Sony has plenty to celebrate for the holidays this year. PS5 sales have officially surpassed 50 million units, a significant achievement in the console’s life cycle. This metric was announced by Sony this morning, just a month after the PS5’s third birthday.
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Despite a rough start and a severe console shortage in late 2020 and most of 2021, the PS5 seems to have found its footing. Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Jim Ryan celebrated the milestone with the following words:
Achieving this PS5 sales milestone is a testament to the unwavering support of the global PlayStation community and their passion for the incredible experiences created by the talented developers from PlayStation Studios and our partners. We’re grateful for all of our players who have joined the PS5 journey so far, and we’re thrilled that this is the first holiday season since launch that we have a full supply of PS5 consoles – so anyone who wants to get one can get one.
Sony’s been expecting a pretty significant holiday rush for a few months now. It’s unsurprising that they would cross the 50 million line right around this time of the year, especially given that this is the first year the console hasn’t faced a shortage. Plenty of lucky young gamers are going to unwrap a PS5 for Christmas this year, a feeling that’s difficult to beat.
It likely also helped that 2023 was a phenomenal year for games. While Sony themselves didn’t have many exclusives, plenty of impressive games released on their platform. Baldur’s Gate 3, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Street Fighter VI, Resident Evil 4, and many more launched on PS5. The exclusives they did have also sold well: Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 broke 5 million copies sold in the first month alone.
We hope that the PS5 (and the Xbox Series, too) continues to perform well in the years to come. It’s good to see a little holiday cheer brought to the Sony team just before the year’s end.
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