PS5 passes 100 million units sold

Sony updated its official Business Data & Sales page on November 10, 2026, confirming the PS5 has now passed 100 million cumulative hardware units sold-in worldwide. To be precise, that is sell-in — units shipped to retailers — not consoles in players' homes. It took the console nearly six years since its November 2020 launch to reach the milestone.

The pace is still strong. Sony had reported 97.9 million units as of September 30, 2026, so more than 2 million more shipped in about 40 days to push the PS5 over the line.

For context, the PS4 finished its lifetime at 117 million, and the PS5 sits roughly 5 million behind the PS4 at the same point in its life. The next milestone in its sights is the original PlayStation's 102.4 million, while the PS2's 160 million remains the best-selling console ever. The PS5 is the fourth PlayStation console — and the eighth console overall — to pass 100 million.

The timing could not be better for Sony. Grand Theft Auto VI launches on November 19 — nine days after this milestone — as a console-only release, and it is already the most pre-ordered game on the PlayStation Store. PS5 Pro owners get ray-traced shadows in GTA 6. PlayStation also counts 127 million monthly active users, and combined PS5 and PS4 software sales have passed 1.795 billion units.

Source: Sony / IGN / Polygon / TechSpot