Sony Confirms PS5 Sales Top 10 Million Units - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 28 July 2021 / 24,857 Views
Sony Interactive Entertainment has confirmed PlayStation 5 sales have surpassed 10 million units worldwide as of July 18. The PS5 is the fastest-selling console in PlayStation history and is outpacing the sales of its predecessor, the PlayStation 4.
"I can’t express enough the deep gratitude we feel for our passionate community of PlayStation fans who have embraced PS5, and the world-class development and publishing partners who bring such incredible gaming experiences to our platforms," said president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment Jim Ryan.
"While PS5 has reached more households faster than any of our previous consoles, we still have a lot of work ahead of us as demand for PS5 continues to outstrip supply. I want gamers to know that while we continue to face unique challenges throughout the world that affect our industry and many others, improving inventory levels remains a top priority for SIE."
Sony Interactive Entertainment has also shared some software figures:
- Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales - 6.5 million units
- MLB The Show 21 - 2 million units
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart - 1.1 million units
- Returnal - 560,000 units
"We are thrilled to announce that as of July 18th, 2021, we have sold more than 10 million PlayStation 5 consoles globally," said Sony Interactive Entertainment senior vice president and global head of business operations Veronica Rogers in a statement. "This makes PS5 the fastest-selling console in the history of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) and we couldn’t be more excited about the amazing response of our fans.
"Pushing through supply challenges and a global pandemic, we’re proud to have delivered a transformational gaming experience that is captivating players around the world. Everyone at SIE put their all into making the PlayStation experience better than ever. I’d like to call out a couple of teams who made especially important contributions."
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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PS5 doing fantastic considering the shortage and chip problems. Repeating the PS4 legacy it seems.
Ratchet at 1.1 in a month time is great, fastest selling ratchet game apparently! Returnal is doing alright, could do better, but it's not a big genre and with it costing 80 euros it is a surprising it's selling at all. I expect 2 million in a couple of years when the price is lower.
Morales is just a beast, nothing else to add here.
more than 10.4 million sold in 8 month ! just a crazy performance
Seems every single gaming company is doing better than ever right now. It's just a good time in general to be involved in gaming.
Awesome news!
Even more impressive when you consider that trying to get your hands on one is like trying to find the Holy Grail.
At this point in time I might have to sacrifice my first born just to get a hold of one. PS... Don't tell my wife.
What's the situation look like where any of you are? I have been to both Canada and the U.S.A and every place I have been they are no where to be found. I did find some X box Series X's (2.) but everywhere else was dry as well.
-PS5 HUNTER NINJA APPROVED-
No chance in complete Germany.
But i have my PS5 dayone :D
Nice!
-LUCKY DUCK NINJA APPROVED-
Amazing numbers in such a short time. Does 18th July put it on 35th or 36th week?
Here in the Philippines all ps4 consoles are sold out too because of ps5 rave!
Xbox here is non existent!
Ps5 being out of stock is actually helping ps4 move units!
Congrats Sony for 10mil ggwpez
"Started from nothing but he got this strong." - Jay Z
It's a Sony BABY!!
I recall wise words from Don Mattrick about the first console to reach 10 million
Don Mattrick said a lot of things...
Returnal's sales are a bit disappointing, but not to surprising.
Do we have any numbers for Demon's Souls?
Demons Souls is not first Party, the statement contains news about first party titles only.
It was published by Sony on the PS5.
Any game that has the label Playstation Studios is first party
This news was just a PR milestone announcement. The PS4/5 shipment news will be revealed next Wednesday when Sony releases their quarterly report.
