PS5 gross sales have handed the 80 million mark

The PS5 may be 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 properly 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 era it bought 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, nevertheless, the corporate has truly shifted round 100,000 extra consoles within the final three months.

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

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

The PS5 turns 5 this November, and a spotlight will then flip as to if it’ll 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 achieve that quantity. It additionally didn’t should deal with tariffs. PS5 costs within the UK, Australia and New Zealand earlier this 12 months, with Sony blaming a “difficult financial atmosphere” during which it’s preventing in opposition to excessive inflation and fluctuating alternate charges. The corporate has since stated it’s shifting PS5 manufacturing to the US sooner or later.