Sony shipped 3.2 million PlayStation 4 units between the start of April and the end of June, it announced Monday. That brings total lifetime shipments since its 2013 launch to 100 million, making it Sony's third console, after the PlayStation and the PlayStation 2, to join that club. The PlayStation 3, the odd Sony console out, shipped just over 87 million units during its lifetime.
Sony has even more to chortle about: The PS4 is the fastest console to ship 100 million units, according to Niko analyst Daniel Ahmed. It hit that milestone in five years and seven months, faster than the PS2's five years and nine months. The Nintendo Wii, the only other console to break 100 million in shipments, took around six years and eight months to do so.
The previously rumored mass layoffs at Xbox are expected to happen on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, according to a new rumor.
They will have fired close to 20,000 people all up after this round of lay-offs coming, since the ABK deal announcement in January 2022. Shocking really
January 2023:
Microsoft laid off 10,000 employees, which was a significant workforce reduction.
January 2024:
Approximately 1,900 gaming employees were laid off following the Activision Blizzard acquisition.
May 2025:
Microsoft announced a further 6,000 layoffs as part of an organizational shift.
June 2025:
Additional layoffs, including 650 in the gaming business, focused on corporate and support functions
Let's hope its not as bad as socials are making it, good luck to those that unfortunately lose their jobs.
Could be not as bad could be horrible. But it's Ms so I'm expecting the absolute worst.
Sometimes I feel like they brought in Sarah to take the heat away from Phil.
Phil has always stuck his nose into everything Xbox related when it's something positive or at least neutral but as soon as they went the multiplatform root he's stood back and let Sarah do most of the talking in terms of PR. Now they are doing the same with layoffs.
The person who should be let go is Phil himself.
Flight simulation hardware manufacturer Meridian provided an updated look at its controllers, which were originally announced back in March.
One of the founding members of the Xbox team has questioned Microsoft’s multiplatform gaming strategy, and said they believe the Xbox hardware business is effectively “dead"
Think that rumor that they'll still make a new console but at a profit at $1000 will be true though. The series consoles will remain their cheap alternative throughout next gen I would say. Keep in mind that game pass and pretty much going 3rd party is their main focus. They want to bring xbox everywhere.
When you actually do what the system is designed to do (have kick ass games) you are successful, Not go Kinect or TV Cable or streaming bullshit
Will need to wait a few years to find if the Switch has these kind of sales over the longer term.
Congrats to Sony and Nintendo
This is incredible especially for a console that hasn’t really dropped its price that much. Just wait until it retails at $200.
Wow ! I didnt know it was selling that fast.
Sony: switch is a threat and it should be eliminated
PS4: Deploying PS5
on topic: well done to Sony, I still think PS2 was the best console of all time...too many games :)