PlayStation 5 Sales Surpass 50 Million Units

Sony has launched that the PlayStation 5 has hit a product sales milestone of over 50 million fashions. It achieved this milestone merely over three years into its life cycle.

As a result of the console’s launch in November 2020, over 50 million consoles have been purchased as of December 9, 2023. In July, Sony launched the PS5 had purchased over 40 million units, which implies that roughly 10 million additional consoles had been purchased in merely the ultimate 4 to 5 months.

The holiday season might be going a large contributor to this bump. Furthermore, the October launch of the much-anticipated PS5 distinctive Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (now the fastest-selling PS Studios game ever) undoubtedly drove players to decide on up the console. 

The milestone is a nice strategy to cap off a busy 2023 for Sony. It launched new {{hardware}} with PlayStation VR2, the PlayStation Portal, and a smaller redesigned PS5. It moreover boasted marquee third-party exclusives equal to Final Fantasy XVI and, for just some months, was the one actual console residence of the critically acclaimed Baldur’s Gate 3. 

It’ll be attention-grabbing to see how the console’s momentum fares going into 2024. So far, Sony’s first-party output consists of The Last of Us Part II Remastered arriving in January. Launched third-party exclusives embrace Final Fantasy VII Rebirth in February (GI’s latest cover story) and Crew Ninja’s Rise of the Rōnin in March. We’re curious to see what else Sony has up its sleeve as the next 12 months progresses.