We all know the PlayStation 4 is this generation's winner. Any home with a gamer will almost surely have a PlayStation 4 in their living room. A strong library of exclusives, consumer-friendly policies (well, maybe except no crossplay), and a strong snowball effect of gaming where your friends are all helped the Sony PlayStation 4 be the dominant console. Sure, the Xbox One is actually much stronger and faster, with better online services like Xbox Game Pass, but it still overtake the PS4.
How well did the PlayStation 4 actually do? Here are some quick stats:
- PS4 has sold 5.6 million units just throughout the 2018 holiday season alone. We don't know if the Nintendo Switch beat that number, there are no stats yet but they did say that the holiday season is their most important sales season.
- Cumulatively, 91.6 million PlayStation 4 units have been sold throughout its lifecycle. To put that number in perspective, if you laid 91.6 million PlayStation 4 Slims side to side, you can reach New York from Manila TWICE.
- Over 50.7 million PS4 games were sold during the 2018 holiday season, thanks to those white hot sales. This is both digital and physical estimates. This totals to 876 million PS4 games in total ever sold.
- Marvel's Spider-Man has sold 9 million copies as of November 25, 2018. That's amazing!
Here's their official statement:
“Thanks to the continued support from our fans during the holiday season, we are pleased to announce that PS4 has reached 91.6 million units globally. We are also happy to announce that the monthly active users of PlayStation Network continues to show strong growth, and has surpassed 90 million as of end of November 2018,” said John Kodera, President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment. “I would like to express my deepest gratitude to our passionate community around the globe, and our partners, for helping us achieve these milestones. This year, we will bring more enhanced experiences to our fans along with a highly anticipated lineup of games that are only possible on PS4. As we look toward the next PS4 milestone, SIE will continue to evolve, and we will further expand the platform to deliver the best interactive entertainment experiences to the world.”
I hope in the future, Sony continues to innovate and compete with the likes of Microsoft and Nintendo. Taking the top spot is one thing, staying there is quite another.