PS5 passes 100 million consoles shipped worldwide

PlayStation 5 has crossed a major hardware milestone. Sony’s updated business figures put worldwide shipments above 100 million as of November 10, 2026, almost six years after the console’s launch.

What the number actually measures

Sony reports sell-in: consoles shipped into the distribution channel. That is not the same as counting purchases by individual players, and it should not be read as 100 million active users. The company also notes that its quarterly hardware totals include returned and refurbished products.

PS5 joins a familiar club

The milestone makes PS5 the fourth PlayStation home console listed above 100 million. Sony’s historical table puts the original PlayStation above 102.4 million, PS4 above 117 million and PS2 above 160 million. PS3 is listed at more than 87.4 million.

Those are lifetime figures recorded at different dates, rather than a like-for-like comparison of launch speed. They show where PS5 sits within the hardware family, but do not establish that it is outselling every previous generation at the same age.

The current sales pace

Sony’s fiscal-year table records 1.6 million PS5 shipments from April through June and 2.6 million from July through September, a combined 4.2 million during that six-month period. The new November milestone is a later cumulative update, not another quarterly report.