Sony announces the PlayStation 5 has now sold over 40 million units

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Published onJuly 27, 2023

published onJuly 27, 2023

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Sony has announced that its current-genPlayStation 5 console has now crossed the 40 million units sold markas of July 16. This feat is all the more impressive when taking into account the supply issues that plagued the console during its first few years on the market.

In the announcement post PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan thanked the PlayStation community.

With the support of PlayStation fans, we have reached a milestone of 40 million PS5 consoles sold through to gamers since launch. Thank you so much to our community of gamers – without you this would have been an impossible task.

Thanks to you, PS5 has surpassed 40 million units sold since its launch in November 2020. More details:https://t.co/npSoEt0nJGpic.twitter.com/CqQFlQJBxZ

— PlayStation (@PlayStation)July 27, 2023

By comparison Microsoft’sXbox Series X|S recently crossed the 21 million units sold threshold, barely half that of its PS5 competitor. And with hardware sales declining significantly over the last year,as revealed in Microsoft’s FY23 Q4 earnings report, it doesn’t seem likely that the Xbox will start chipping into Sony’s 2 to 1 advantage at this point.

Likely Xbox’s best hope lies in big AAA exclusives likeStarfieldandForza Motorsport. That and of coursea successful acquisition of Activision Blizzard and itsCall of Dutyfranchise, which at this point seems all but certain.

ViaThe Verge.

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