The PlayStation 5 (PS5) has passed 100 million units shipped to stores worldwide. The milestone was confirmed on November 10, 2026, when Sony Interactive Entertainment updated its official business data and sales page with the new total.
The road to 100 million
The final stretch was fast: as of September 30, at the end of the second quarter of fiscal year 2026, the console stood at 97.9 million units. That means about 2.1 million more units in just 40 days. In the July-to-September quarter, Sony shipped 2.6 million PS5 consoles, down from 4 million in the same period a year earlier — an expected slowdown for a console entering its sixth year.
With this, the PS5 becomes the fourth Sony console to pass 100 million units, after the PlayStation 2 (160 million), the PlayStation 4 (more than 117 million) and the original PlayStation (102.4 million). The next target is the PS1 itself: just over 2 million units away.
The ecosystem remains strong even as hardware slows. In September, PlayStation recorded 127 million monthly active users, a record for the month. At the November 5 earnings call, chief financial officer Lin Tao also said development of the next PlayStation platform is progressing as scheduled, without confirming a name, date or specifications.
Games are helping too
Software is helping as well: 88.2 million PS5 and PS4 games were sold in the quarter, 7.9 million more than in the same period last year. Among the highlights, Ghost of Yotei sold 3.3 million copies and Marvel's Wolverine passed 2.4 million, according to Sony's results.
What comes next
The timing could hardly be better: the PS5 turns six on November 12, and Grand Theft Auto VI arrives on November 19 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. In the same quarter last fiscal year, the holiday period delivered 7.9 million consoles sold — the question now is whether GTA VI pushes the number up again.
About the figure
One clarification on the figure: Sony's page counts units shipped to stores (sell-in), not consoles already in players' hands. It is the same criterion used in all of the company's reports, which keeps the comparison with previous generations valid.
Sources: Shacknews; Insider Gaming; Final Weapon; Output Lag.
Image credit: PlayStation 5 console with DualSense controller, photo via Wikimedia Commons.
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