There are roughly 80 million PS5 consoles out in the wild, according to Sony’s most recent quarterly results drop of the current financial year, confirming it had reached the milestone as of 30 June 2025. For a console that costs as much as this one does – not to mention the expensive 4K TVs required to get the most out of it – as well as supply issues in the console’s early days, that’s a rather impressive figure.
The PS5 takes the lead
Of course, it’s got nothing on the PlayStation 5’s elder siblings, all of which managed to cross the 80 million mark before their time had come. The PS2, of course, is still the best-selling console of all time (though the Nintendo Switch is hot on its heels) at 160 million units shifted.
The PS5 is currently sitting behind Microsoft’s Xbox 360 (4 million) and the PlayStation 3 (87 million units) on the list of best-selling consoles of all time.
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With so many consoles out there, it’s no surprise to hear that Sony sold approximately 66 million PS4 and PS5 games last quarter, of which roughly 7 million were first-party titles. It’s disappointing to hear that 83% of those sales were all digital, with no sign of a change going forward as more developers move away from physical.
The company also noted that its recent shift towards the live-service space hasn’t quite gone according to plan, not least because of the tremendous failure that was Concord. “It’s not entirely going smoothly, said Sony CFO Lin Tao (via TechRadar). “Of course, we recognise that there are still many issues, so we should learn the lessons from mistakes and make sure that we introduce live service content where there’s less waste and it’s more smooth.”
