PS5 Ships 77.8 Million Units as of March 2025

[Wman1996]

haxxiy said:

Wman1996 said:

Because Nintendo isn't a typical competitor, and Xbox has moved away from the console strategy so much. If PlayStation was making more reckless moves than they are and Xbox was more appealing as a console, you could see a PlayStation sell below 100 million units again like PS3.

Truth be told, though, the Xbox 360 wasn't just an appealing alternative console vs. the PS3; it was an exceptional one that basically defined modern console gaming. It honestly should have won that generation even above the Wii.

That also goes to show the power of the PS branding, that the PS3 ended up almost at 90 million.

And it also had to do with Kinect being a fad that didn't push Xbox 360 past PS3 at the very end and PS3's exclusives like Uncharted and The Last of Us. Oh, and free online and a much better market share in Japan than Xbox (though 360 did better in Japan than any Xbox). 

But I agree. PS3 screwed the pooch for a while with its price and lack of titles. And even when it turned things around, third-party games still usually ran at least a little better on 360. 

Absolutely wild to think in 2025 PS5 will outsell the lifetime total of PS3. Even with global uncertainties, that seems a given to do in 9 months.