PlayStation 4 Sales Top 15M Worldwide, Over 50M Games Sold at Retail

VGChartz Writes: "Sony's 8th generation home console the PlayStation 4 has hit two more milestones just one week after the console topped 14 million units sold worldwide and five million units sold in the US.

The PlayStation 4 has now sold more than 15 million units worldwide. The PS4 has sold 15,087,310 units for the week ending November 22, 2014, according to VGChartz. The PlayStation 4 has also sold more than 50 million games worldwide at retail, with 57,151,113 games sold."

[DEEBO]

Great year sony can't wait for 2015!

[trunkswd]

The PlayStation 4 should easily get to 18 million by the end of year and possibly top 20 million.

[Abash]

Congratulations to Sony for the impressive milestone, but this is only the beginning for the PlayStation 4.

2014 was just a warm up for Sony, the PlayStation Experience event just shows that "Greatness Arrives" in the coming months with 2015

[brew]

@edonus , come back to reality

Tthey shipped 13.5 through the end of September.

They obviously sold a lot of PS4's in the month of September to consumers (500k+ in NA alone) , and will no doubt have shipped more consoles in October and November , and soon to be December. Dat holiday thirst.

[Death]

It's VGC so take this "news" with a grain of salt. When Sony hit's the 15 million mark, they will have an official press release. If Sony shipped 13.5 million at the end of September and 10% were in the retail channel, they should be getting close to the 15 million mark soon. 18 million shipped by January is not unreasonable. Sold thru should always be within 1 million of shipped since the retail channel doesn't seem to carry much more than that. Since the system isn't selling out like it was last year it's unreasonable to think shipped and sold thru are as close.

Same holds true for Microsoft. When they announce they were "close" to 10 million shipped, they should be very close to 9 million sold unless they are channel stuffing. We haven't seen any indications that they are flooding the retail channels.

If I were just pulling numbers out of the air like VGC I would guess PS4 to be close to 14.5 million sold thru and Microsoft being in the neighborhood of 9.5 million sold thru. I'm basing this off their recent shipped announcements and the fact we haven't seen either camp announce they hit the 10 and 15 million milestones.

[lodossrage]

@edonus

Sorry to tell you, but anyone who AGREES with you are the ones not living in reality.

That 13.5 shipped number was 13.5 shipped AS OF Sept 30.

http://www.develop-online.n...

http://gamesided.com/2014/1...

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

Gotta love those facts :)

That aside, this IS vgchartz, so take their estimations at your own risk. But even with that, it is feasable that they'd be at or close to the 15 million mark given the amount of time from the 13.5 Sept 30 announcment

[bouzebbal]

so let me get this straight: Sony announced PS4 passed 10million and e3 and just 4 months later they add another 5 even during the very low summer period? this is mad!

[chrismichaels04]

Congrats to Sony on the PS4s continued worldwide success. It has been an incredible first year for the PS4 and the perfect way to kick off the impressive 20 year anniversary of the PlayStation brand.

@Edonus - We as a gaming community are not celebrating VGchatzs estimates. We're celebrating the fact that all year long, every time VG Chartz reported a high sales mark for PS4...Sony would always confirm those numbers a short time later.

Perfect example, 3 weeks ago when "Sony themselves" reported they shipped 13.5 million units...it was right after VGChartz reported PS4 had passed 13 million sales. Once again, Sony confirmed VGchartz' estimates were not 100% accurate....but very close nonetheless.

[morganfell]

@Death,

Really:

http://n4g.com/news/73187/v...

Look familiar? This is you bragging about 360 sales by quoting vgchartz numbers in a a vgchartz article.

[Death]

@Morgan,

The last 2607 days have made it very clear VGC is not a valid source. There was a time when VGC simply tracked numbers released by reputable sources including the manufacturer. I don't know why they changed from reporting released numbers and started claiming to track them on their own, but it has become very clear their numbers are fabrications or just plain guesses. I appreciate you going back 7 years to try and discredit me, but maybe you could take that time to prove VGC is credible instead.

p.s. I said it was interesting. You really see that as bragging?

[morganfell]

You were busted pure and simple. No amount of absurd sidestepping or ridiculous wriggling will erase the facts. It is hypocrisy.

When I read your comment above I simply went to the first page of your remarks when you joined the site. When I clicked to the second page, there you were putting your foot in your mouth.

The second page.

I didn't even have to dig. I wonder what I will find if I keep going. Is that what you really want? I can only imagine what you said when the 360 was outselling the PS3 in the US.

And yes in that post you are using vgchartz numbers to brag about the sales of 360 software. You should have thought long and hard, then exercized the use of your memory before you posted in this thread.

Countless times I have reported vgchartz and tried to have them removed from this site. Some of us have always known it is a trash site and not just when the numbers they reported didn't support our console of choice.

Take your finger out of the wind. It is obvious which way it is blowing. But if you like, go ahead and keep digging that hole deeper. You words are undeniable and you are simply burying yourself.

And I didn't discredit you. You discredited you. You sank your boat all by your lonesome. You are the one that flip flops your opinion to suit the flavor of the day. It shouldn't matter if it is 7 years or 7 minutes. You either stick to your beliefs or you do not. And you do not.

[Death]

Congrats?

[Christopher]

@morganfell: You act as if a person is ignorant 7 years ago, they should remain as such. It's as if you are against someone learning from their past or something.

[morganfell]

@cgoodno,

If you really knmow his post history, really know it then you wouldn't jump in with such an lofty yet naive statement. It is one of those remarks that looks good on paper, and seems to espouse the truth. Yet when magnified against the facts in practical application it fails to bear itself out.

[kws1065]

VGC always underestimates PS4 sales, so my safe guess is somewhere near to 16M. I am expecting a presentation showing over 16 millions (sell-through? maybe?) on Dec. 6th, PS experience day.

[Jaqen_Hghar]

PS3 only reached about 8m by the end of its second holiday just to put this incredible success into perspective :O

[UltraNova]

@Morgan

Man I truly don't know whether to admire your perseverance in uncovering stealth trols on n4g or worry about you hahaha...

With that said man I wish true fan was still around!!...or is he?

[dredgewalker]

I'm happy for Sony that the PS4 is selling and that would translate to more devs making games for it. The Xbox One is making a recovery and that is good cause it means both companies will strive to better off each other. It's a win win for us games so it's unnecessary to bicker over it.

[Paprika]

@Edonus

Outside of reality 13.5m + 300k "low weekly ww sales, its actually higher" + 4 "4 weeks in a month lol" = 14.7m...

Chances are, outside of reality by now ps4 is well over 15m...

Sarcasm... its reality.... lol

[MazzingerZ]

Just for the record
-15 dec 2007 had X360 sold 15M, 2 years after launch and including releases of games like Gears of War and Halo 3 which sold lots of consoles...so X1 is rather selling as well as X360 but mostly thanks to cut prices just some months after launch.

-It took 21 months for the PS3 to sell 15M, consider that PS3 launched in PAL territories 6 months after US and JP...despite of that, it reached 15M faster than X360...the end of the story we know today.

-15 dec 2007 had the Wii 17M consoles sold thanks to the innovation and risk Nintendo took.

So PS4 is selling really at a record level and without yet releasing the big guns or cutting the price...if PS3 caught up thanks to great 1st party support, I can't imagine what PS4 will achieve if it gets that same 1st party support + based on what we have seen more 3rd party support than what the PS3 got.

Can't wait to see what the PS Experience is all about

[Seafort]

@Death

Sony announced they'd sold 10 mil to customers at Gamescom back in August.

http://blog.us.playstation....

It's Microsoft who have been very coy with their sold to customers figures. Still no one knows what the Xbone total sales are apart from the 5 million sold they announced back in April.

[Death]

@Morgan,

For someone that knows my post history so well, how is it you only show posts that you claim back up your opinion? How did you miss this when trolling through my post history?

"lol at VGcharts.
I always giggle when I see VGCharts guesstimations. They are getting better at guessing, but they are still guessing. Unless they use witchcraft and/or voodoo to come up with the numbers. I suppose anything is possible"
http://n4g.com/news/246140/...

2178 days ago.

I stand by my posts, current and history. Do you?

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Double damn congrats Sony!!

[frezhblunts]

They have sold a lot I just can't wait for some good games, Bloodborne will be the beginning of a whole catalog of exclusives that will make you run to the ps4 ;).

[SpinalRemains138]

Indeed.

Everyone loves their PS4 and its wild right now in popularity.

When the AAA exclusives launch next year, a few months now really, it is going to be truly epic.

Bloodborne is going to take off like a rocket.

[PHOEBUS]

i can't wait for all the japanese games to start flooding the market—it's like the best of both worlds on PS4

[stuna1]

Who would have ever thought the PS4 would have become the run away success it is!? I'm sure Microsoft didn't! 17 to 18 million consoles sold is very likely before years end.

When 2015 rolls around with all the games scheduled to release, I predict Sony doing a repeat performance of this year with another 15 to 20 million sold.

[Muzikguy]

Something that I find strange.... I went into a Best Buy today and couldn't believe how many X1 consoles were out compared to the tiny stack of PS4 consoles. Shocked I was like "what's with all the Xbox all of a sudden?" The middle-school looking employee said "heh, they must be selling". I wanted to slap him! I just walked away thinking "if they were selling so well why would the price keep dropping." It's ok though, I don't think he'd understand.

[Kribwalker]

I was at target for the 6am opening at a store just outside of Vancouver for the Canadian Black Friday deals and the Xbox one at $349 with a $50 gift card was sold right out, they were handing out tickets to get them and ran out while I was in line for an iPad mini, and there was a stack of the GTA/last of us ps4 bundle at $449 and I only saw one gone outa the stack. So with the deals maybe they are selling well

[rainslacker]

Floor space, particularly in the isles, is often paid for by the manufacturer. On some occasions, they leave some sale items out that they expect to sell well(like TV's or computers) because it's quicker than having to get the employees get them down for the people that come in for them. In any case, if someone were going in to get that, they would be able to find it fast, then Best Buy hopes you'll go buy a couple games.

However, I do expect the X1 to sell well this holiday. There are a lot of good deals out there for it.

[ThanatosDMC]

Most Targets put the X1 in the best view of customers just like in Gamestop. PS4s are usually in the back with 3DSs. Actually now that I think about it, X1s are also in the front of the game section in Walmarts. MS must be paying more for the space.

[Svinya]

Huh? The X1 has been selling extremely well this whole month and especially the last few days. I've seen a bunch of pics from different targets and best buys with the x1 sold out of stock.

[Eejanaika]

Hes just their to sell things and assist people. Not to be a pro expert on marketing and consoles.

[kenshiro100]

I really need to get my PS4.

This is insane.

Congrats to Sony.

[Zero-One]

See? I'm telling people, if this system is this successful, Sony is doing SOMETHING right.

[BallsEye]

where do they get their numbers from? I see no source.

[DigitalRaptor]

I wouldn't worry your little boots.

Sony will come along soon enough and confirm it with a press release. Hey, there's a great event coming up in a few days, I wonder if they will announce it there? Probably.

[Magicite]

20m in January?

[GameLover56]

Not 15 million shipped

13.5 shipped ( not counting how many PS4 where returned also )million story is false reporting accurate number Sony Clarified it

[Seafort]

And how many X360s did Microsoft get returned when the RROD fiasco hit? I bet that was a few million as well considering the failure rate was around 30%.

Microsoft have been fudging numbers for years just like my UK government :)

[monkeyDzoro]

When analysts predicted when PS4 launched, that it could reach 12M by the end of this year, I was like "Bullshit. Great console but.. NO WAAAAy !!"
Now it topped 15M... with "NO GAMES".
What will happen when the "GAMES" will come like a flood ??
TheOrder1886, Bloodborne, Rime, Uncharted4 and other announcements for sure. These guys are on a roll with those sales.

[TheJacksonRGN]

It has games, stop with this "NO GAMES" nonsense. It doesn't have a ton of exclusives, but it has games.

Anyway this just shows that exclusives are not the only types of games that push units.

[monkeyDzoro]

Sarcasm... sarcasm......... >_>

[Gravity_DoGG]

we're all good ^^

[MakinBaconXD]

And people say this site is full of "Sony Ponies"....Funny cause for a lot of this month it has been nothing but an Xbox fanboy circle jerk on this site.

[Eejanaika]

Only indie games.

[frezhblunts]

It doesn't have games tho unless you mean indie games. When I say it doesn't have games, I mean between xbox one and ps4 they have a lot of the same games but like monkey with those games coming that will really make the ps4 a contender. I brought my wii u for those Nintendo exclusives for example.

[stuna1]

So what has 15 million gamer been doing twiddling their thumbs!? /s

This misconception about no games, is just that; a misconception! And those who say otherwise couldn't possibly own a PS4, because if they did they would know to the contrary.

[Death]

There have been no games that would drive sales like we have seen. Typically we see big, must have games to push hardware. The PS4 has been selling without games that make the system stand apart from the competition. Even Playstation Lifestyle believes the Xbox has the better games to this point. So yeah, the PS4 has plenty of games, just not games that justify the console sales. There is nothing wrong with this, it's simply an anomaly we don't normally see.

[frezhblunts]

oh yeah stuna and what game on the ps4 made you say oh I must go get a ps4 now because of this game? I got my ps4 early because I was honestly worried about the shortages since they were selling so fast and I wanted elder scrolls online. So far I have only brought games because they were the only games and I will list them. Infamous second son, last of us remastered, destiny, cod aw, unity, and I didn't get gta 5, far cry 4 and little big planet. If you think about it most of games I mention didn't come out till this month and only three I mentioned are exclusives to the ps4...... lol people are so in love with their ps4 they are just blind. I have a ps4 and wii u ....

[OB1Biker]

I didnt want a PS4 that early but I bought the PS4 Infamous bundle because of the game precisely or I would have bought it a bit later on.
Very happy I did

[CaptainObvious878]

http://www.listwar.com/rele...

No matter how many times I use this link to instantly shut down stupid arguments, people just keep coming back with these 'ps4' has no games.

Seriously guys, just stop. It's not funny any more.

[rainslacker]

Eh, who cares really if the PS4 has games or not. Apparently people think there are games for it if they're buying them, along with an average of over 3 games for each system sold(excluding digital).

So while some people may not like the games offered for whatever reason, there is certainly something driving sales. I highly doubt that hype and good will have pushed the PS4 to such a high number in less than a year. Taking hype and good will out of the equation, that leaves the most obvious thing for a gaming console...games.

[FATHASUN]

@Death, this "anomaly" is why some cannot fathom what the landscape will look like when Sony not only awakens system selling properties but also brings fresh new experiences into the fray. If the PS4 is selling so strong now without those movers what happens when they let down the gauntlet?

[kenshiro100]

Newsflash, Indies *ARE* games.

Stop with that dumb nonsense already.

Then how do you explain the sales? Obviously people must know the PS4 has games, otherwise they wouldn't be wasting their hard earned money on it.

You people are ridiculous.

[JMyers]

The PS3 had way more games than the 360, and the PS4 has way more games than the X1. Go read, research, get some knowledge and then come back.

[Muzikguy]

I think it's safe to say that gamers are hungry. I know I don't speak for everyone, but last gen had a lot of disappointments IMO. I'm also hoping for a rebirth of RPG games, turn-based ones. I love how horror is making a comeback!

[Svinya]

Turn based rpgs are some of the silliest games ever. Who takes turns and waits patiently while fighting to the death???

[majedx9]

if U love RBG get dragon age inquisition it's my GOTY for 2014.

[KevWriter]

I really miss turn-based games. Hoping they make a comeback too. Any time I need a fix, I have to turn to my old PS2 games - but I can't do that forever.

[Muzikguy]

According to this the attach rate is 3.5 retail games per person? Oops! I have 7 with more on the way :P

[zerog]

I have 11 AAA retail games plus 22 indies/minis, yet people still say it has no games lol. I'm not even counting lbp because its in my closet waiting on xmas or any of the other games I have preordered.

[nitus10]

Sure the games that are currently available for the PS4 may not be compelling for you and in some respects for me but "NO GAMES", that's just plain trolling.

As for the rest of your statement I actually agree with you.

[Kid-Prodigy-KP]

Congrats Sony

[elazz]

As of next week it will be over 16.5 million and after December and holidays it will reach 20m

[98xpresent]

Congratz Sony !!! Can't wait for next year . #GREATNESSCONTINUES

[slutface]

The first ps4 price drop will cause mass hysteria and probably suicide watch at Xbox offices lelz.

[snookiegamer]

Wow pretty incredible for Sony/PS4!

Maybe 20 Million by Feb? Who knows....but it is pretty insane how well received PS4 is globally!

Xbox One is coming into its own, and Wii U has awesome exclusives! Good Times ;o)

[majiebeast]

Before that. This was reported before black friday and christmas still has to come, its gonna do 18-20 million by end of the year.

[kurochi]

Almost pulled the trigger on the PS4 bundle with GTAV & TLOU (which I've played already)..... but I've still got tons of games on my PS3 yet to play......
Must resist the urge to spend money unwisely..... Wonder if I can hold out 'til the Bloodbourne or Uncharted bundles??

[elazz]

If you'll plan on buying a PS4 anyway than the money would not be spent unwisely ;)

Maybe you can go for the LBP3&LEGO BATMAN 3 bundle or look for other deals.

[Death]

I'm pretty sure LBP3 and Lego Batman are games he can play on his PS3. There is nothing wrong with waiting for a must have game or price drop.

[ThanatosDMC]

^Death is on a roll today... that damage control. I thought he was down to four bubbles.

Highly recommend to upgrade but keep your PS3 to keep playing your old games and also PS+.

[uth11]

exactly, you may not find deals this good when those other games release.

[nitus10]

I fully agree with you, I also have a ton of games for my PS3 and so far the games that are currently available for the PS4 are not compelling enough for me to buy one although Dragon Age Inquisition is very tempting. Come the new year there are quite a few games coming out that I am interested in with Bloodbourn and Dark Souls 2 being at the top of my list.

If a PS4 comes out with Bloodbourn and one or more of the following Dark Souls 2, Dragon Age Inquisition and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt as a bundle deal they have a buyer. The problem then is finding the time to play them.

While I would also be keen on Uncharted 4 I don't know when that is being release although it is supposed to be sometime in 2015.

[Pogmathoin]

Incredible was created for this moment..... Hope developers can also start to release fully working games, and no more 100's of gigs patches and day one updates!

[Relientk77]

Wow that's great, keep it up

[fadeawayjae]

Almost 2:1 compared to XB1

[akurtz]

It is 2:1

[EazyC]

Awesome to hear, the Sony lads always come out on top. Not much going on at the minute, sure, but guaranteed - they'll be kicking into gear in a big way in 2015.

[brew]

I have a feeling that Sony will announce 16+ million sold through to consumers at PSX.

[AutoCad]

VG Charts only credible here lol

[MasterCornholio]

Well you said they were credible when they released sales figures for the US.

Why the change?

[polloloco]

Funny how VG is very credible when it works for the xbox.

[Ps4andxb1]

VG Charts.

These figures lie.

[polloloco]

15 million Consoles sold is impressive but 50 million pieces of software is more impressive. Going to make it easier for Sony to get exclusive 3rd party content /games in the future.

[Themba76]

congrats Sony yall won me over from microsofts camp. (original xbox and 360 supporter) now im glad I switched job well done. how about going for an even 20 mill now.

[Gore-Content]

Impressive. But don't get lazy and think of the competition.

[DigitalRaptor]

Complacency is not allowed anymore. 2015 will show that. They have way, way more games than the competition next year.

All I've seen from PS4 in its first year, is just like what the first year of any PlayStation console has been like. Not only was Sony producing for PS3 heavily in 2013, the same release year as PS4, but they always take about a year or two to get the ball rolling.

[Kingdomcome247]

What happens when the heavy-hitter favorites start to drop? It's going to be like the movie 300 all over again. "This is madness!","THIS IS SONY!" Lol. Seriously,though... no-one envisioned a year one like this, not even Sony themselves.

[StormLegend]

I'm not surprised this is Sony!! People know where the games are. Sony will bring the same amount of exclusives like they did last gen with the PS3.

http://mrwgifs.com/wp-conte...

[Protagonist]

Impressive and very promising with so many games sold. Even more greatness awaits ;)

[Clarence]

I bet it's closer to 16m. That's how you dominate. Wait until they drop the price.

[sdplisken]

Congrats Sony! Cant wait for bloodborne uncharted and the order!

[Mr_Writer85]

I'll believe it when Sony announce it.

[Macdaddy71]

I think the race will close up, I was at Walmart last night, I seen one ps4 in a person basket n seen every Xbox one they had on the floor for the Black Friday deal was gone, was like a 100 n all the ps4 but one still set on the floor,....the stuff had to get a basket n load them up to put in the back, one staff said they had three times the ps4s n sold every X1 and only sold 5 total ps4, I love the race getting closer better games n deal for us all....now all the x1s was the awesome bundle deals

[Illusive_Man]

15 million would be a major milestone yet Sony hasn't said anything.

Doesn't matter if the numbers are made up or not, Sony fans love these stories.

I say it's still probably closer to 14 million shipped by now. Sold through is probably around 12.5 million.

Bring the disagrees.

[Bathyj]

Yeah, if only sony had some sort of event coming up soon so we could experience that announcement ourselves. Oh wait...

I came in here to say take it with a grain of salt but you're offering up big heaping bowl fulls

[Brettman2008]

13.5 million PS4s shipped by 30 Sep 14. Probably up to about 17 million shipped by now.

http://www.joystiq.com/2014...

[DigitalRaptor]

LOL. Sony announced 10 million sold-through in mid-August. http://blog.us.playstation....

You think they only sold-through an additional 2.5 million units to gamers in over 3 months? Especially considering September was a month where Destiny absolutely dominated and skyrocketed their numbers to the same level as last year's launch…. that would be less than 1 million units a month worldwide, and you believe that based on the current trajectory?

You are 100% delusional. Anyone who mentions their "disagrees" when they only have one bubble are the ones who know that they are screwed either way because they can't deal with those disagrees unless they put on a poker face and try to turn their disagrees round on the sensible ones. Your mate Edonus did the same thing above, and got called out and exposed on his incredibly weak logic and obvious trolling, by PlayStation fans using facts, sources and strong logic. Xbox fanboy logic is the worst I've ever seen from any group on here. It's so bad.

Don't be bitter and just accept PS4's place as the dominant console this gen with the best game library. That guaranteed anyway as with sales like this, more third party devs are going to be considering exclusives, less than on Xbone or Wii U.

[NuggetsOfGod]

Good job sony!

[TM333]

I was in Target last night for Black Friday and wow... you shoulda' seen the people grabbing up the GTAV PS4 bundle. Very hot item.

[MSBAUSTX]

Awww yeah! I contributed again to those sales. Got PS4 with Little Big Planet 3 and Lego Batman 3 for on $399 off Amazon. It is going to be a long couple of days waiting for that to show up on my door step.

[StormLegend]

That's one good deal!

[Jaqen_Hghar]

definitely the best family bundle between MS and Sony this holiday (Nintendo is great as well but many are choosing between those 2 for their family)

[MSBAUSTX]

I have a wii U already. My son will love lego batman Im sure. Very happy with the deal thats for sure. Going to be a fun year in ky house.

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

4 of my coworkers picked up the GTA & Last of Us bundle today!

[LightDiego]

Amazing numbers, i'm really happy and satisfied with my PS4. :)

[gamertk421]

F s

[HentaiMasterRace]

Amazing, now use this talent to help Vita sales as well. That thing is awesome, but it really needs some serious support.

[noctis_lumia]

domination

even halo cant stop it

[DJ]

What in the f*ck. I agree with TM333. That GTA V bundle probably had a lot to do with it.

[Jaqen_Hghar]

and people thought it couldn't reach 15m in 2014 tisk tisk. Now let's see if it can reach the big 2-0 before January 1. That would be amazing but considering it sold close to 3/4 of a million last week it could be close. BF week will add another million plus and then as we get close to Christmas it will once again top off. PS3 reached just around 8m in the same time frame lol

[modelgod]

Coming from a die hard MS fan, I commend you sony. Good job and keep up the good work!! I hope all the consoles do well. I purchased the TLOU/GTA ps4 bundle yesterday. Good job sony!! I love games and would love for all 3 consoles to do well. Another victory for us gamers!!

[corroios]

That bundle is hot. I think one of the best, if not the best, of the black friday. Congrats.

[Blueraven316]

Sony domination

[tulholdren]

So happy with Playstation since day one glad the 4 is doing well. The way the exclusives are going it will be Sony and Nintendo in my house again. Playstation been great since day one so i never had to wait. Sony Goodness..

[DarXyde]

Hmm, at 15 million units, approximately 50 million games were sold. This is an attach rate of 3.33 games per console sold.

XBOX One, with 8 million sold and 32 million games sold, has an attach rate of 4 games per console sold.

Sounds like XBOX One gamers are buying games slightly more than PlayStation 4 gamers. Not a huge deal considering the XBOX 360 had a higher attach rate too, I believe, but it is surprising considering how many units PlayStation 4 has sold already. Then again, there were a ton of free games bundled with the XBOX One, which might explain it.

Regardless, great job to both companies. This generation is off to a great start sales-wise, but I'd like to see the quality of titles improve from these two. Wii U has had the lion's share of my current generation attention these past few months. Too many broken new releases on PS4 and XBOX One. :/

[Yaay4me]

The title is misleading, it says "over 50" million sold. The actual number is 59 million. Even VGChatz itself which posted this article has PS4 sales at 57 million. So im not sure why the PS4 article reads "over 50" and the xbone articles gives exact number of "32 million". But yeah, the attach rates are identical.

[S2Killinit]

that is true. You would think they would say something like "almost 60 million" not "above 50 million" when its sitting at 59 million in reality. I mean that is 1/6th of their sales. That's huge margin of error there. Either the person who wrote the title wasn't good at math or they wanted to downplay the software sales on PS4, or maybe they just didn't think to much about it.

[DarXyde]

Yeah, I read 57 million from VGChartz, but I figure I'd go with the lower bound estimate since I guess I'd rather underestimate than overestimate.

[NeoGamer232]

Whether u believe VGC or not, it is still great sales for the PS4 for its first year!

[Father Murder X]

I just don't understand how you guys consistently treat vgachartz like they are the gospel. How do they get their information?

[theFAYEsorceress]

and this is when the ps4 supposedly has a bad line-up of games. the real rape will be in the coming years if that's the case lolz

[majedx9]

and pc Master nerds saying consoles are dead LOL XD.

[Ch1d0r1]

I just got mine, woo! Hope the xbone sells a lot too.

[Jamesx82x]

I love watching people take VGChartz seriously. This site is historically inaccurate.

[Jamesx82x]

Here is a very good indication of how unreliable VGChartz numbers are. According to VGChartz The PS3 and PS4 have sold roughly a combined 6.4 million copies of COD Advanced Warfare. They have Xbox 360 and One selling roughly around 4.6 million copies which would put PS at a huge marketshare advantage but yet recently other sources said that COD Advanced Warfare has a 53% marketshare on Xbox Consoles which shows just how off VGC really are.

[saimcheeda]

The PS4 has a ton of momentum on its side!

[JMyers]

I think it's safe to estimate that they are at 16 million sold. The momentum will continue into next year with the exclusives in the first quarter.

MS may take the holidays depending on how long these deals last. The X1's price will not go back up.

[MasterCornholio]

Take the holidays?

You mean the US or World Wide?

I don't think they will win on a global basis but there's a good chance that they will take the holidays in the US by a slim margin.

[JMyers]

US only. Not worldwide.

[Yaay4me]

Software sales are at 59 million. "Over 50" is a bit inaccurate.

[Hereiamhereibe2]

Off topic; is N4G ever going to acknowledge the PS4 in there tabs at the top or do i have to click that truckin plus button every day?

[jairusmonillas]

First party exclusives are overrated.

People pay for superior 3rd party games.

[farhad2k8]

The way it should be, well done Sony.

[Kos-Mos]

Yeah, that`s good, but still in my opinion I`d say:
"NO GAMES".
Games for me is above the crap that the masses like.

Waiting for Metal Gear Solid and Bloodbourne. The Evil Within was a rather huge disappointment.

[GameLover56]

Like I said false Fan chart Sony clarified it 13.5 shipped console not including the ones returned does not mean " SOLD " some people are getting away ahead of themselves here

[meday354]

Nice to know the PlayStation brand is back.

[Acidicpack]

Well you can add me to that list! I just picked up the PS4 GTA5 bundle today! So now I have all 3 systems and a gaming PC much to my wife's dismay lol