PS5 vs PS4 Sales Comparison - August 2024 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 15 October 2024 / 4,557 Views
The VGChartz sales comparison series of articles are updated monthly and each one focuses on a different sales comparison using our estimated video game hardware figures. The charts include comparisons between the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch, as well as with older platforms. There are articles based on our worldwide estimates, as well as the US, Europe, and Japan.
This monthly series compares the aligned worldwide sales of the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4.
The PlayStation 5 launched in November 2020, while the PlayStation 4 launched in November 2013. This does mean the holiday periods for the two consoles do lineup.
PS5 Vs. PS4 Worldwide:
Gap change in latest month: 140,039 - PS4
Gap change over last 12 months: 1,705,354 - PS4
Total Lead: 2,617,381 - PS4
PlayStation 5 Total Sales: 60,908,514
PlayStation 4 Total Sales: 63,525,895
August 2024 is the 46th month the PlayStation 5 has been available for. In the latest month, the gap grew in favor of the PlayStation 4 when compared to the aligned launch of the PlayStation 5 by 0.14 million units.
In the last 12 months, the PS4 has outsold the PS5 by 1.71 million units. The PS4 is currently ahead of the PS5 by 2.62 million units.
The PS5 has sold 60.91 million units in 46 months, while the PS4 sold 63.53 million units. Month 46 for the PS5 is August 2024 and for the PS4 is August 2017.
The PS4 crossed 70 million in month 50, 80 million in month 56, and 90 million in month 62. The PS4 has sold 117.19 million units to date. The PS5 is 56.28 million units behind lifetime PS4 sales.
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 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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2.6m gap globally.
That's still pretty close taking into account how much more expensive the PS5 eco-system is compared to PS4. And how much the sales had suffered at release and for 1½ yrs after.
I still believe PS5 is able to catch up to PS4.
Imo PS5 will pass PS4 for good next Christmas, with GTA6 coming out and a year that should be more filled when it comes to Playstation first party games
I don't know why you got thumbs down. IF GTA 6 releases in 2025 it will blast past it.
The impact on hardware sales of GTA 5 for PS3 lasted only for a couple of weeks and weren't bigger than holiday / black friday sales (180% increase of sales in first week, 70% in second week, 30% in third week). GTA 6 won't be PS5 exclusive game neither, so I don't see how it can be the savior of PS5 in the long run.
1- GTA 5 is not GTA6.
2- PS3 is not PS5
I know what you're trying to say, but it's like saying GTA3 won't sell millions of PS2's because GTA2 on PS1 didn't sell millions of PS1's. Different Sony console with a different GTA game created a spectacularly different result. Honestly it just sounds like you don't like PS5 and or GTA and are just looking for any reason you can to say it won't achieve much better than how GTA5 did on PS3
Then what are the reasons why GTA 6 will achieve much better than how GTA 5 did? In the end it's all speculative. Even the hardware install base should be about the same when the game launches on PS5. Don't get me wrong, I think GTA 6 will boost hardware sales, but I can't image that it will be the game changer like Kinect or PS Move to long-term breathe in new life in an "old" hardware. We have to wait how PS5 Pro performs, but I don't think that its price tag has mass appeal. Keep in mind that it's not carved in stone that GTA 6 will be released next year. Big games usually get delayed.
