PS5 vs PS4 Sales Comparison in the US - November 2025 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 23 December 2025 / 10,489 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 US 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 US:
Gap change in latest month: 510,087 - PS4
Gap change over last 12 months: 747,507 - PS4
Total Lead: 472,285 - PS5
PlayStation 5 Total Sales: 27,694,378
PlayStation 4 Total Sales: 27,222,093
November 2025 is the 61st 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 0.51 million units.
In the last 12 months, the PS4 has outsold the PS5 by 0.75 million units. The PS5 is currently ahead of the PS4 by 0.47 million units.
The PS5 has sold 27.69 million units in 61 months, while the PS4 sold 27.22 million units. Month 61 for the PS5 is November 2025 and for the PS4 is November 2018.
The PS4 crossed 28 million in month 62, 30 million in month 71, and 32 million in month 74. The PS4 sold 34.93 million units lifetime in the US. The PS5 is 7.24 million units behind lifetime PS4 sales in the US.
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Yikes. Half its lead - Gone. Just like that.
Not a good sign.
PS5 needs GTA VI sooner than later.
This month has really bad for every gaming system in the US, not only the PS5.
It sold like crazy in the EU, in the other hand.
Something tells me Europe will have to do A LOT of heavy lifting from this point forward to help the PS5 catch and surpass the PS4.
It should. After all it has another 15M of a gap between PS4 and PS5 there. US will do a few more millions and rest of the world will do a few more too. It should get there. GTA 6 will help also.
Maybe not, PS5 can last longer than the PS4, and that alone would make it very plausible to oversell the PS4. PS4 had no legs as soon as the pandemic took over and Sony was struggling to barely even meet the PS5 demand with the silicon crisis, so if the PS5 last one year longer than the PS4 it can easily overtake it, if it have not done so time-aligned.
What's dishonest? It sold like crazy during November there, by this site estimates it pretty much matched last year November sales, which was by far the all time sales record for the month? It potentially either became the 1st or 2st best November ever, how is that not selling like crazy?
Why does anyone assume people are waiting for GTA to buy a PS5?
Its much more likely that nearly all GTA players already have a PS5 or Xbox... or intend to wait for the PC version
Given the huge sales of GTA5 and the fact it exists as somewhat of a live service game, it's likely there is notable portion of gamers who will feel pushed to upgrade to play it who haven't yet.
Its entirely reasonable large swaths of gamers still haven't felt the need to get new systems or update their laptops if all they play is GTA, Fortnite and the likes of Warzone.
We will quite obviously see a jump in hardware sales once the game launches, it's just a case of how big and for how long will that lift impact it's baseline.
Still seems odd to me that the PS5 did so well. Feels like the PS4 was way better software wise, but that could be because I'm just so out of touch.
