. the PS3 is making money, but it hasn't recovered what it lost, but you wouldn't call the PS3 a failed console, would you?
Also, It's interesting how you just mention the analog thumbsticks, which are a different thing than joy sticks btw, and yet you don't mention the D-Pad, the ABXY button placement, the Start and Select Buttons, the L and R buttons, etc.

[marioJP87]

And who has a failed system that's losing nintendo profit? Nintendo!

[kenshiro100]

Because Nintendo couldn't have possibly copied anything, right?

[InTheLab]

@Moh

The gamecube was the first console to actually cause N to report an annual loss. They may have made money on each sold years after launch but making a few dollars on each sold does not equal profit. You cant produce millions of consoles and only sell a third of them. All of those consoles sat there and ate away at any profit Nintendo hoped to make on the Gamecube. Try as you might, you will NEVER find an article anywhere that says Nintendo made money on the GC or N64 because it didn't happen. They MADE MONEY ON THEIR HANDHELDS AND ONLY THEIR HANDHELDS then combined those numbers, hence, they made money in that ERA.

Now, the losses for the GC were not as substantial because they used most of the Gamecube parts for the Wii's production. It's the reason why they immediately made money on the Wii and why the joke that the Wii is really just two Gamecubes Duct taped together.

You wanna know how I know all of this? It's called research and actually being present during these events. There was no N4G back then but this financial stuff was all over places like Forbes and Time.

Speaking of research, the analog stick was created in the 70's and used for gaming in that same decade. WHAT WE CALL CONTROLLERS NOW WHERE JOYSTICKS BACK THEN. Again, I was there in the 80's when analog sticks were still around.

As for the controller part of your baseless argument, what does the current controller you play with look like?

This http://commons.wikimedia.or...

Or This... http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

I said MODERN day. No one is taking away what Nintendo did for gaming but that is history. In 1997, the base design for the controllers we all use to was designed by Sony.

And dude...come on. Face buttons on a controller were around long before Nintendo made consoles. You must be in your 20's because that's the only explanation for some of this ignorance.

Lastly, and this will kill some of you Nintendo made everything fanboys. THE INTELLIVISOIN WAS THE FIRST CONSOLE TO USE THE D PAD. Google it or ask your dad.

Seriously, Nintendo came along saved gaming in the 80's. Wouldn't that suggest that there was a gaming market long before Nintendo entered the mix?

[WeAreLegion]

Let's see...

VGChartz has them at:

PS3 - 82.5 Million
PS4 - 8.3 Million
Vita - 8.5 Million

That's 99.3 Million. I'm surprised VGChartz is within one million, honestly.

[NatureOfLogic_]

I stop reading at VGChartz.

[WeAreLegion]

I guess you missed the part where I insulted them then?

@Abriael - That's true. I was just trying to have a laugh at VGChartz's expense.

[Abriael]

It's over 100 million, so we don't really know by how much they're off

[joeorc]

look at the clock, it was all the way up over 119 million! So its well over 100 million, the PS3 is way past 80 million now! Most likely over 87 to 89 million. It would have to be because, that clock was over 100 million, thus to even make that mark over the ps3 world wide would have to be much higher than 80 million! Nov. It was over 80 million in 2013 thus its already july 2014.

It most likely is pushing near 90 million if its already not there already right now!

[Abriael]

@joeorc: I'm pretty sure that clock is a representation of the future (in fact it was shown growing), not of present numbers. With the numbers we have 119 million is simply an impossible total.

[lahariko]

Yeaaas sony yes yes yes yes!

[Dolf045]

Anyone have any idea what lifetime PS Vita and PS3 sales are to date?

Edit - Never mind, should really read the whole thread before post...

[waltyftm]

Why no PSP love, I cant be the only one who bought it.

[Larry L]

Because this is an advertisment directed towards other companies to create products on the PlayStation platforms that have active, and also probably online user bases. There wouldn't be much point in creating new games or peripherals or apps for PSP or like.....PS2 at this point.

[waltyftm]

That makes perfect sense, thanks.

[marijanFTW]

PS3 was at 80 million at november 2nd. Now is probably around 84 million.

PS4 is probably around 8.5 million.

Vita around 8 million.

So that's over 100 million

[joeorc]

Watch that clock on the video, its just slightly over 119 million. It does not stop at 100 million!
Thus if you think about it the ps3 was over 80 million last nov 2013 and its now july 2014, its well over that amount, combine with PS4 sold as of Apr 6th over 7 million, that would leave the PSVita at over 8 million. To reach slightly over 119 million even as fast as the PS4 was selling it still would need to be quite a bit more than 9 million! That means the PS3 is well or now slightly over 89 to 90 million! Quite a feat for an expensive console that started off so slow.

[mohuzas]

90 Million? I don't think so. we'd probably have heard of an official announcement by now.

[MasterCornholio]

Good job.

:)

[PSNintyGamer]

why'd they add the Vita Sales? Not that it would change much.

[joeorc]

Its because that is the current unified playstation eco system, all three systems will have access to playstation now! Thus for eco systems purpose they are all connected.

[Anon1974]

Not to pick nits here, but usually when someone is "boasting" that implies that they're overdoing it as if they were gloating. To talk with "excessive pride and self satisfaction".

Mentioning a fact like this in a presentation to developers isn't "boasting". That's an important statistic to people looking to bring their products to the Sony line of consoles.

Informing developers with regard to up-to-date sales stats is hardly "boasting". If Dualshockers wants to write an opinion piece or editorial regarding Sony's corporate culture, have at 'er, but how hard is it to post a simple trailer without slipping in your particular slant or taking a dig at a company in your headline?

[joeorc]

ok people read this its right here:

official PS3 #'s

d@rn near 93 to 94 Million!

it has most likely past the 92 million mark.

http://www.scei.co.jp/corpo...

that was from 2006 to 2011
total = 63.9 million

"Computer Entertainment System Worldwide Hardware Unit Sales (since April 2012)"

Notice that it has Single "System" as in only one single? system ; it does not say more than one system.

http://www.scei.co.jp/corpo...

start of 2012 before jan 2012, PS2 production has ended

http://www.theguardian.com/...

ps2 in FY2011 #'s

Q1 1.4
Q2 1.2
Q3 0.9
Q4 0.6

Thus since start of 2012 was the end of the PS2 production
the majority of these

http://www.scei.co.jp/corpo...

is PS3!

even if you take 8 million off for the PS2 sales it would still put the PS3 over freaking 87 million and that is if the ps2 was selling over its 4 million a year from 2012 to 2014 right now! which is very unlikely.

so by Sony's official numbers the PS3 is already over 90 million most likely which mean's!

ps3= over 90 million
PS4= OVER 8 MILLION
PSVita = OVER 8 MILLION

[YodaCracker]

92 million? No way! They hit 80 million last November and you think they shipped 12 million more units in 8 months? That's impossible. Do you think the PS3 is outselling the PS4? Because it's not. Just look at NPD data or any other sales data and you will see the PS3 is selling only a fraction of the PS4's sales. That's a good thing! But I'd say you are overestimating the PS3's sales by a good 7 or 8 million.

[joeorc]

Look at this link

http://www.scei.co.jp/corpo...

Notice that is talking about a single system! since the very start of the 2012 Sony finished production on the PS2 which means the majority of those sales were only for the PS3 because it was really the only living room console that was playstation!

think about it in DEC 2011 Sony wound down the PS2 PRODUCTION! THAT MEANS

FY2012 TOTAL LIVING ROOM PLAYSTATIONS SYSTEMS SOLD: 16.5 MILLION UNITS
FY2013 TOTAL LIVING ROOM PLAYSTATION SYSTEMS SOLD: 14.6

THINK ABOUT THAT!would you say those majority are PS2 or PS3 sale's for those years?
'in two years sony sold

( 31.2 million playstation living room systems, at the end of 2012 to 2014)

2006 to 2011

the PS3 by itself sold through 63.9 million world wide!

Like i said even if you subtract 8 million for pretty much flat PS2 sales for two years in a row that is if there was a production run of 8 million PS2 left that is, which is very unlikely! that would put the PS3 likely over 92 Million! because i doubt very much from 2012 to 2013 PS2 sold near 8 million units look at 2009 to 2011 for the PS2

2009 = 7.3 million PS2's world wide
2010 = 6.4 million PS2'S world wide
2011 = 4.1 million PS2's world wide

http://www.scei.co.jp/corpo...

So out of

( 31.2 million playstation living room systems, at the end of Fiscal Year 2012 to end of Fiscal Year 2013)

do you really think Sony had anything near 8 million PS2's for retail chain to sale through when they finished production of the PS2 in dec of 2011?

think about it people and that number is not talking about adding in the PSVita or PSP THEY ARE UNDER THE PORTABLE PLAYSTATION THE LIVING ROOM AND PORTABLE ARE SEPERATED:

PORTABLE - 11.1 million sold from 2012 to 2013

http://www.scei.co.jp/corpo...

LIVING ROOM PLAYSTATION - 31.2 miilion sold from 2012 to 2013

http://www.scei.co.jp/corpo...

[Anon1974]

Just a quick note, Sony stopped including PS2 sales in their figures as of the start of fiscal 2013. Have a look.
http://www.sony.net/SonyInf...

They still oddly list it as (PS4/PS3/PS2) sales, but there's a footnote and if you follow it down it states at the bottom that PS2 sales are no longer counted as of the start of 2013.

PS3 sales are easy enough to track and it only becomes confusing with the launch of the PS4, and then not very as Sony hasn't been shy giving out PS4 numbers.

In November, 2013 Sony put out a press release that they had hit 80 million PS3's sold. Actually, based on their quarterly releases the number at that time was 82 million. 7.8 million PS3/PS4's were sold during the Christmas quarter with 4.2 of those being PS4's leaving 3.6 PS3's. The next quarter ending March had 3.7 million PS3/PS4's sold with 2.8 million of those PS4's leaving 0.9 million PS3's.

That put the PS3 at 86.72 million as of the end of March, 2014 according to Sony's quarterly figures. Sony will be reporting their next quarterly shortly here but as the summer is usually slow I can't see the PS3 having hit 90 million yet as last year it sold 1.1 and 2 million respectively for these next two quarters, and sales will have dropped off due to the PS4. The PS3 most likely won't hit 90 million until after the holidays of this year, unless something happens like a price cut in the meantime.

@MultiConsoleGamer. Really? Really, you think it's fishy that Sony is grouping unit sales together? Like they do with TVs, cameras, phones, laptops, etc... What, you think there's something fishy there as well? Here's a bit of news. Companies that offer numerous products often group those products into categories for simplicity when reporting quarterly and annual results.

Everyone does it unless that company only offers a handful of products. When Apple reports their results, they group all iPhones and iPads. Why do you suppose that is? Are they trying to hide iPhone 5 sales? Is that fishy too?

[MultiConsoleGamer]

Here's why you're wrong, yet again.

http://www.scei.co.jp/corpo...

This first link only shows data up to 2011.

Sony's own corporate data says that the PS3 reached 80 million in November.

http://us.playstation.com/c...

For the PS3 to have reached 90 Million the PS4 could not have sold 7 million units as Sony claimed. Are you calling Sony a liar Joe?

Also, the PS3 did not sell 10 million units in the past 7 months. That's absurd.

A better source of more up to date Sony sales data is Sony's financial reports, which are made available to the public.

http://www.sony.net/SonyInf...

In this report you will find a line item called "Unit Sales for Key Electronic Products."

Unfortunately it combines the sales of the PS2, PS3 and PS4 over the past year into one figure. Sony has been doing this in their sales reports since 2011. Basically the last 3 years. Very fishy.

Allow me to prove you wrong again, because it's something I enjoy doing.

ps3= over 90 million
PS4= OVER 8 MILLION
PSVita = OVER 8 MILLION

This is a flat out lie and is disproven BY THE VERY VIDEO POSTED AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE.

lmao!

Thanks for playing Joe.

[Yahdaree]

Why isn't the controller a dualshock?

[SilentNegotiator]

Seems like a waste of number fudging to shove a last gen system into a statistic when you have a current gen system doing ~8 million in its first ~8 months.

[RPGrinder]

Numbers are not that impressive.

PS3 has sold way less than the PS2.

Vita is selling last place globally.

PS4 is doing well, but that is about it.

[kenshiro100]

Um...no.

[MultiConsoleGamer]

Well if we're going to count last gen hardware:

Nintendo Wii: 100+ Million
Nintendo Wii U: 7 Million
Nintendo 3DS: 45 Million
=152 Million Units

Sony PS3: 80 Million as of November
Sony PS4: ??? No exact figure
Sony Vita:: ??? No exact figure
=100 Million Units

Xbox 360: 85 Million Units
Xbox One: 5 Million Units
=90 Million Units

Now one of these companies lost over 5 BILLION on their last gen console. Can you guess who it is?

Bottom line, Nintendo wins.

[clouds5]

Wow there are still people on n4g that are able to conceive reality. Good to know... also Sony was/is next to a financial disaster, while nintendo and MS have just crazy cash reserves.

I will buy the ps4 the same way i did with the ps3. When the ps5 is out, when there are tons of amazing exclusives and when you get it for like nothing on the used marked. Enjoying my ps3 exclusives atm :)

[Back-to-Back]

You call yourself MultiConsoleGaymer, but clearly you need to re-name yourself to NintendoConsoleGaymer. Nintendo only wins if you take reality and subtract logic.

[AnEwGuY]

Nintendo: "Congrats...but we achieved that figure with the Wii ALONE, LOL" .

[Jay70sgamer]

ps4,ps3 ánd vita over 100,000,000 combined < Wii u,wii,3Ds over150,000,000 consoles sold using the same consoles related to what Sony compared just saying ....both did very well...