Sony PlayStation 5 sales worldwide by quarter 2025| Statista

Sony PlayStation 5 game console unit sales worldwide as of 2nd fiscal quarter 2025 (in millions)

Characteristic	Sales in million units
FY 25 Q3	8
FY25 Q2	3.9
FY25 Q1	2.5
FY24 Q4	2.8
FY24 Q3	9.5
FY24 Q2	3.8
FY24 Q1	2.4
FY23 Q4	4.5
FY23 Q3	8.2
FY23 Q2	4.9
FY23 Q1	3.3
FY22 Q4	6.3
FY22 Q3	7.1
FY22 Q2	3.3
FY22 Q1	2.4
FY21 Q4	2
FY21 Q3	3.9
FY21 Q2	3.3
FY21 Q1	2.3
FY20 Q4	3.3
FY20 Q3	4.5

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Release date

February 2026

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Worldwide

Survey time period

FY20 Q3 to FY25 Q3

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Sony FY ends March 31

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In the third fiscal quarter of 2025, Sony Corporation sold approximately eight million PlayStation 5 gaming consoles. Nonetheless, Sony sold a record number of PS5 units in FY 2023, with 20.8 million units sold. This brings the total of sold PS5 units globally to nearly 78 million units. The PS5 console was launched in November 2020, with the first- and second-year shipments hampered by supply chain delays.

PlayStation 5 leading unit sales

From the original PlayStation to the PlayStation 5, Sony’s consoles have continuously revolutionized gaming by introducing iconic franchises, pushing technological boundaries, and shaping the industry. The company’s PS2 remains the best-selling game console of all time. In 2023, Sony sold nearly 21.8 million PS5 units globally, overtaking the Nintendo Switch’s position as the top-selling console in previous years by over 5 million units, while selling more than the number of consoles from Xbox.

Sony XR

Beyond the PlayStation console, Sony released an updated virtual reality (VR) headset in 2023; PlayStation VR2, allowing players a new immersive VR experience in select popular PS games. Impressively, Sony’s VR headset has already carved a strong market share for itself in the global extended reality (XR) market.