Sony Interactive Leisure introduced at this time that the PlayStation 5 has hit one other milestone. Over 50 million items have been bought by shoppers simply over three years for the reason that console launched again in November 2020. In accordance with Sony, the console skilled sturdy gross sales momentum this 12 months as a result of launch of fashionable video games.

“Reaching this PS5 gross sales milestone is a testomony to the unwavering assist of the worldwide PlayStation neighborhood and their ardour for the unimaginable experiences created by the gifted builders from PlayStation Studios and our companions. We’re grateful for all of our gamers who’ve joined the PS5 journey to date, and we’re thrilled that that is the primary vacation season since launch that we have now a full provide of PS5 consoles – so anybody who needs to get one can get one.”

-Jim Ryan, President and CEO of Sony Interactive Leisure

The milestone places the PlayStation 5 console on the fifteenth best-selling gaming console of all time if you happen to go purely by items bought. This places it simply above the SNES which bought somewhat over 49 million and behind the Xbox One which has bought about 58 million items since its launch in 2013. For comparability, the best-selling console of all time is the PlayStation 2 which bought over 155 million items in its lifetime.