- The PlayStation 5 has reached a new sales milestone
- More than 80.2 million units have been sold
- However, console sales are still behind the PS4
The PlayStation 5 has reached a new milestone, with more than 80 million units changed since its launch.
The data comes from the latest Sony Profit Report, which provides detailed PS5 sales data. He says that 18.5 million units were sold in fiscal year 2024, which extends from April to March.
Other 2.5 million units have moved in the first quarter of 2025, which covers April to June. By counting the data provided in previous profit reports, we can see that the PS5 has sold more than 80.2 million units to date.
You can see the data of each year below.
|
Fiscal Year (April – March) |
Sales of PS5 units (millions) |
Sales of accumulated ps5 units (millions) |
|
2020 |
7.8 |
7.8 |
|
2021 |
11.5 |
19.3 |
|
2022 |
19.1 |
38.4 |
|
2023 |
20.8 |
58.2 |
|
2024 |
18.5 |
77.7 |
|
2025 (only Q1) |
2.5 |
80.2 |
It is important to keep in mind that these figures refer to sale instead of the sale. Sell denotes the units sold by Sony to distributors or retailers, while the sale through the sale would reflect the number purchased by consumers.
This total also increases to 80.3 million if you make the data listed on the Sony Data and Commercial Sales website. This page establishes that 20.9 million units were sold in 2023, instead of the figure of 20.8 million found in financial reports, which increases the total.
These data indicate that the PS5 is still slightly behind PlayStation 4, which accumulated 82.3 million sales in the same period after its launch.
|
Fiscal Year (April – March) |
Sales of PS4 units (millions) |
Sales of accumulated ps4 units (millions) |
|
2013 |
7.6 |
7.6 |
|
2014 |
14.8 |
22.4 |
|
2015 |
17.7 |
40.1 |
|
2016 |
20 |
60.1 |
|
2017 |
19 |
79.1 |
|
2018 (only Q1) |
3.2 |
82.3 |
After all, this is not a bad result. The PS5 suffered numerous problems of the supply chain in the launch, ranging from the Covid-19 pandemic to a scarcity of semiconductors.
This, combined with a high demand and an abundance of resellers who were acquired available stocks, made the console extremely difficult to buy during the first years of his life.
With the very anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6 Along the way next year, it seems almost inevitable that PS5 sales eventually exceed PS4.
