PlayStation 4 Units Sold to Consumers Outsells PlayStation 1

Sony recently announced lifetime shipment figures for the PlayStation 4 have surpassed 102.8 million units as of September 30, 2019. That puts shipment figures ahead of the lifetime sales of the original PlayStation and Nintendo Wii.

The PlayStation 4 units sold to consumers has now outsold the lifetime sales of the original PlayStation, according to our estimates.

The PlayStation 4 sold 371,272 units for the week ending November 23, 2019 to bring its lifetime sales to 102.53 million units. This compares to the original PlayStation with lifetime sales of 102.50 million units. Next up is the Game Boy, which sold 118.69 million units lifetime.

[CaptainHenry916]

Congratulations

[Nyxus]

Looks like that number is going to go up:

"PlayStation 4 has already sold more units this week than it has in the last several months combined

That $199 PS4 exclusives triple pack is moving some absurd units"

https://twitter.com/BenjiSa...

[Brave_Losers_Unite]

And then The Last of Us 2 and Final Fantasy VII are going to hit.

[TheKingKratos]

Wait till the Last of us part 2 hit that thing will explode in sales

[Felix_Argyle_Catbro]

Shipments are not the same thing as sold to consumers. Shipments are consoles sent to stores worldwide. So talking about having been sold to CONSUMERS is misleading and incorrect.

[UltraNova]

Read the article.

[sprinterboy]

Don't be stupid, who reads articles/S

[sampsonon]

you don't even have to read the article. it's in the title for the article

[JEECE]

Sorry Xbox One isn't as popular as 360, but you'll be okay.

[Juvia]

Exactly.

[darthv72]

Why bring that up? Are you that insecure with things???

[JEECE]

@darthv72

Lol Felix brought it up. Why do you think everytime there's an article about PS4 sales, someone has to say "nuh uh, this is the number sold to stores, not to consumers!" as if they are breaking some major story. Number 1 this pretends not to know what we all know, which is that units sold to the store will be sold to consumers within a few weeks, so there is little reason to distinguish. Number 2, it's obvious to everyone that Felix (or whichever Felix-type person makes the comment that particular time) isn't really super concerned that people think PS4 has actually sold .34 million more than it has; he's upset that PS4 is so successful in the first place, because he remembers the good old days of 2007 when PS3 was going to go the way of the Dreamcast.

[yoshatabi]

Someone didn't read the article

[Hungryalpaca]

Someone forgot how to read.

[Teflon02]

ps4 passed PS1 shipments a while ago... So them announcing sold to consumers NOW of all times would probably mean "sold to consumers". One thing about Sony is that they're usually pretty specific when they talk sales. Unlike say MS who likes to be as vague to possible. Last Gen Sony use to talk sales to consumers while MS talked console shipments as a whole. Different things entirely.

[TheTony316]

Read the article lol

[Chaos_Order]

The second I saw this headline my immediate thought was: "I bet there's someone in the comments claiming it's units shipped, not sold." It happens every single time Sony makes these announcements. :)

[leoms]

Typed before you read eh?

[sprinterboy]

Read the article, you won't make a tit of yourself nxt time.

[monkey602]

I enjoyed every single response you got ha

[MasterCornholio]

Read the article.

[Elda]

Read the article slowly & thoroughly so your mind can compute.

[porkChop]

I love how everyone is just telling you to read the article, but they don't appear to have read it themselves. This claim is based on VGChartz "estimates", this claim is not being made by Sony.

"The PlayStation 4 units sold to consumers has now outsold the lifetime sales of the original PlayStation, according to our estimates."

[Realms]

Sony has said they have already shipped well over that number so you are assuming they haven't sold them by now? Yes they are estimates but retailers don't order more products unless they have sold their inventory, given that the holiday season is here I bet that by the end of the year Sony announces yet another higher sales number.

[porkChop]

I'm not assuming they haven't sold that number. But multiple people on this very page are saying this announcement is coming from Sony, which isn't true.

[UltraNova]

Read the ***vggchartz*** article.

I feel your hurt, buddy. Maybe next time?

[Realms]

You either didn't read the article or your reading comprehension sucks.

[Vizigoth04]

Either way you want to interpret it, it’s doing freaking amazing.

[Brave_Losers_Unite]

#1 Console this generation

[fr0sty]

Of all time.

[Thundercat77]

PS2 still hold that crown 👑.

[LoveSpuds]

@Thundercat
That's a good shout, but I think its damn close for me personally. Either way, it is still mightily impressive what Sony has delivered this generation.

Happy gaming duder.

[Relientk77]

Nice and the sales will keep going up because there are some great Brack Friday Bundurus

[Teflon02]

Comment GOLD of the day.
Now I gotta rewatch it XD

[BrettAwesome]

Are you Chinese?

[Hardiman]

Like the "sold to customers " part! Congratulations Sony.

[MasterCornholio]

Nice

[Inzo]

If you produce good games they will come.

[Tross]

Congrats Sony!

[PhoenixUp]

PS4 is the only system to cross 100 million with a base price of $300

[Silly gameAr]

There will be someone along to dispute that claim shortly.

[ILostMyMind]

PS5?

[Sm00thNinja]

Not just best console this generation. Best Playstation! Well deserved! And I was a huge fan of the PS3

[gamer7804]

One thing to keep in mind is that more people play video games now and the economy is better than its ever been. It’s sales are still amazing though.

[Shane Kim]

It's still the most expensive console to have hit over 100 million.

[gamer7804]

while true, we've had significant inflation , so that in 2019 it would be about 73% increase of what it was in 1994. putting it around 500$ if the psone was sold today.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

lol underhanded ass compliment. Keep in mind for what? what does that do for any one of us here?

[gamer7804]

It’s a good idea to take note when analyzing data more than just one factor as other factors could be influencing your result that might not be noted when referenced by a publication. Still good to be excited for ps4 and gaming as a whole that it’s more popular than ever. ;)

[Fist4achin]

Cool. I think the figures will be more accurate come January of February.

[Iceman100x]

lol this is way under 100 million, and it too bad they don't reveal how many million ps4 pros have been sold. Also since its a totally different system it has nothing to do with the regular design, so the wii is still no.1 since it was just 1 skew for just about the entire lifetime.

[nitus10]

I am pretty sure the PS4pro sales were about one in five PS4's sold. https://au.ign.com/articles...

Some very rough stats: Since the PS4pro was released on the 10th November 2016 about 45 million PS4 consoles have been sold ( http://www.vgchartz.com/too... ), so assuming 1 in 5 were PS4pro's the figure would be approximately 8 to 10 million and that is allowing for a huge margin of error.

Of course, it would be more appropriate if Sony just came out and gave us the actual figures. 😎

[LoveSpuds]

Can you explain what a skew is please?

[ocelot07]

One of those sticks you put meat on and cook I think.

PS4 and PS4 pro are the same family you idiot. Same as the Xbox one and Xbox one x is. Same as the switch and switch lite is. Same as the ds and the dsi is. Same as the 3ds and 2ds and new 3ds and new 2ds is. Same as Wii and Wii mini is lol.

[KickSpinFilter]

Gold!!

[KwietStorm_BLM]

What the actual fack

[xer0]

Isn't this a week late? I guess the guys at VGChartz, live in a different time zone.

[S2Killinit]

Legend

[Thundercat77]

Since the start of this generation, the PS4 hype never slowed down. What an amazing console. I feel proud to be part of the PlayStation nation.

[bluebenjamin]

Of course even cool people play video games now days its not a nerdy thing anymore

[KickSpinFilter]

I know... I have sex with pretty ladies and go to rock shows..pretty cool.

[samoilaaa]

and people think that consoles are going to die after ps5 and streaming will become mainstream

[Elda]

Not surprising. When a platform produces & has interesting unique exclusive experiences consistently that attracts the video game buying community the outcome results will be a win.

[Max_Eckhardt]

Just need to beat the PS2 now...

[Tsar4ever01]

DAMN STRAIGHT IT DID, BITCHES! AND PS5, ie "Tha FIVE" WILL ALSO BREAK THE 100 MIL LIFE-TIME SALES MARGIN DESPITE COSTING $499.

[King8]

I think I get why Microsoft is giving up on fighting against Sony in console space directly it because Sony is a hard motherf*cker to beat in the console gaming space because the PlayStation brand is so strong worldwide.

[Mr_Luke]

Very nice, congratulations to Sony!

[2ndhandcorn]

Great xbox news thanks for adding it to the box page.

[Minute Man 721]

With a 1/4 price cut since launch. Image if it was $200

[curtain_swoosh]

well, Final Fantasy VII and The Last of Us 2 are gonna push the hardware sales even more

[S2Killinit]

They deserve it after 4 generations of sticking up for quality games.