PS5 vs PS4 Sales Comparison - June 2026 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 August 2026 / 7,626 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: 327,974 - PS4
Gap change over last 12 months: 1,226,954 - PS4
Total Lead: 4,201,854 - PS4
PlayStation 5 Total Sales: 93,306,112
PlayStation 4 Total Sales: 97,507,966
June 2026 is the 68th 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 0.33 million units.
In the last 12 months, the PS4 has outsold the PS5 by 1.23 million units. The PS4 is currently ahead of the PS5 by 4.20 million units.
The PS5 has sold 93.31 million units in 68 months, while the PS4 sold 97.51 million units. Month 68 for the PS5 is June 2026 and for the PS4 is June 2019.
The PS4 crossed 100 million in month 72, 105 million in month 74, and 110 million in Month 79. The PS4 sold 117.20 million units lifetime. The PS5 is 23.89 million units behind lifetime PS4 sales.
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PS5 will never surpassed PS4 sales. The price keep getting expensive. It will end at 105-106 lifetime. PS6 will sell even worse than PS5, maybe 40% less
We get it. You don't like the PS5. on literally every sales article covering PS5 you say you don't like the PS5.
Also don't forget, he plays his Switch 2 now more than anything and that will be his main going forward. He reminds everyone of that in every other posts too.
and it looks like it will continue this way for years to come
Preferring Switch 2 is fine Steven. Do whatever you prefer. It's just that it would be nice to read a PS5 related sales article without the negativity towards it.
why? i loved the ps1, ps2 my favorite of all time, ps4. ps3 i learned to like over time, im not happy with the PS5 at all and PS6 is not looking good so far
It's because Sony knows they don't have to try anymore due to less competition. They can coast off of third party games alone. So, yeah it probably will be a less desirable system to a lot of people
it sucks, i wish the xbox would do better to keep competition bbetter
maybe sony will get the hint? or am i to small of a fish in the oceans
The only way for the PS5 to catch up to the PS4 would be to do a mega discount along with the release of GTA 6, bringing the PS5 back down to 500 dollars.
FY 2026 (this year) somewhere between 7-7.9 million. I don't think Sony will do heavy sale during black Friday this year. Sony already lost $100-150 each consoles sold. And lost $300 each consoles sold in Japan. They can't subsidize it more. I think they will increase PS5 price again in September/October by $50/$100. So the black Friday sale will be the price today lol
For the calendar year 2025 PS5 sold 17.4M. This year because of the price increases PS5 will finish somewhere around 10-12M (Depending on how much GTA 6 will impact sales). Next year I expect about similar, so let's say 10M. For 2020 PS4 did 8M, and then only 2.5M in 2021. PS5 will outsell the 8M 2020 of the PS4, and will definitely outsell the 2.5M 2021 of PS4 in 2028.
I expect the drop to be small next calendar year, since GTA 6 will be in full force selling. But if prices raise again, then the drop will be bigger, but still, I can't see it doing less than 8M.
Why not? This year only sold 1.6 in Q1, 1.5 in Q2. Let's see this year black Friday performance. I think PS5 will only sold 105-106 lifetime. Can't be more than that. But less than that maybe can happen. FY 2026 = 7.9; FY 2027 (price increase to $750 & $1,000 (disc version discontinued) = 2.5; FY 2028 = 1. I think you forgot that Series S is the cheapest consoles to play GTA6, people who want to save money will buy that instead
This is way too pessimistic. PS5 did over 16M in FY 2025, so you predict more than 50% drop. It will surely be a drop because of those price increases, but the demand won't die so quickly to only sell 10M more. Keep in mind that also, because of this economic situation, the chances of prolonging the generation 1 or 2 years more becomes bigger and bigger. Which can also help greatly for sales.
Well it's possible, I predict Sony will announce price increase to its subsidized PS5 in Japan to 60k-65k yen it will have impact in Japan sales. And another wave of price increase before black friday (during TGS or October) to $749.99 disc, $699.99 digital, $999.99 pro. RAM & SSD situation getting worse, now even CPU, motherboard also follow price increase & manufacturing cost are higher TSMC announced chip manufacturing price increase too. You forget that Sony also shot themselves in the foot last month by announcing discontinued PS5 discs games in January 2028, it will make people uncertain to buy PS5. Anyway GTA6 won't have big impact as you think it will because we are already on the late cycle of console gen & the high price make people buy refurbished/used version instead. The demand for PS5 already weaker now because many people can't afford to buy one. Not everyone living in advanced economics countries, most of people are struggling in this weak economy, high oil price, high inflation, weak currencies, & war. Anyway you forget that Xbox Series S & Switch 2 also still being sold at cheaper price, most people who not yet upgrade their consoles will buy them instead. Important to know Sony data is sell-in (means sell to retailers, distributors, & sitting in warehouses), actual sell-through is 96%-97% from 95.3. I never saw PS5 being sold out this year and last year, with Sony keep shipping low amount of PS5 each quarters mean too many unsold PS5
No one is denying PS5 sales are dropping. The question is how much. I don't think they will drop as much as you say. That's all. Also I am not sure about the boost GTA 6 will have. I just expect anything. It can boost them a lot, it can boost them slightly, and it can do nothing at all. We will see.
