Official Sony Article is now up: PlayStation 5 Achieves Milestone of 50 Million Units Sold to Consumers - Sony Interactive Entertainment
PlayStation sales and blockbuster games propel console market back to growth (ft.com)
"Sony said it hit the 50mn sales milestone on December 9, 161 weeks after the PS5 launched. This compares with the 160 weeks it took the PS4 to reach the same point after its release."
"Eric Lempel, head of global business at Sony Interactive Entertainment, said that with supply issues “solved”, its latest console was now on track to outsell PlayStation 4"
So the PS5 as of week ending December 2nd was under 150m, and as of week ending December 9th is over 150m. Slightly overtracked here as the first week of december for PS5 is likely over 1m and the PS5 shouldn't have passed the PS4 in sales just yet.
Ampere is estimating 22.5m PS5 sales this year, 7.6m Xbox Series and 16.4m Nintendo Switch. Bit weird considering the year isn't over but they've apparently already come to these figures. All of these figures are relatively close to what VGChartz estimates are likely to be once December sales are added.
"PS5 sales grew about 65 per cent to 22.5mn units this year, according to Ampere estimates, while sales of the latest Xbox fell about 15 per cent to 7.6mn. Sales of Nintendo’s Switch, which debuted in 2017 and is likely to be replaced by a new console next year, fell 18 per cent to 16.4mn."
Last edited by Zippy6 - on 20 December 2023
