- PlayStation 5 has taken an important new step
- More than 80.2 million units have now been sold
- The sales of the console still drag behind the PS4, however
The PlayStation 5 has taken an important new step, with more than 80 million units quirky since the exit.
The data comes from the latest report on Sony’s profits, which provides detailed data on PS5 sales. He indicates that 18.5 million units were sold during the year 2024, which takes place from April to March.
2.5 million additional units were offset in the first quarter of 2025, which extends from April to June. By counting the data provided in the reports on previous profits, 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.
|
Exercise (April – March) |
PS5 unit sales (millions) |
Cumulative unit sales PS5 (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 (Q1 only) |
2.5 |
80.2 |
It is important to note that these figures refer to the sale rather than to sale. The sale indicates the units sold by Sony to distributors or retailers, while the sale would reflect the number purchased by consumers.
This total also increases to 80.3 million if you are according to data listed on the Sony Data & Sales website. This page stipulates that 20.9 million units were sold in 2023, rather than the figure of 20.8 million found in financial reports, pushing the total.
These data indicate that the PS5 is still slightly behind the PlayStation 4, which accumulated 82.3 million sales during the same period after its launch.
|
Exercise (April – March) |
PS4 unit sales (millions) |
Cumulative unit sales PS4 (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 (T1 only) |
3.2 |
82.3 |
All well considered, it is not a bad result. The PS5 has suffered many supply chain problems when launching, ranging from the COVVI-19 pandemic to a shortage of semiconductors.
This, combined with high demand and an abundance of resellers who took available actions, made the console extremely difficult to buy for the first years of his life.
With the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6 On the way next year, it seems almost inevitable that the sales of the PS5 end up exceeding the PS4.
