Sony’s PlayStation 5 surpasses 100 million shipments

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Sony’s PS5 is their 4th console to mass this milestone

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Sony has officially confirmed that PlayStation 5 console shipments have surpassed 100 million units. This makes the PlayStation 5 the 4th Sony console to reach this milestone and Sony’s 4th most popular console to date.

While Sony’s number counts shipments, not final retail sales, it shows the PlayStation 5 has been an incredibly popular console. That said, console hardware shipments have declined year over year, likely due to rising hardware costs and component shortages.

Currently, PlayStation 5 trails PS1 shipments by around 2.4 million and PS4 shipments by 117 million. This likely means that PlayStation 5 will surpass Sony’s PlayStation 1 within the next quarter. Whether or not the console will surpass its predecessor, the PlayStation 4, remains to be seen.

(PlayStation Console Hardware Unit Sales – Source: Sony)

Given where we are in the PlayStation 5’s lifespan, the console is unlikely to ever reach the PlayStation 2’s huge sales volume. While the release date of Sony’s PlayStation 6 is unknown, it’s expected to be within the next few years. Sony is unlikely to ship over 60 million new consoles by then, especially at today’s prices.

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