PS5 has shipped more than 100 million units worldwide as of November 10, 2026, according to Sony Interactive Entertainment’s business data page, which now lists the console at “more than 100 million.” Gematsu was first to report the update late on November 10 (US time).
Marvel's Wolverine, one of the PS5's biggest 2026 releases. Image: Sony Interactive Entertainment / Marvel
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What Sony says about 100 million PS5s
The figure counts shipments to retailers (Sony calls it “sell-in”), not consoles bought by players, and Sony notes that it includes returned and refurbished units. It is also a rounded floor: Sony says “more than 100 million,” not an exact number.
Our November 5 report on Sony’s earnings put lifetime shipments at 97.9 million as of September 30, so the new line means at least 2.1 million more consoles shipped in the 40 days since. That window covers the weeks before Black Friday and the GTA 6 pre-order and pre-load period. Sony has not broken the 40 days down further.
At the time of writing, the milestone appears on Sony’s business data page. The front page of the PlayStation Blog shows no separate post about it.
PS5 shipments by fiscal year
The same page lists PS5 sell-in by Sony’s fiscal year (April to March). Adding the rows gives the picture of how the console got here:
| Sony fiscal year | PS5 shipped (millions) |
|---|---|
| FY2020 (from the Nov 2020 launch) | 7.8 |
| FY2021 | 11.5 |
| FY2022 | 19.1 |
| FY2023 | 20.8 |
| FY2024 | 18.5 |
| FY2025 | 16.0 |
| FY2026, April-September | 4.2 (1.6 + 2.6) |
Those rows add up to 97.9 million, matching the September 30 total. Shipments peaked at 20.8 million in FY2023 and have fallen each year since. Pricing is part of that story too: see our look at the PS5 Pro Black Friday price.
The milestone appears on Sony Interactive Entertainment's business data page. Image: Sony Interactive Entertainment
How PS5 compares with PS4
Sony does not draw a PS5 versus PS4 pace comparison in its update. It does, however, publish both consoles’ numbers on the same page, so here is what the table shows. PS4 is listed at “more than 117 million” as of June 30, 2022, the last time Sony updated that line. PS5 would need about 17 million more shipments to match it.
The launch windows were close. In its first two quarters on sale (October to March), PS4 shipped 4.5 million and 3.1 million, 7.6 million in total. PS5 shipped 4.5 million and 3.3 million, 7.8 million. This is our reading of Sony’s quarterly tables, not a Sony statement, and it covers only that first stretch.
What it means for players
A bigger install base is good news for the PS5 library: publishers get a larger audience to sell to, and Sony said on November 5 that work on its next PlayStation is progressing as scheduled. For anyone still deciding on hardware, the PS Store Black Friday sale runs through November 30, and GTA 6 launches on November 19.
What’s next
Sony’s next numbers come with its October-December quarter results, usually published in early February. That quarter includes the holiday season and GTA 6’s launch week, and has been the PS5’s biggest quarter every year: it shipped 7.9 million consoles in October-December 2025.
Sources: Sony Interactive Entertainment business data and sales, Gematsu.
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