Sony Confirms PS5 is Most Successful PlayStation with $136B in Sales So Far

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Cerebralbore101 said:

Kyuu said:

PS5 would have sold a lot more if it was a $100 cheaper on average, let's stop pretending otherwise. Selling that well at its current pricing is an impressive popularity feat, especially for a console with a very few true exclusives.

The higher profits aren't "my claim" but a fact revealed by Sony. And no, none of these companies' reports take inflation into account. But someone on Reddit adjusted the numbers for inflation, and it still had the PS5 generation ahead. This is partly due to the nightmare called PS3.

If we delete PS3 from the equation and adjust for inflation, current Playstation gen would need less than a couple more years to beat previous generations combined. Playstation is bigger than ever at the moment, but I'm not a fan of Sony's decisions. I think from 2027 onwards, the brand will start trending downward and may never reach its previous peak (2026) in most relevant metrics.

PS5 is pretty much the only reasonable choice for someone that wants high-end console gaming. The writing was on the wall at the launch of PS5 and Series. Where exactly were PS5 customers that didn't like $100 more supposed to go? 

I'll take your word for it that they've beaten most previous gens then. I looked a bit up myself and saw that original PS made around 24 billion and even with inflation that isn't beating PS5 numbers. 

Agreed that brand will start trending downwards. It isn't interested in growth or capturing lost Xbox customers. 

Sony isn't interested in growing the PlayStation brand? Are you serious? Do you have any idea how hard it is competing against MS? One of the richest companies in the world. Sony couldn't solely focus on growth this generation because MS is willing to make very expensive hardware (XBSX which cost 700$ to manufacture) and then sell it for 500$. It was even sold for 350$ at one point. That's what they had to compete with. You can't just make cheap products and focus on growth if your hardware doesn't allow you to compete with the competition.

So, now that MS has explicitly stated they are not interested in competing with Sony for market share anymore, Sony can be a lot more aggressive with a plan for more growth. They don't have to worry about any competition now. Switch 2 won't be replaced for a long time, and that means Sony could literally just re-release a slightly better version of the PS5 and call it PS6 and still have the most powerful console (traditional closed platform console). Screaming and shouting disapproval on the internet does nothing if there's no other alternative to go to. 

Last edited by Hardstuck-Platinum - on 30 September 2025