PS5 vs PS4 Sales Comparison - December 2025 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 08 February 2026 / 6,166 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: 264,832 - PS4
Gap change over last 12 months: 790,393 - PS4
Total Lead: 2,276,750 - PS4
PlayStation 5 Total Sales: 89,440,044
PlayStation 4 Total Sales: 91,716,794
December 2025 is the 62nd 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 0.26 million units.
In the last 12 months, the PS4 has outsold the PS5 by 0.79 million units. The PS4 is currently ahead of the PS5 by 2.28 million units.
The PS5 has sold 89.44 million units in 62 months, while the PS4 sold 91.72 million units. Month 61 for the PS5 is December 2025 and for the PS4 is December 2018.
The PS4 crossed 95 million in month 66, 100 million in month 72, and 105 million in month 74. The PS4 sold 117.20 million units lifetime. The PS5 is 27.76 million units behind lifetime PS4 sales.
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Kinda crazy to me how PS4 hit everything right and PS5 has had a very lackluster aura around it for the entire gen yet there is only 2 million difference. PS5 has been declining for 2 years in a row and they had massive sales in 2025. With how it's going, i think it will keep it's decline this year and will be boosted by GTA 6, but will still end up a little under 2025. With all that's going on, i feel like they aren't going to launch a new console soon, so it has good chances with GTA 6 to just leg out PS4.
Nostalgia is quite the thing, but the PS4 first part lineup was actually pretty bad for like the first 3 years
Yea but we're in year 6 now and like.. wth
Might also be due to a lack of direct competition, as the last 2 years Xbox has been absolutely floundering now. Switch 1/2 run pretty much a separate race as Playstation/Xbox, so if one of those two flounders, the other one has a clear advantage.
Diagonal resistance holds again, so the gap should further increase in favor of PS4. There's a chance of a trend reversal though, if the gap chart prints an inverted head-and-shoulders pattern and we don't see another local low.
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