PS5 gross sales have handed the 80 million mark

The PS5 is perhaps missing the cadence of first-party exclusives that made its predecessor so profitable, however that doesn’t seem like slowing it down. Sony has introduced that the console had shifted simply north of 80 million items as of June 30, 2025. This places it simply behind the Xbox 360 (84 million) and effectively on the way in which to overtaking the PS3 (round 87 million) in lifetime gross sales.

The 80.3 million determine was confirmed in Sony’s first set of for the present monetary 12 months, throughout which period it offered 2.5 million PS5s, a slight downturn from 2.8 million within the earlier quarter. In comparison with the identical interval within the final monetary 12 months, nonetheless, the corporate has truly shifted round 100,000 extra consoles within the final three months.

Sony additionally offered roughly 66 million PS4 and PS5 video games this quarter, virtually 7 million of which had been first-party titles. That’s round a 12 million year-on-year improve in total software program gross sales. Digital accounted for 83 % of PS4 and PS5 video games offered within the final quarter, which is a bigger share than in any three-month interval within the earlier monetary 12 months.

The previous few years noticed Sony briefly shift its focus in direction of stay service video games, however a kind of was a well-documented , and have been cancelled. Clearly none of that has noticeably harm software program gross sales, although, as Sony has continued to develop in that space.

The PS5 turns 5 this November, and a focus will then flip as to if it is going to hit the all-important 100 million mark in its lifetime. The PS4 in 5 years and 7 months, and on the time it was the quickest console to succeed in that quantity. It additionally didn’t must cope with tariffs. PS5 costs within the UK, Australia and New Zealand earlier this 12 months, with Sony blaming a “difficult financial atmosphere” wherein it’s preventing towards excessive inflation and fluctuating trade charges. The corporate has since stated it’s shifting PS5 manufacturing to the US sooner or later.