Sony Interactive Entertainment has confirmed that, as of November 10th, the PlayStation 5 console has officially sold 100 million units. It has now surpassed the likes of the PSP and PlayStation 3 and is closing in on the 102.4 million units sold by the original PlayStation.
If it wants to take the top spot in all-time sales, it’ll need to shift a whopping 160 million units. That will enable it to topple the best-selling PlayStation console ever, the legendary PlayStation 2. Will Grand Theft Auto 6 allow it to sneak closer to those lofty heights?
PlayStation 5 Sales Hit Mighty Milestone
In a recent business sales data update, the team at Sony confirmed that the PlayStation 5 has now sold more than 100 million units since being introduced six years ago. The peak of sales came in FY2023, when it managed to sell 20.8 million units in a single year, and last year, it sold 16 million units.
This fiscal year has shown a bit of a downturn, as the comparable numbers have slowed rather dramatically.
In Q1, the PS5 sold 1.6 million units, compared to 2.5 million last year. In Q2, only 2.6 million were sold, compared to a whopping 4 million last year. The most telling number will be revealed in the new year, when Q3’s performance is tallied up. That will tell us how impactful Grand Theft Auto 6 was when it came to moving consoles off shelves.
Additionally, it was confirmed that, as of September 2026, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 software combined have seen more than 1.79 billion software sales. This could be an all-time high in that regard, as at the halfway point of FY2026, sales are sitting at 154.3 million.
The strongest year thus far for combined software sales was last year, with 317.9 million units being sold. With GTA 6 setting record-high expectations and both Black Friday and the holiday season approaching, we could see a new record being set before the fiscal year is out.
Finally, as of September 2026, there are 127 million PlayStation monthly active users.
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Grant has been gaming for 30+ years and in the industry for 10+. You'll probably find him playing a post-apocalyptic game or an extraction shooter somewhere.
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