- The PS5 has surpassed the PS3 in lifetime sales in the US.
- Circana analyst Mat Piscatella says the PS5 is also 4.6% ahead of the PS4 in September 2025.
- That’s despite Sony raising the price of all its PS5 consoles last month.
The PlayStation 5 has officially surpassed the PlayStation 3 in lifetime sales in the US as of September 2025.
That’s according to Circana analyst Mat Piscatella, who wrote in Bluesky (via NotebookCheck) that PS5 sales have now surpassed those of PS3, and that the console is even ahead of the PS4 by 4.6%, despite Sony raising the price of the current-gen console in August.
“Fun fact from September 2025 US gaming data: the PlayStation 5 has surpassed the PlayStation 3 in terms of lifetime installed base. That’s cool,” Piscatella said.
Although Piscatella did not share specific statistics, he added in the responses: “In the US, PS5 has been ahead of PS4 in terms of time for a long time. In September (59th month on the market), PS5 is ahead of PS4 by 4.6%.”
According to Sony, the PS4 has sold more than 113.5 million units (as of September 30, 2020), while the PS3 has sold more than 87.4 million (as of March 2017). To this day, the PS2 remains the best-selling console of all time, with over 160 million (as of March 31, 2012).
Sony has not yet updated its commercial sales data, so it is likely that these figures have changed since the dates on record. As of June 30, 2025, the PS5 had sold more than 80.2 million units and we know that the console has far exceeded that number, according to the latest report from Piscatella.
The PS5’s price saw some big changes last month, with the cost of the standard edition increasing from $499.99 to $549.99. The cheapest PS5 Digital Edition also went from $449.99 to $499.99, while the latest PS5 Pro rose from $699.99 to $749.99.
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