Sony Reveals PlayStation 5 Has Surpassed 40 Million Units Sold

Sony Interactive Entertainment announced that the PlayStation 5 had sold over 40 million units. 

Sony launched the PS5 in November 2020, after revealing the console the year prior, and since then, more than 40 million consoles have been purchased by players. In February, the console maker announced it had shipped 32 million units in the PS5’s lifetime, which means in just five months, Sony has sold at least 8 million more consoles. 

That’s a significant jump, especially given that it’s been somewhat of a quieter year for Sony so far. There’s no doubt the release of God of War Ragnarok last winter pushed PS5 sales, helping it reach that 32 million mark, but since then, the only first-party PlayStation release for PS5 has been Horizon Forbidden West’s Burning Shores DLC and MLB The Show 23. Horizon Call of the Mountain is also a first-party game released this year but it’s exclusive to PSVR2.

Square Enix, however, released Final Fantasy XVI on PS5 exclusively last month. While not a PS5 first-party release, this likely pushed further console sales. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, which is getting its own special limited edition PS5 console bundle, will likely lead to more hardware sales as well.

Jim Ryan, SEI CEO and President discusses the PS5’s milestone in a recent statement. Here is part of the statement: 

“We launched PlayStation 5 in November 2020 and the world was in a strange and different place than when we announced the console in 2019. Our teams, along with our partners, worked hard to meet the PS5 deadline despite COVID’s unprecedented challenges. It took several months to get the inventory we needed to satisfy demand. We faced challenges with the pandemic. We have thanked the community innumerable times for their patience during this time. The PS5 stock is now well stocked and the demand has finally been met.

We have sold 40 million PS5 Consoles to players since the launch of PS5. [as of the week ending July 16, 2023]. Thank you so much to our community of gamers – without you this would have been an impossible task.”

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